.. and if it were useful, the Installer would do it when it installs. It doesn't.
In other news, 10.4.8 has zoom-scrolling enabled. Hold down Control and spin the scroll wheel on your mouse. Zoom. Set parameters in Mouse control panel.
Was this only something for Trackpad Macs? Because My macbook had this from 10.4.6
I believe the control-wheel zoom was activated by the Mighty Mouse drivers, but 10.4.8 activates it for all mice. But this is only based on my experiences to date.
I believe the control-wheel zoom was activated by the Mighty Mouse drivers, but 10.4.8 activates it for all mice. But this is only based on my experiences to date.
When restarting, I hardly ever saw the blue loading bar and the contents of the desktop would appear instantly. Now after installing 10.4.8 is take a good few seconds of disk churning for the contents of the desktop to appear and Safari also churns away before displaying any web content.
When restarting, I hardly ever saw the blue loading bar and the contents of the desktop would appear instantly. Now after installing 10.4.8 is take a good few seconds of disk churning for the contents of the desktop to appear and Safari also churns away before displaying any web content.
Is this normal after an update?
The long restart (inc. login) time is normal after an update. Reboot again and you should notice fast boot times are back.
Anyone using the Addlogix USB adaptor? *Watch out!* Don't upgrade or you will regret it as your system.log begins filling with constant network failures.
I didn't see this mentioned here yet. I updated my Intel Core 2 Duo iMac and my iBook G4 - Mail.app on the iMac went to Version 2.1.1 (752.3), but on the iBook G4 it remained at 2.1 (752/752.2)? I learned of this here: Hawk Wings
Those folks having issues with the update... did you let it reboot twice like the release notes say?
Or did you force quit in the middle of the first boot, thinking it was hung?
Yup, I let it reboot twice. I'm about to take a shower, so I guess I'll find out if it will/will not wake up from sleep again. I'm sort of hoping it will be a one time problem (although I guess that is a bit doubtful).
DeaPeaJay, I think it's just you (quid pro quo eh? ) My Command+N works.
Kickaha, I let it boot twice. I was worried the first time, I thought I had hosed my MacBook with this update and was too scared to do anything but leave the machine alone, and it booted a second time.
Messiah, I notice the long boot times too. It takes a while for the blue bar to appear and the blue bar stays a while too. That never happened before the update.
Maybe henceforth I should wait a few days before updating stuff from Apple?
3) All that z-stuff looks like something relating to ZFS, although Tiger looks like a strange place to put it.
Yes, that's just me being as paranoid as possible
According to Google search, the zstuff has nothing to do with ZFS that I can find. Anything in /usr/bin is going to be related to Unix commands. Basically, those are just command line tools that let you manage zipped files. In the terminal, you can do a "man z*filename" such as "man zless" to read what it does.
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.. and if it were useful, the Installer would do it when it installs. It doesn't.
In other news, 10.4.8 has zoom-scrolling enabled. Hold down Control and spin the scroll wheel on your mouse. Zoom. Set parameters in Mouse control panel.
Was this only something for Trackpad Macs? Because My macbook had this from 10.4.6
I believe the control-wheel zoom was activated by the Mighty Mouse drivers, but 10.4.8 activates it for all mice. But this is only based on my experiences to date.
Ah yes.. Also have the Mighty Mouse....
When restarting, I hardly ever saw the blue loading bar and the contents of the desktop would appear instantly. Now after installing 10.4.8 is take a good few seconds of disk churning for the contents of the desktop to appear and Safari also churns away before displaying any web content.
Is this normal after an update?
Here is why.
According to Apple, 10.4.8 includes Flash Plugin 9.0.20.0
However, 9.0.20.0 is for Intel, while the current version for PPC is 9.0.16.0.
My Mac Pro is noticably slower after the update.
When restarting, I hardly ever saw the blue loading bar and the contents of the desktop would appear instantly. Now after installing 10.4.8 is take a good few seconds of disk churning for the contents of the desktop to appear and Safari also churns away before displaying any web content.
Is this normal after an update?
The long restart (inc. login) time is normal after an update. Reboot again and you should notice fast boot times are back.
Not sure about the Safari thing.
My PowerMac is now freezing and requires a hard restart after it goes to sleep. This is bullshit.
I'm experiencing the same problem on my 20" intel iMac. Found anything out about it?
Or did you force quit in the middle of the first boot, thinking it was hung?
Those folks having issues with the update... did you let it reboot twice like the release notes say?
Or did you force quit in the middle of the first boot, thinking it was hung?
Yup, I let it reboot twice. I'm about to take a shower, so I guess I'll find out if it will/will not wake up from sleep again. I'm sort of hoping it will be a one time problem (although I guess that is a bit doubtful).
for a previous poster: My command-N works fine.
Kickaha, I let it boot twice. I was worried the first time, I thought I had hosed my MacBook with this update and was too scared to do anything but leave the machine alone, and it booted a second time.
Messiah, I notice the long boot times too. It takes a while for the blue bar to appear and the blue bar stays a while too. That never happened before the update.
Maybe henceforth I should wait a few days before updating stuff from Apple?
Cheers
10.4.8 PPC Delta Package, interesting contents:
[code]
./System/Library/PreferencePanes/DesktopScreenEffectsPref.prefPane
./System/Library/PreferencePanes/DesktopScreenEffectsPref.prefPane/Contents/Resources/DesktopPictures.prefPane
./System/Library/PreferencePanes/DesktopScreenEffectsPref.prefPane/Contents/Resources/ScreenEffects.prefPane
.....
./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework
./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ClientController.bundle
.....
./usr/bin/zcat
./usr/bin/zcmp
./usr/bin/zdiff
./usr/bin/zegrep
./usr/bin/zfgrep
./usr/bin/zforce
./usr/bin/zgrep
./usr/bin/zless
./usr/bin/zmore
./usr/bin/znew
/code]
Nothing jumping out here regarding new hardware coming down the pipe.
1) What's up with DesktopScreenEffectsPref? Is that the CLI hack to run your screensaver as your desktop?
2) I see a wireless update. We just had a security update, so could this be something relating to the pre-N stuff in iMacs and the forthcoming MBPs?
3) All that z-stuff looks like something relating to ZFS, although Tiger looks like a strange place to put it.
Yes, that's just me being as paranoid as possible
3) All that z-stuff looks like something relating to ZFS, although Tiger looks like a strange place to put it.
Yes, that's just me being as paranoid as possible
According to Google search, the zstuff has nothing to do with ZFS that I can find. Anything in /usr/bin is going to be related to Unix commands. Basically, those are just command line tools that let you manage zipped files. In the terminal, you can do a "man z*filename" such as "man zless" to read what it does.