On the other hand Microsoft's updates tend not to freeze your computer so you spend five minutes watching a spinning beachball before trying to Force Quit then realising that your Mac has, in fact, crashed and won't allow you to enter other applications nor will it shut down or restart forcing you to pop the battery (thankfully I have a late 2008 unibody).
Anyone else appreciate the irony that you can't get this "enhanced stability" update due to lack of stability in your current version AND it is an Apple product?
Mark Anderson - I manage a studio full of Macs, and I update all of them. They never - EVER - crash while updating. Since my sample size is many times larger than yours, I win. Aren't statistics great?
I gotta admit, reading through that "feature list" it looks like its a roll up of a number of recent updates with a few bonus patches tacked in that should have already been working anyway.
OLD - Upgrades Safari to version 4.0.2. OLD - Improves overall Bluetooth reliability with external devices, USB webcams and printers. OLD - Improves compatibility and reliability for joining AirPort networks. OLD - Includes additional RAW image support for several third-party cameras. OLD - Includes latest security fixes.
Some of the others seem old too. As for reliability with AFP and managed clients, well Apple's "it just works" does not extend to its OSX Sever which is scary flaky with big buggy holes lying all over the place unfixed.
@boomerz and to everyone else who complains about engadget publishing this: There's a possibility of not reading and skipping to the next one..? This info was good for me, I figured out to update my mac though it would have done it later by itself.
The X-Fi3 keeps with the company's commitment to audio fidelity, thanks to the apt-X codec, which supposedly offers audio quality similar to a wired connection when streaming. On that front, the device also handles FLAC files.
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Microsoft pushes out bug fixes every week or two and there's no breaking news story over it. How's this any different?
It was unexpected is all.
This is Engadget, if Steve Job farts the writers will make it "BREAKING NEWS" :P
Must be a slow news day :p.
...because Apple's bug fixes are revolutionary. Where have you been?
At Darwin, HOW DARE YOU SAY APPLE HAS BUGS AT ALL!!! THEY ISBE GOD!!!
*presses caps lock again*
people complain about apple coverage on every post. how are you any different?
@sean dailey:
Unlike Engadget, I didn't put a "breaking news" tag on my post.
not really what i was getting at, but nice try anyway.
On the other hand Microsoft's updates tend not to freeze your computer so you spend five minutes watching a spinning beachball before trying to Force Quit then realising that your Mac has, in fact, crashed and won't allow you to enter other applications nor will it shut down or restart forcing you to pop the battery (thankfully I have a late 2008 unibody).
Awesome. Increased stability? LOL!
Hoorah!
Second time lucky!
Oh and, yes, I did hold down the power button for five seconds for all the bloody good that did.
@Mark Anderson:
Anyone else appreciate the irony that you can't get this "enhanced stability" update due to lack of stability in your current version AND it is an Apple product?
@Neal
The thought did cross my mind.
@Mark Anderson
What do you do to your mac? I've never had that issue on mine, ever and it's the white polycarbonate model.
I mainly try to install updates without it falling over.
Mostly they work. Mostly.
Mark Anderson - I manage a studio full of Macs, and I update all of them. They never - EVER - crash while updating. Since my sample size is many times larger than yours, I win. Aren't statistics great?
I gotta admit, reading through that "feature list" it looks like its a roll up of a number of recent updates with a few bonus patches tacked in that should have already been working anyway.
OLD - Upgrades Safari to version 4.0.2.
OLD - Improves overall Bluetooth reliability with external devices, USB webcams and printers.
OLD - Improves compatibility and reliability for joining AirPort networks.
OLD - Includes additional RAW image support for several third-party cameras.
OLD - Includes latest security fixes.
Some of the others seem old too. As for reliability with AFP and managed clients, well Apple's "it just works" does not extend to its OSX Sever which is scary flaky with big buggy holes lying all over the place unfixed.
No Zak,
You don't win.
You lose.
You have to manage a studio full of macs.
Ah, Macs in the workplace. Will it log them in? No it won't! Why? The clock's wrong.
@boomerz and to everyone else who complains about engadget publishing this:
There's a possibility of not reading and skipping to the next one..? This info was good for me, I figured out to update my mac though it would have done it later by itself.
@Zak
Two sites to help you:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=760035
Some people are having issues with 10.5.8.
http://failblog.org/
To save everyone else time pointing the obvious out about your posts.
Because windows sucks?
@ Mark Anderson- There was like 1 person who had an issue at macrumors.com. Hardly worth your theatrics.
Being a mac user but stuck on a PC at work, I can clearly see what PCs/Windows suck and I prefer macs/ OSX.