After this update my Mac mini no longer has a serial number in software!
I clicked on About this Mac and twice on version number and it just displays the words Serial Number nothing else. Also opened system profiler and the serial number is absent there as well! Wierd
Strange, my serial is still there on this G4 Mac mini.
Um, okay. I and a colleague of mine have bought several MacBook Pro's, and none exhibit any of the problems.
Maybe you are wrong, and only the 1% of people who are experiencing these problems complain? At any rate, it's still under warranty and Apple will fix it. The MacBook Pro basically uses an Intel architecture and mainboard now, so any problems are more likely to be Intel problems than Apple problems per se. Anyway, I haven not yet seen a MacBook Pro that exhibits these serious problems. I'm not saying there are none, clearly some people have experienced problems (though some seem to be due to flakey third party memory). All I can say is that 100% of the MacBook Pro's I have seen have been fine and have not experienced any of these issues, not even the inverter problem.
...Maybe that means I'll get better response times when monitoring my guitar through GarageBand with all the distortion (I use iMic)
Hey there... With audio latency sometimes the hardware box thingy itself is the "culprit" not the USB interface. It could be related to the latency of iMic (Griffin Tech right?). Or maybe it be both. Or maybe the software as well. Anyways, good luck, hope it's better overall for ya... 8)
Hey there... With audio latency sometimes the hardware box thingy itself is the "culprit" not the USB interface. It could be related to the latency of iMic (Griffin Tech right?). Or maybe it be both. Or maybe the software as well. Anyways, good luck, hope it's better overall for ya... 8)
After this update my Mac mini no longer has a serial number in software!
I clicked on About this Mac and twice on version number and it just displays the words Serial Number nothing else. Also opened system profiler and the serial number is absent there as well! Weird
That normally means that your logic board was replaced. Did you send your Mini for repair recently?
Well I'll probably update in a day or two, after waiting for you guinea pigs to test the waters a little bit more.
The big thing is that I hope Spotlight fucking works in Mail. It's really, REALLY stupid that it won't turn up any results with 90% of the words I type in to the Find field. Sure hope that's rectified.
Also if I installed a hacked Front Row on my PB...do you guys think 10.4.6 will make it go away? I actually want it to go away since the battery in my keyspan remote died.
Well I'll probably update in a day or two, after waiting for you guinea pigs to test the waters a little bit more.
The big thing is that I hope Spotlight fucking works in Mail. It's really, REALLY stupid that it won't turn up any results with 90% of the words I type in to the Find field. Sure hope that's rectified.
Also if I installed a hacked Front Row on my PB...do you guys think 10.4.6 will make it go away? I actually want it to go away since the battery in my keyspan remote died.
[QUOTE]But, yes, they should at least do that. I see all the guys here who have already used update to install the incremental version. Even after all the years it's been said that that's NOT the preferred way to do it.[/QUOTE
What do you mean by this? That we should download it manually?
Also, to clarify, I think SU should fix permissions and Verify. Then notify you if Verification failed. Why can't Apple do what TechTool does, do trickery under the hood to create an "eDrive" partition, so that we don't need boot from another machine to repair our drive? I don't care if it's a "Unix thing" it's annoying and if it isn't too difficult should be addressed. Hey, they got Verify to work...half way there!
I clicked on About this Mac and twice on version number and it just displays the words Serial Number nothing else.
Hmm, About This Mac doesn't open on this iBook G3 after installing 10.4.6, it just generates a couple console messages:
2006-04-04 09:20:06.414 loginwindow[88] *** Assertion failure in -[NSThemeFrame initWithFrame:], AppKit.subproj/NSView.m:710
2006-04-04 09:20:06.415 loginwindow[88] Uninitialized rectangle passed to [View initWithFrame:].
Will check that later on my other two systems.
First thing I noticed was improved AirPort reception. Mostly 3-4 whatevers in the menubar icon and no more connection flapping(!), just an occasional drop to 2.
But, yes, they should at least do that. I see all the guys here who have already used update to install the incremental version. Even after all the years it's been said that that's NOT the preferred way to do it.[/QUOTE
What do you mean by this? That we should download it manually?
Also, to clarify, I think SU should fix permissions and Verify. Then notify you if Verification failed. Why can't Apple do what TechTool does, do trickery under the hood to create an "eDrive" partition, so that we don't need boot from another machine to repair our drive? I don't care if it's a "Unix thing" it's annoying and if it isn't too difficult should be addressed. Hey, they got Verify to work...half way there!
Actually? Yes. Often problems are seen by people who use the incremental upgrade. Many of those problems are fixed with combo.
I always just go for the combo. It wipes out all of the incremental updates installed and installs from the base system.
Well, this is the first I've read about using combos instead of incremental upgrades and repairing permissions before upgrading.
Safari was giving me beach balls the last couple of days and I was hopeful the upgrade my address that. The download went well. I hit restart and it stopped at the gray Apple screen with no swirly. For a good 30 minutes my iMac G5 1.8 fans roared. I finally shut it off by holding the button and tried to reboot three or four more times with the same result.
I've downloaded MacOSXSrvrUpdCombo10.4.6.dmg and MacOSXUpd10.4.6PPC.dmg at work and burned them. I plan to head home with my Diskwarrior and Tech Tools CD and hopefully get things running.
It's kind of sad that my Quicksilver 9.2.1 at work is a more stable platform. And here I've been bitching and moaning about upgrading (and getting new systems) for a few years.
i dont know if it was me re-installing mac osX or this update but my spotlight finally works after a year of having tiger!
THANK YOU!!!
Me thinks it was your re-install that did it. I can't imagine that 10.4.6 fixed whatever your problem was. Spotlight has worked FLAWLESSLY on my aged 450 MHz. G4 Cube since day one!
Well, this is the first I've read about using combos instead of incremental upgrades and repairing permissions before upgrading.
Safari was giving me beach balls the last couple of days and I was hopeful the upgrade my address that. The download went well. I hit restart and it stopped at the gray Apple screen with no swirly. For a good 30 minutes my iMac G5 1.8 fans roared. I finally shut it off by holding the button and tried to reboot three or four more times with the same result.
I've downloaded MacOSXSrvrUpdCombo10.4.6.dmg and MacOSXUpd10.4.6PPC.dmg at work and burned them. I plan to head home with my Diskwarrior and Tech Tools CD and hopefully get things running.
Grrr!
I don't know of any reason to repair permissions before updating. But, verifying, and repairing your HD, is a must.
Be careful with Tech Tools, it can cause serious problems.
Why is verifying and repairing your HD a must before updating?
Just one of those Mac weirdness. Some people claim it's just voodoo and some people claim it always helps to verify-repair your HD before any sort of upgrading.
I've got no problems 10.4.6 software update (not combo) works like a charm for me The only thing like I mentioned above is the dmproxy* issue that still seems to be around.
Melgross it's the first time I've heard about installing combo is better than software update but an interesting theory nonetheless. I like the idea that it's a "fresher, cleaner" kind of update rather than a "patching" kind of update.
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Originally posted by pioneer01
After this update my Mac mini no longer has a serial number in software!
I clicked on About this Mac and twice on version number and it just displays the words Serial Number nothing else. Also opened system profiler and the serial number is absent there as well! Wierd
Strange, my serial is still there on this G4 Mac mini.
'Wierd' was a typo right? Weird indeed.
Originally posted by wilco
Wrong and wrong.
ongoing Macintouch reports on faulty MBPs
Um, okay. I and a colleague of mine have bought several MacBook Pro's, and none exhibit any of the problems.
Maybe you are wrong, and only the 1% of people who are experiencing these problems complain? At any rate, it's still under warranty and Apple will fix it. The MacBook Pro basically uses an Intel architecture and mainboard now, so any problems are more likely to be Intel problems than Apple problems per se. Anyway, I haven not yet seen a MacBook Pro that exhibits these serious problems. I'm not saying there are none, clearly some people have experienced problems (though some seem to be due to flakey third party memory). All I can say is that 100% of the MacBook Pro's I have seen have been fine and have not experienced any of these issues, not even the inverter problem.
THANK YOU!!!
And I noticed this:
Addresses USB audio issues for PowerPC Macs; for example, latency is improved.
Maybe that means I'll get better response times when monitoring my guitar through GarageBand with all the distortion (I use iMic).
Edit: Huge spelling correction.
...Maybe that means I'll get better response times when monitoring my guitar through GarageBand with all the distortion (I use iMic)
Hey there... With audio latency sometimes the hardware box thingy itself is the "culprit" not the USB interface. It could be related to the latency of iMic (Griffin Tech right?). Or maybe it be both. Or maybe the software as well. Anyways, good luck, hope it's better overall for ya... 8)
Originally posted by nay_acharya
i dont know if it was me re-installing mac osX or this update but my spotlight finally works after a year of having tiger!
THANK YOU!!!
Originally posted by sunilraman
Hey there... With audio latency sometimes the hardware box thingy itself is the "culprit" not the USB interface. It could be related to the latency of iMic (Griffin Tech right?). Or maybe it be both. Or maybe the software as well. Anyways, good luck, hope it's better overall for ya... 8)
I'll post how things turn out
Originally posted by pioneer01
After this update my Mac mini no longer has a serial number in software!
I clicked on About this Mac and twice on version number and it just displays the words Serial Number nothing else. Also opened system profiler and the serial number is absent there as well! Weird
That normally means that your logic board was replaced. Did you send your Mini for repair recently?
The big thing is that I hope Spotlight fucking works in Mail. It's really, REALLY stupid that it won't turn up any results with 90% of the words I type in to the Find field. Sure hope that's rectified.
Also if I installed a hacked Front Row on my PB...do you guys think 10.4.6 will make it go away? I actually want it to go away since the battery in my keyspan remote died.
Originally posted by Aquatic
Well I'll probably update in a day or two, after waiting for you guinea pigs to test the waters a little bit more.
The big thing is that I hope Spotlight fucking works in Mail. It's really, REALLY stupid that it won't turn up any results with 90% of the words I type in to the Find field. Sure hope that's rectified.
Also if I installed a hacked Front Row on my PB...do you guys think 10.4.6 will make it go away? I actually want it to go away since the battery in my keyspan remote died.
hit command esc.
This feature is great when it works, but once you start depending on it it's a nightmare when it starts misbehaving.
What do you mean by this? That we should download it manually?
Also, to clarify, I think SU should fix permissions and Verify. Then notify you if Verification failed. Why can't Apple do what TechTool does, do trickery under the hood to create an "eDrive" partition, so that we don't need boot from another machine to repair our drive? I don't care if it's a "Unix thing" it's annoying and if it isn't too difficult should be addressed. Hey, they got Verify to work...half way there!
Originally posted by pioneer01
I clicked on About this Mac and twice on version number and it just displays the words Serial Number nothing else.
Hmm, About This Mac doesn't open on this iBook G3 after installing 10.4.6, it just generates a couple console messages:
2006-04-04 09:20:06.414 loginwindow[88] *** Assertion failure in -[NSThemeFrame initWithFrame:], AppKit.subproj/NSView.m:710
2006-04-04 09:20:06.415 loginwindow[88] Uninitialized rectangle passed to [View initWithFrame:].
Will check that later on my other two systems.
First thing I noticed was improved AirPort reception. Mostly 3-4 whatevers in the menubar icon and no more connection flapping(!), just an occasional drop to 2.
Quote:
But, yes, they should at least do that. I see all the guys here who have already used update to install the incremental version. Even after all the years it's been said that that's NOT the preferred way to do it.[/QUOTE
What do you mean by this? That we should download it manually?
Also, to clarify, I think SU should fix permissions and Verify. Then notify you if Verification failed. Why can't Apple do what TechTool does, do trickery under the hood to create an "eDrive" partition, so that we don't need boot from another machine to repair our drive? I don't care if it's a "Unix thing" it's annoying and if it isn't too difficult should be addressed. Hey, they got Verify to work...half way there!
Actually? Yes. Often problems are seen by people who use the incremental upgrade. Many of those problems are fixed with combo.
I always just go for the combo. It wipes out all of the incremental updates installed and installs from the base system.
Safari was giving me beach balls the last couple of days and I was hopeful the upgrade my address that. The download went well. I hit restart and it stopped at the gray Apple screen with no swirly. For a good 30 minutes my iMac G5 1.8 fans roared. I finally shut it off by holding the button and tried to reboot three or four more times with the same result.
I've downloaded MacOSXSrvrUpdCombo10.4.6.dmg and MacOSXUpd10.4.6PPC.dmg at work and burned them. I plan to head home with my Diskwarrior and Tech Tools CD and hopefully get things running.
Grrr!
Originally posted by nay_acharya
i dont know if it was me re-installing mac osX or this update but my spotlight finally works after a year of having tiger!
THANK YOU!!!
Me thinks it was your re-install that did it. I can't imagine that 10.4.6 fixed whatever your problem was. Spotlight has worked FLAWLESSLY on my aged 450 MHz. G4 Cube since day one!
Originally posted by Editor
Well, this is the first I've read about using combos instead of incremental upgrades and repairing permissions before upgrading.
Safari was giving me beach balls the last couple of days and I was hopeful the upgrade my address that. The download went well. I hit restart and it stopped at the gray Apple screen with no swirly. For a good 30 minutes my iMac G5 1.8 fans roared. I finally shut it off by holding the button and tried to reboot three or four more times with the same result.
I've downloaded MacOSXSrvrUpdCombo10.4.6.dmg and MacOSXUpd10.4.6PPC.dmg at work and burned them. I plan to head home with my Diskwarrior and Tech Tools CD and hopefully get things running.
Grrr!
I don't know of any reason to repair permissions before updating. But, verifying, and repairing your HD, is a must.
Be careful with Tech Tools, it can cause serious problems.
Why is verifying and repairing your HD a must before updating?
Just one of those Mac weirdness. Some people claim it's just voodoo and some people claim it always helps to verify-repair your HD before any sort of upgrading.
I've got no problems 10.4.6 software update (not combo) works like a charm for me
Melgross it's the first time I've heard about installing combo is better than software update
*http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...&query=dmproxy