Mac OS X 10.4.9 to deliver synching improvements
Published thursday evening as part of the friday morning edition
For the first time in over three months, Apple Computer is asking its developer community to begin testing and providing feedback on a forthcoming update to its Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger operating system.
People familiar with the matter say the Cupertino, Calif.-based company on thursday evening began distributing the first external software compile of Mac OS X 10.4.9 to members of its Apple Developer Connection.
Those people say the maintenance and security release was made available in two distinct distributions -- a bare-bones "Delta" updater and a more inclusive "Combo" version.
Apple reportedly asked developers to focus their testing efforts on system components such as .Mac connectivity, Bluetooth, Bonjour, FireWire, Graphics and USB.
Other areas of testing singled out by the Mac maker included Adobe Flash, Automator, Dashboard Widgets, Fonts, iChat video conferencing and iSync.
Already, the build distributed to developers includes over a dozen fixes to problems that have turned up in previous versions of the Tiger operating system, people familiar with the software say.
Some of the bugs Tiger users can expect solutions for in the upcoming release pertained to Rosetta, USB Modem and caller ID, the Universal Access preferences pane, Bluetooth and device pairing, QC Engine, and CoreGraphics and HID Manager.
Mac OS X 10.4.9 is also said to focus heavily on enhancements to various synching technologies, bundling fixes for Mac and syncing, Sync Services Engine, Sync Services and .Mac Sync, and rsync and extended attributes.
Apple last updated Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger in late September when it released Mac OS X 10.4.8.
For the first time in over three months, Apple Computer is asking its developer community to begin testing and providing feedback on a forthcoming update to its Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger operating system.
People familiar with the matter say the Cupertino, Calif.-based company on thursday evening began distributing the first external software compile of Mac OS X 10.4.9 to members of its Apple Developer Connection.
Those people say the maintenance and security release was made available in two distinct distributions -- a bare-bones "Delta" updater and a more inclusive "Combo" version.
Apple reportedly asked developers to focus their testing efforts on system components such as .Mac connectivity, Bluetooth, Bonjour, FireWire, Graphics and USB.
Other areas of testing singled out by the Mac maker included Adobe Flash, Automator, Dashboard Widgets, Fonts, iChat video conferencing and iSync.
Already, the build distributed to developers includes over a dozen fixes to problems that have turned up in previous versions of the Tiger operating system, people familiar with the software say.
Some of the bugs Tiger users can expect solutions for in the upcoming release pertained to Rosetta, USB Modem and caller ID, the Universal Access preferences pane, Bluetooth and device pairing, QC Engine, and CoreGraphics and HID Manager.
Mac OS X 10.4.9 is also said to focus heavily on enhancements to various synching technologies, bundling fixes for Mac and syncing, Sync Services Engine, Sync Services and .Mac Sync, and rsync and extended attributes.
Apple last updated Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger in late September when it released Mac OS X 10.4.8.
Comments
-=|Mgkwho
I would hope 4.9 is last, and that Apple can do math (i.e. no 4.10).
-=|Mgkwho
4.9.1
Maybe the sudden focus on bluetooth linking has something to do with the iPhone (Yes, I know the name's taken, but I'd either be calling it that or the New Newton.... the NEWton!)
Moving along, they better improve iSync's range of phones. It's very limited at the moment, and most of the phones supported are old and outdated.
FOR THE LAST TIME, SOFTWARE VERSIONS ARE NOT BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM.
Despite your efforts, surely you accept that this same conversation will occur when 10.5.9 is reached.
Can't wait! ^_^
Calm down, geez. You take using a computer waaaaaay too seriously.
-=|Mgkwho
Just because software versions aren't normal doesn't mean I can hope they will be.
Calm down, geez. You take using a computer waaaaaay too seriously.
-=|Mgkwho
Well, he IS responding to your comment after all. If you didn't make it, he wouldn't have made one to correct you either.
It's annoying because clearly the device is CAPABLE of working with the MBP, it just ISN'T.
Anyone else using a Bluetooth headset with a MBP?
I'm hoping however that there's increased performance, reliability and connectivity for Airport, specifically for the Core Duo / C2D Macs. Lots of issues have been reported, and Apple's update for the C2D machines did not relieve all the issues, which are severe in some cases.
Then again - I hope the 'iPhone' comes out before they get the sync to work .... lol
Merry Christmas all
I hope they will finally update iSync to be able to sync with the newest Symbian phones. I have the SE M600i - and can only get a hold of it via Bluetooth for file transfers.
I'll accuse them of anticompetitive behaviour if they don't, and release an iPhone.
That's the one thing holding me off from buying an M600i.
When I bought my MBP I was extremely pleased with how simple it was to use as a headset with OS X. However, be VERY careful with this. Messing with the audio settings in programs and the OS settings to play through the headset may permanently damage your OS sound capabilities (reinstalling was the ONLY way to fix it). Setting Quicktime to play through it messed up my audio settings so that even after deleting the device, no sound would play through any other device with anything using quicktime.
2 hours on the phone with Apple did nothing to resolve the error (throwing away preferences and such). Finally, they recommended an archived reinstall--but even THAT didn't fix the problem (strange, since it only keeps your personal files). When I wiped the system clean and reinstalled, the problem was magically fixed.
To be fair, this was with either 10.4.6 or 10.4.7, I haven't tried it with 10.4.8 yet.
Word to the wise: don't play with bluetooth headsets in OS X just for fun, it can really screw things up.
- Jasen.
I hope they will finally update iSync to be able to sync with the newest Symbian phones. I have the SE M600i - and can only get a hold of it via Bluetooth for file transfers.
Then again - I hope the 'iPhone' comes out before they get the sync to work .... lol
Merry Christmas all
hi, please, did you test M600i as a modem for mac os x? is it working? GPRS and 3G withouth problems?
It's really annoying - say you have a invoice for 203.51, and pay it (in our accounting module), I enter 203.51 but the software thinks its more - just not displaying, so the invoice remains open, always a couple cents.
Damn its annoying.
I'll accuse them of anticompetitive behaviour if they don't, and release an iPhone.
That's the one thing holding me off from buying an M600i.
So, is everyone going to release an iPhone now, EXCEPT Apple?
I finally bought a bluetooth 2.0 +EDR headset and finally the audio comes through crisp and clear like i was jacked directly into my mac. I'm pretty sure 10.4.9 Supports both of these profiles.. ;-) but i wouldn't have any idea ;-)
I hope they add A2DP and AVRCP.