OS X 10.4.3 due this weekend

20 Comments on OS X 10.4.3 due this weekend

mingistech on Fri, 28th Oct 2005 5:48 pm


hmm… i’m running 10.4.2 and rarely experence any buggy behavior.

OsakanOne on Fri, 28th Oct 2005 6:08 pm


I get a lot of buggy behavior recently. Some programs have refused to minimize, fonts haven’t rendered properly, ALT & TAB refused to work, text-boxes refused to take content, Terminal wouldn’t launch (along with a host of other apps).

The biggest nusance was that 10.4.3 refused to listen to my graphics tablet after around 30 minutes.

All could be fixed with a simple reboot, though.

(2nd generation PowerBook, 256mb, 60GB, Airport Extreme, Bluetooth)

Jon Henshaw on Fri, 28th Oct 2005 6:18 pm


I hope this update will fix the smoke coming out of the side of my PowerBook.

Phill Dontes on Fri, 28th Oct 2005 6:40 pm


“I get a lot of buggy behavior recently. Some programs have refused to minimize, fonts haven’t rendered properly, ALT & TAB refused to work, text-boxes refused to take content, Terminal wouldn’t launch (along with a host of other apps).”

^^^ Stop using hacked Front Row

jason on Fri, 28th Oct 2005 7:09 pm


i have had much bugs. Tiger has introduced many a beach ball

meatwad on Fri, 28th Oct 2005 7:37 pm


Sometimes my mouse and keyboard just stop working. I have to unplug from USB and wait for a few minutes before plugging back in. Hopefully this will solve that annoying problem.

T-Bird on Fri, 28th Oct 2005 10:13 pm


I’ve had a few troubles with the 10.4.2–mainly just weird lockups…hopefully this will fix quite a bit.

ADD on Fri, 28th Oct 2005 11:37 pm


VERY GOOD

Daniel Shelby on Sat, 29th Oct 2005 12:08 am


“Sometimes my mouse and keyboard just stop working. I have to unplug from USB and wait for a few minutes before plugging back in. Hopefully this will solve that annoying problem.”

I had the problem but it also included any usb devices I plugged in such as my ipod and my hp printer. I fixed the issue by deleting my preference files and then rebooting. Issue resolved.

Anonymous on Sat, 29th Oct 2005 12:34 am


10.4.2 is the most stable version of OS X I’ve ever used. I did a clean install with 10.4.0, then updated to 10.4.2 the day after it came out. I haven’t restarted since and during that time I’ve been using my computer at least 8 hours a day, and rendering video + F@H at night while I’m asleep.

23:30 up 104 days, 4:44, 14 users, load averages: 0.18 0.38 0.49

No pinwheels, no kb/mouse probs, it just works.

Dan D. on Sat, 29th Oct 2005 12:37 am


yea, i don’t have a problem, and i have front row installed on my ibook (G3 series too)… so the comment about it messing up your computer is false, i see no errors, nor have any errors from 10.4.2

D on Sat, 29th Oct 2005 3:20 am


10.4 changed the firmware in the memory controller on at the very least the 1.25GHz PowerBooks to make them much more picky about memory. My wife had 512MB in her powerbook that worked flawlessly under 10.3 but caused the computer to panic and freeze from time to time under 10.4. Replacing it with the most expensive memory they had (which was free since it was under a lifetime warranty) fixed this problem. If you’ve installed cheap memory (particularly in a powerbook) this may well be the cause of your problem. The only way we isolated it was by running TechTool for 12 hours straight.

Lasse on Sat, 29th Oct 2005 4:50 am


I don’t have any problems, 10.4.2 works just fine. I hope they include Frontrow and photo booth in this new update! I am a new mac user (6 weeks) so maybe I don’t know what is normal behavior =)

Trump's Baby on Sat, 29th Oct 2005 9:13 am


D.

I don’t think OS updates ever change the firmware of a machine.
those are usually stand alone updates specific to a machine.

MacJunkie82 on Sat, 29th Oct 2005 4:34 pm


@ Lasse…

As great as that would be, it won’t happen. This is a maintenance update.

Mactel Williams on Mon, 31st Oct 2005 6:49 pm


Hey, great job guys!
10.4.3 released today, just like you said.

OsakanOne on Mon, 31st Oct 2005 11:20 pm


>>^^^ Stop using hacked Front Row
Aww… But it’s so much fun~! XD

OsakanOne on Mon, 31st Oct 2005 11:26 pm


Actually…
10.4.3 [final] broke Front Row…

I think Apple saw this coming.
Looks like the smart sods read the news and follow the tech, eh?

Ah well. iLife 06 it is.

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Venky on Fri, 2nd Dec 2005 8:37 am


Working with Quark XPress 6.5 Mouse Spinning/busy signal problem randomly,returns control to use after 3,4 minutes and needs a force quit of the application otherwise.

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