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Dec 17, 2003, 08:38 PM
 
title says it all
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Dec 17, 2003, 08:44 PM
 
Are you geeks all pounding your update now button or what is the story here?

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Dec 17, 2003, 08:49 PM
 
Does anyone know if this is build 7D24?
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 08:51 PM
 
Damn I just restarted my machine after the batter update.

Two restarts in one day, reminds me of days gone by, no wait that was from bombs, never mind� off to hit the software update again�
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 08:55 PM
 
The 10.3.2 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" and is recommended for all users.

Key enhancements include:

- improved file sharing and directory services for mixed Mac and PC networks
- more robust printing to PostScript printers
- improved font management
- updated Mail and Address Book applications
- new ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
- FileVault, FireWire 800, WebDAV and USB Printing improvements from Update 10.3.1
- previous standalone security updates

For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n25652

Important Note:
Apple has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives using the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set with firmware version 1.02 that can result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive. Even with the improvements available in this update, Apple recommends you update the firmware on your FireWire drive. Please contact your drive manufacturer for more information.

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Dec 17, 2003, 08:56 PM
 
Looks like a major update. Sad to be on dial up right now. Have to wait with that big one until next year.

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Dec 17, 2003, 08:57 PM
 
According to versiontracker.com:

The 10.3.2 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" and is recommended for all users.

Key enhancements include:

improved file sharing and directory services for mixed Mac and PC networks
more robust printing to PostScript printers
improved font management
updated Mail and Address Book applications
new ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
FileVault, FireWire 800, WebDAV and USB Printing improvements from Update 10.3.1
previous standalone security updates
For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n25652
There is nothing up at that url, so I'm assuming it will be forthcoming.

Installing it now...
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Dec 17, 2003, 08:57 PM
 
almost done installing it on my powerbook. this is the first time I've jumped and downloaded an update before hearing what everyone said about it.

feeling adventurous, or sleepy right now.
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:00 PM
 
Originally posted by dole:
Does anyone know if this is build 7D24?
yes it is so the one you download from hotline is most likely safe.

And before anyone asks it DOES NOT fix the G5 chirping problem.

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Dec 17, 2003, 09:07 PM
 
Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
And before anyone asks it DOES NOT fix the G5 chirping problem.
You must remove your Radeon card to fix that.
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:09 PM
 
Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
yes it is so the one you download from hotline is most likely safe.

And before anyone asks it DOES NOT fix the G5 chirping problem.
G5 chirping? What's that? I've got a G5 at work and I've never heard a peep out of it, let alone a chirp! Weirdness with inside fans though, open the internal (clear plastic) door - fans come on as they should do. Close it again - fans stay on as they should NOT do. Think it might be a dodgy microswitch. No biggie.
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:12 PM
 
- improved file sharing and directory services for mixed Mac and PC networks

YEAH RIGHT!!...drives still won't eject until I re-boot...this is not good.
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:12 PM
 
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:15 PM
 
Close call here!

During my update my Mac froze while the install was optimizing so I had to hard restart.

It was a little slow on the restart but it came back up I was still on 10.3.1.

I installed the update again and it went fine.

Scary situation but all seems fine.
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:15 PM
 
Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
yes it is so the one you download from hotline is most likely safe.

And before anyone asks it DOES NOT fix the G5 chirping problem.
The one I downloaded from hotline?? I'm still running 10.3.1. I asked a simple fooking question and you had to give a smart ass remark...Anyways, does this update fix the "double shadows" underneath the files name on the desktop?
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:20 PM
 
Originally posted by dole:
Anyways, does this update fix the "double shadows" underneath the files name on the desktop?
Nope ( according to some other forum members).
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:23 PM
 
despite updated mail - the bug where the action menu in the drawer keeps growing by one empty item for each time the main mail window is opened and closed is still there.
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:25 PM
 
I've noticed a big increase in the amount of time it takes to reboot/login/load the desktop and menus so far....I've restarted several times to make sure...that's disappointing, oh well....
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:26 PM
 
Originally posted by dole:
The one I downloaded from hotline?? I'm still running 10.3.1. I asked a simple fooking question and you had to give a smart ass remark...Anyways, does this update fix the "double shadows" underneath the files name on the desktop?
Ok here is a new smart ass remark.

Yes the rumor sites you were reading this update were true

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Dec 17, 2003, 09:28 PM
 
Originally posted by cpac:
despite updated mail - the bug where the action menu in the drawer keeps growing by one empty item for each time the main mail window is opened and closed is still there.
So THAT's what's going on. I never noticed the connection.

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Dec 17, 2003, 09:28 PM
 
Gah... still didn't fix my popup menu bug.


And I think I'm the only person with this problem too.



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Dec 17, 2003, 09:33 PM
 
Originally posted by chabig:
So THAT's what's going on. I never noticed the connection.

Chris
Same here, that's wild. So what is "new" with Mail.app anyway?
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:47 PM
 
weird, it's telling me i don't have permission to modify /tmp/ .... etc

is it safe to delete /tmp/ and see if that helps?
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:48 PM
 
Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
Are you geeks all pounding your update now button or what is the story here?
You're right, an ignore feature WOULD be welcome on this board
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Dec 17, 2003, 10:16 PM
 
There is an ignore function. To edit your setting, go to the user center.
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Dec 17, 2003, 10:20 PM
 
no problems yet.
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 10:35 PM
 
This looks like another stinker. It slowed down my powerbook considerably. Lots of people on this and other boards seem to be having the same problem.

Edit: OK...nevermind, it is fast again. Strange.
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Dec 17, 2003, 10:38 PM
 
You guys go on ahead. I just got done reinstalling everything.

I think I'll wait this one out.
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Dec 17, 2003, 10:51 PM
 
No problems here

In fact it nothing seems different.
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 10:56 PM
 
Originally posted by dole:
Does anyone know if this is build 7D24?
Yes

Install went w/o problems. No change in SCSI badness, all else looks same so far. Ran suite of programs (Photoshop 7, Illustrator 10, NetNewsWire, Tex Edit Plus (4.6), Cocktail 3.3, Maintain, Snapz Pro X 1.09, Disk Utility) All no problems so far. But I did not have problems before. Still have not done new and improved Font Book. I'll wait for others on File Vault, FireWire.

10.3.2 did not install or fix the stupid Perl missing man files problem or fix a goofy Unix postfix mail problem with mystery messages I have.

Now there is a sleep problem. Put G4 Power Mac to sleep. Wait 10 seconds, wakes from sleep with a loud click. Never happened before.
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Everything installed/booted well, but now Halo wont work......
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:05 PM
 
Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
Are you geeks all pounding your update now button or what is the story here?
Says Star Wars Guy with thousands of posts on a Mac forum...

Does anyone else experience that Halo problem? Because I don't want to download the update if Halo won't work. :/
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:07 PM
 
I installed the update and everything seemed OK. I ran several applications and they all performed just fine. However, I walked away to eat dinner and when I cam back my machine was in sleep mode. That in itself is not a problem but when I tried to wake my machine it stopped responding and then gave me a kernel panic. I haven't seen one of those since the early days of 10.1.
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:27 PM
 
Just installed 10.3.2 on my 17 inch powerbook, and boot times definitely have gone up. Past the boot screen, I always get the beach ball after the dock loads, waiting for the menu bar to load. Anyone else get this?
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:29 PM
 
Originally posted by KraziKid:
Just installed 10.3.2 on my 17 inch powerbook, and boot times definitely have gone up. Past the boot screen, I always get the beach ball after the dock loads, waiting for the menu bar to load. Anyone else get this?
Yep, exactly...
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:35 PM
 
Well I'll be sticking with 10.3.1...
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:36 PM
 
Same here (the slowed boot times).

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Dec 17, 2003, 11:38 PM
 
Originally posted by KraziKid:
Just installed 10.3.2 on my 17 inch powerbook, and boot times definitely have gone up. Past the boot screen, I always get the beach ball after the dock loads, waiting for the menu bar to load. Anyone else get this?
Same here, but seems that it got quicker after the initial re-boot.
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:39 PM
 
Originally posted by schk:
Same here, but seems that it got quicker after the initial re-boot.
I've tried rebooting multiple times, and no dice.
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:40 PM
 
Don't see any login time increase here. I've got quite a few things in my startup items, and they all take a while, but no real stall. I logged in my clean user that I keep for troubleshooting, and it took about 10 seconds at most to get a functional Finder.

I will say that this is the first time I've ever run an update that didn't need any permissions repairs.

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Dec 17, 2003, 11:41 PM
 
Originally posted by KraziKid:
Just installed 10.3.2 on my 17 inch powerbook, and boot times definitely have gone up. Past the boot screen, I always get the beach ball after the dock loads, waiting for the menu bar to load. Anyone else get this?
Same here on my PB 17 1.33.
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:57 PM
 
After installation, the first boot was slow. But I ran the daily, weekly, and monthly scripts, and repaired permissions and all seems normal again.

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Mail is updated from 1.3 to 1.3.2 and address book is updated from 3.1 to 3.1.1 Hard to contain my excitement. Still not able to print out selected text directly (using textedit is a real pain) and still not able to print out a single selected contact. At least it is free - maybe next year.
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 11:59 PM
 
My boot time is slow, very slow compared to the 40 seconds of before. Does anyone have an explanation? This is quite annoying.
     
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After restarting after the install, my 12" PB's fan is continually on.
     
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Dec 18, 2003, 12:06 AM
 
Originally posted by yellowdog:
Still not able to print out selected text directly (using textedit is a real pain)
Just FYI, you can alwyas select the text and use the services menu to move it to TextEdit via "Services/TextEdit/New Window Containing Selection."

It's not a total solution to your issue, but it may be a bit faster than old fashioned copy-paste.

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Dec 18, 2003, 12:08 AM
 
Unfortuantely bugs still exist in Mail updated by Mac OS 10.3.2. If you drag an attachment (ie MS Word) from Mail to Desktop it will be read-only. If, however, you use the "Save All" button it will be read-write.
     
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Dec 18, 2003, 12:08 AM
 
Originally posted by chabig:
After installation, the first boot was slow. But I ran the daily, weekly, and monthly scripts, and repaired permissions and all seems normal again.

Chris
I repair permissions through the disk utility, correct? How do you run the scripts?
     
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Dec 18, 2003, 12:20 AM
 
Originally posted by KraziKid:
I repair permissions through the disk utility, correct? How do you run the scripts?
from terminal:

sudo periodic daily
sudo periodic weekly
sudo periodic monthly

I tried those after the update, but my boot up is still slow and getting the beachball before dock loads up.
     
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Originally posted by RAILhead:
Just FYI, you can alwyas select the text and use the services menu to move it to TextEdit via "Services/TextEdit/New Window Containing Selection."
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That's what I was referring to. I guess what frustrates me is that Apple gives me all sorts of window dressing and genie effects but when it comes down to simple features that other apps provide, like entourage which hasn't been updated in two + years, they simply can't come up with the improvements. If they seriously want people to use their applications and promote their OS they sooner or later are going to have to step up to the plate. The competition is heating up, Linux is moving hard on the desktop - Apple needs to start providing the needed refinements to their core programs. End of rant - sorry, I've had a tough day at the shopping malls.
     
 
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