A good source told me earlier this week that 10.2.2 is planned to be released around the end of October and 10.2.3 is planned for December. A note about the latter also mentioned two new code names (probably of new hardware) it's adding support for.
It's nice to see that he was right and that 10.2.2 is already being seeded now.
<strong>A good source told me earlier this week that 10.2.2 is planned to be released around the end of October and 10.2.3 is planned for December. A note about the latter also mentioned two new code names (probably of new hardware) it's adding support for.
It's nice to see that he was right and that 10.2.2 is already being seeded now.
If you don't work towards a set goal for a point release, then how else would you decide it's "time" to release an update? Would you just go out every few months and update what you've got done so far? Of course not.
Software without a definite plan is software without any definite future updates.
Well, they are working nonstop, I am almost sure of that, but obviously they need to release things once in a while or they'd be working for nothing, so I'd imagine that they plan updates every so often and come up with reasonable goals of what can be implemented by then.
So... what exactly would these updates do? So far, the only small update I've seen that actually had a noticable change was 10.1.4 to 10.1.5, when support for Rage Pro graphics cards was added. I was running it on a PowerBook G3 with a 4 MB Rage LT Pro.
I didn't notice any difference between 10.2.0 and 10.2.1, but I suppose most of these updates are minor bug fixes and under the hood improvements, so I suppose no one can really expect to see any big difference (unless, of course, you were trying to use a particular CD burner that happens to be supported in the newer version but not in the older version).
October 4, 2002 - According to multiple developer sources, Apple late Thursday began seeding pre-release builds of the next minor update to Mac OS X, version 10.2.2.
The builds are marked as 6F6, representing the first seeds from the "F" milestone, which is reportedly being referred to internally as the "Merlot" milestone. (This appears to go along with the pattern of 10.3's initial code-name, Pinot. Apple's marketing department renamed it "Panther" to fit Apple's cat motif.)
Merlot's seed notes did not specify the exact changes, but testers say that modified files include Address Book, Mail, Sherlock, NetInfo Manager, Terminal, Disc Recording, audio files, Nvidia and ATI drivers, Startup Disk, and power management.
Last month's 10.2.1 update encompassed enhancements and improvements to graphics, printing, networking, and peripheral support.
<strong>There better be a freaking Preview update </strong><hr></blockquote>What's wrong with Preview?
At least Preview is stable. Apple's biggest embarrassment in Jaguar so far has got to be iChat. In a regular evening of heavy chatting, iChat crashes half a dozen times or more. Anyhow, I don't mean to derail the thread into what *should* be fixed -- I just wonder why you think Preview needs an update.
At least Preview is stable. Apple's biggest embarrassment in Jaguar so far has got to be iChat. In a regular evening of heavy chatting, iChat crashes half a dozen times or more. Anyhow, I don't mean to derail the thread into what *should* be fixed -- I just wonder why you think Preview needs an update.</strong><hr></blockquote>
EVERY image I open in Preview it's scaled down, and HALF THE TIME, I can't even "View Actual Size" on the image, it just stays in its scaled down state, and I'm not able to look at the image in its real size at all! What's worse, is that when I DO finally get an image displayed in Actual Size, and the window maximized and all, as soon as I close the image and reopen it, its back to its scaled down size!
Also, I do like the nifty drawer when you open multiple images, but say you want to take one of those images and open it in its own window, you can't! You must close the window containing the drawer of multiple images, open the image singly from the Finder, then reopen the multiple images again from the Finder.
It just seems like too much of a quircky app to me. It seemed to behave a bit better in 10.1.5.
Yeah, I also have to give mad props to GraphicConverter. I use it as the default app for handling all of my image types except for PDF and ICNS. It works so much better and faster than Preview.app and is well worth twice its shareware fee.
<strong>A good source told me earlier this week that 10.2.2 is planned to be released around the end of October and 10.2.3 is planned for December. A note about the latter also mentioned two new code names (probably of new hardware) it's adding support for.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Could it be the rumored updates to software rather than new hardware? Changes to iPhoto and iMovie?
<strong>I've had no problems with the new Preview app and weird scaling. This was quite common with 10.1 though. I've also had not one iChat crash, ever.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ditto. Both Preview and iChat work beautifully for me.
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<strong>Fellow ADC members should go check out the latest Build (6F6). Let me know how it goes... I'm not installing it. </strong><hr></blockquote>
I would install it, but I'm too cheap to buy a Select membership.
It's nice to see that he was right and that 10.2.2 is already being seeded now.
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<strong>A good source told me earlier this week that 10.2.2 is planned to be released around the end of October and 10.2.3 is planned for December. A note about the latter also mentioned two new code names (probably of new hardware) it's adding support for.
It's nice to see that he was right and that 10.2.2 is already being seeded now.
[ 10-04-2002: Message edited by: Brad ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Interesting. I heard the same exact info.
Just bug fix?
what'er
i retract my statement (dont post_) <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
If you don't work towards a set goal for a point release, then how else would you decide it's "time" to release an update? Would you just go out every few months and update what you've got done so far? Of course not.
Software without a definite plan is software without any definite future updates.
[ 10-04-2002: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>
And I know, you said don't post, but whatever.
I didn't notice any difference between 10.2.0 and 10.2.1, but I suppose most of these updates are minor bug fixes and under the hood improvements, so I suppose no one can really expect to see any big difference (unless, of course, you were trying to use a particular CD burner that happens to be supported in the newer version but not in the older version).
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October 4, 2002 - According to multiple developer sources, Apple late Thursday began seeding pre-release builds of the next minor update to Mac OS X, version 10.2.2.
The builds are marked as 6F6, representing the first seeds from the "F" milestone, which is reportedly being referred to internally as the "Merlot" milestone. (This appears to go along with the pattern of 10.3's initial code-name, Pinot. Apple's marketing department renamed it "Panther" to fit Apple's cat motif.)
Merlot's seed notes did not specify the exact changes, but testers say that modified files include Address Book, Mail, Sherlock, NetInfo Manager, Terminal, Disc Recording, audio files, Nvidia and ATI drivers, Startup Disk, and power management.
Last month's 10.2.1 update encompassed enhancements and improvements to graphics, printing, networking, and peripheral support.
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There better be a freaking Preview update
<strong>There better be a freaking Preview update </strong><hr></blockquote>What's wrong with Preview?
At least Preview is stable. Apple's biggest embarrassment in Jaguar so far has got to be iChat. In a regular evening of heavy chatting, iChat crashes half a dozen times or more. Anyhow, I don't mean to derail the thread into what *should* be fixed -- I just wonder why you think Preview needs an update.
<strong>What's wrong with Preview?
At least Preview is stable. Apple's biggest embarrassment in Jaguar so far has got to be iChat. In a regular evening of heavy chatting, iChat crashes half a dozen times or more. Anyhow, I don't mean to derail the thread into what *should* be fixed -- I just wonder why you think Preview needs an update.</strong><hr></blockquote>
EVERY image I open in Preview it's scaled down, and HALF THE TIME, I can't even "View Actual Size" on the image, it just stays in its scaled down state, and I'm not able to look at the image in its real size at all! What's worse, is that when I DO finally get an image displayed in Actual Size, and the window maximized and all, as soon as I close the image and reopen it, its back to its scaled down size!
Also, I do like the nifty drawer when you open multiple images, but say you want to take one of those images and open it in its own window, you can't! You must close the window containing the drawer of multiple images, open the image singly from the Finder, then reopen the multiple images again from the Finder.
It just seems like too much of a quircky app to me. It seemed to behave a bit better in 10.1.5.
<strong>A good source told me earlier this week that 10.2.2 is planned to be released around the end of October and 10.2.3 is planned for December. A note about the latter also mentioned two new code names (probably of new hardware) it's adding support for.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Could it be the rumored updates to software rather than new hardware? Changes to iPhoto and iMovie?
<strong>I've had no problems with the new Preview app and weird scaling. This was quite common with 10.1 though. I've also had not one iChat crash, ever.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ditto. Both Preview and iChat work beautifully for me.
Now... as to the Finder, that's a different story
It won't let me create an additional password! Not even in a new keychain - then, it just crashes.
Preview is pretty cool too. The problems mentioned here were evident with 10.1 but Jaguar seemed to have corrected them (at least for me!)