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Archives => 2003 => Topic started by: pendragon on February 13, 2003, 04:06:00 PM
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OS 10.2.4 Released (40.9MB!) via Software Update preference.
The 10.2.4 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, services and technologies: Address Book, Classic compatibility, Finder, FireWire, Graphics, OpenGL, and Sherlock. It includes AFP and Windows file service improvements, as well as audio, disc recording, graphics, and printing improvements.
Harv
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thanx for the info...
did the update and noticed a change in performance...
Tonye
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Tonye, But was the performance change for the better?
Harv
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Don't ask me why, but I downloaded it. So far, so good. Not sure what's different, but what the heck--now that I'm on OSX, I'm a cutting edge kind of Mac user.
[ 02-13-2003, 08:16 PM: Message edited by: RobW ]
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You can get some of the details on the update here.
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Downloaded. . .installed. . .No probs, so far. . .
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Yes it was for the better, i noticed a change in my graphics when my Marine Aquarium comes on, and I have not had to reinstall my driver for my Lexmark All in 1 at all today, burning a CD was somewhat faster, but had a problem before with it when i was only able to burn at a speed of 4X, now I actualy can burn at the maxium speed with the CDburner.
I am very pleased with the update, as well as installing the 256mb/144 pin ram. I think that may have helped with the speed, but I didn't notice the change until I downloaded the upgrade from apple today.
I got the speed and was ready to burn...
& had no problems at all today.
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Well, I have to add that this update went fine on my B&W, but hosed my PHP settings or files on my beige G3. Everything normal worked fine, but my bulletin board software that I installed on the beige completely stopped functioning after the update. A quick reinstall of PHP and a restart of my MySQL server and all is well. Only 2 hours of lost time.
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Like most others, my DL and install was much the non-event. And for that, I'll not complain, but rather be enthraled with the mystery of it all.
Harv
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Al, apparently the update overwrites some config files. Came across this fix for PHP, might be worth saving for the next time?
[ 02-14-2003, 09:50 AM: Message edited by: kps ]
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TechSurvivors' Principles Nr 287a:
On updates, follow the lead of Sir Pendragon, as do those wild-and-krazy-early-adopters, RobW and RHPConsult.
Onward and Upward!
PS: So far so good
PS Nr 2: First rewarding discovery. 10.2.4 solved my printing problem that none of you will remember and I can't forget: Pismo wouldn't print to an HP 4MV tabloid printer over our little LAN except in a washed-out, bluish print.
Nooooooo longer. Everything fixed . . . somehow, by 10.2.4
Hooray!
[ 02-14-2003, 10:44 PM: Message edited by: RHPConsult ]
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RHP, I must admit that when I did this it was strictly an "impulse update"! I had no intentions of doing it at that moment--I had some stuff to do, and a daughter was waiting to use the computer. So, what better time is there to do a 40 MB download, update your OS with a version that's been out for about 18 minutes, and after you're done, tell daughter that she has to wait until you've repaired permissions. Oh yeah, I was a popular guy last evening. So why, you ask did I do it then?? "Because it was there."
[ 02-14-2003, 10:52 AM: Message edited by: RobW ]
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kps, THANK YOU!
Definitely saved, hopefully I won't have to use it, but that's great insurance anyways and it would have saved a bunch of headaches this time.
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Funny, the Software Update panel speaks of enhancements to "Graphics, OpenGL, and Sherlock", but I don't see these mentioned in the Knowledge Base article Rob links to.
I'm currently downloading this one to my desktop and I'll scout around a bit first because I've got quite a bit of 3rd party software installed.
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Installed 2.4. with zero problems.
The only thing that really scared me was when I first decided to give it test run on the net and then open some apps etc.
----- BUT ----- the first place I zipped to was TS before firing up whatevers.
TS loaded ok. Then I opened a thread to see how ....
Diana's Cat pics scared the tar out of me!!!!!!
WHAT DID THIS UPDATE DO ANYWAYS?
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Bill-- you did the update?? Did you start the download two days ago??
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Nah Rob.
I got the comb update=75mbs?/reg=40mbs/imovie=80mbs/iPhoto and all the other updates plus a couple of extras all in less than an hour. <gr>
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Well, that went fine!
My "repair permissions" after the update did nothing special, and I ran disk utilities as a matter of habit.
Apart from the PHP issue raised by Al and Karl above, I've seen nothing of great note on the net. MacNN's report is among the most detailed I've spotted on what seems to be a routine update, and one fellow there, Jamie Rishaw, has even gone to the trouble of listing everything installed!
What I found interesting about that list is the sheer volume of application support stuff that now goes into these 40 MB+ packages, for hardware you're never likely to have or to want!
Just in case, you might say.
Quite apart from the various unused languages it's now easy to dispose of should you feel so inclined, it gets me wondering just how many MBs of stuff are tucked away into today's OS X system folder that the average user will never need...