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 Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.6 |
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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.6
Monday April 3, 2006
Apple today released Mac OS X 10.4.6 via its Software Update Utility and on the Web. The company says this release includes fixes and improvements for a wide variety of products, including: login and authentication in a variety of network environments; file access and byte range locking with AFP file sharing; network access when using proxy server automatic configuration files; connecting to Cisco VPN servers using IP/Sec; using Bluetooth wireless devices; searching iWork '06 and Microsoft Office documents with Spotlight; saving Word documents automatically when using a network home directory; creating Automator workflows for iPhoto 6; synchronizing contacts and calendars to .Mac and mobile phones; mounting and unmounting iDisk volumes; compatibility with third party applications and devices; and previous standalone security updates.
Mac OS X 10.4.6 Combo updates are available here: Intel-191MB; PPC-140MB; Server-182MB.
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/461.html |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Good lord! My update is 163MB. This is going to take a while. |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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My update was 48MB and was installed in 4 minutes.
Everything went fine except my system booted twice after install.
Other than that, it had no effect on my GUI kits or iTunes skins.
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AJagor92
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Everything went fine except my system booted twice after install. |
No Kidding? Mine did too. I found it a little odd.
Anyone got any ideas why?
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| SOCOMRAIDER wrote: |
Everything went fine except my system booted twice after install.
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That is normal with PPC based Macs. Read bullet 2.
"With the Mac OS X 10.4.6 system software update, PowerPC-based Macs will restart twice, instead of once, after the initial installation."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303411
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robhfla
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Remember to repair permissions BEFORE and AFTER the update. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| robhfla wrote: | | Remember to repair permissions BEFORE and AFTER the update. |
I always wondered if I should log out or restart after repairing permissions or just go on my way? |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:39 am Post subject: |
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Mac retard question, but what is repairing permissions exactly?
And mine is 163, if anyone cares.  |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| jbstingray wrote: | Mac retard question, but what is repairing permissions exactly?
And mine is 163, if anyone cares. |
It corrects any errors in the permissions. To do that you need to open you folder and find and applications called Disk Utility here is the path :
Applications/utilities/Disk Utility
Once you open the application called Disk Utility, you choose your hard drive the one you named something or it may still be called Macintosh HD. Once you choose that, you can see the first fan saying FIRST AID. Almost at the bottom of the application window, you have something called Repair Disk Permissions.
It will fix things that are not in order, and once you do that you can install the update. After you have restarted the mini, you repeat this and that is all.
My update is also 163mb... Insane... But I don't dare to update till I know it does something GOOD, instead of screwing with my mini. So I have to wait to read the reports...
Good luck...
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:54 am Post subject: |
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| jbstingray wrote: | Mac retard question, but what is repairing permissions exactly?
And mine is 163, if anyone cares. |
Not a "retard" question at all. Nostromo gave you a good answer.
If you're new to OSX, I recommend this great article from last year:
A mini-guide to Mac OS X for new Mini owners http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/miniguide.ars
Very helpful start guide.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| nostromo wrote: | But I don't dare to update till I know it does something GOOD, instead of screwing with my mini. So I have to wait to read the reports...
Good luck... |
You said it nostromo. After the huge debacle on my mini after the previous security update in March I am waiting a couple of weeks at least before I try to apply any new updates.
Over at macintouch.com there are reports that the second reboot is ude to an auto permission repair the update performs.
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I installed the update on my Mini last night, repairing permissions before and after the installation. One positive effect I noticed immediately was on the permissions repair itself. Instead of spitting out a bunch of gobblety-gook about changing permissions on the various widgets, it didn't report anything at all other than the repair being complete. That's what it used to do and what I prefer. Before that, you would have to wade through all those junky messages to see if any document or program had faulty permissions.
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Here's MacFixIt on the 10.4.6 update:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060403142321217
I've always had good luck upgrading when I:
--Use the Combo Updater from Apple.com rather than the simple Software Update version
--Disable third-party haxies
--Repair permissions
--Reboot the Mac
--Install system upgrades
--Reboot again (remember that rebooting will often take much longer the first time after the upgrade, and PPC Minis will reboot twice)
--Repair permissions again (remember that the list of things repaired will often be different)
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| robhfla wrote: | | Remember to repair permissions BEFORE and AFTER the update. |
Thanks for the unnessesary step, my update took bloody ages! 
http://daringfireball.net/2006/04/repair_permissions
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