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Apple Updates Tiger to Version 10.4.3

by , 5:40 PM EST, October 31st, 2005

Apple Computer quietly released an update to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Monday, bringing it to version 10.4.3. The update addresses a number of issues, and brings improvements and bug fixes for many Mac OS X components, including Safari, iChat, Address Book, AppleScript, Automator, Dictionary, Font Book, iCal, iSync, Mail, Disk Utility, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, Software Update, Core Graphics, Audio, and Image, Spotlight, Dashboard, Stickies, and more. Apple's release notes:

The 10.4.3 Update delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended for all users. It includes fixes for:

  • AFP, SMB/CIFS, NFS and FTP network file services
  • AirPort and Bluetooth wireless access
  • Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, and RAW camera support disc recording when creating and burning media
  • .Mac sync services
  • Spotlight indexing and searching
  • Dashboard widgets: Dictionary, Flight Tracker, Stickies, and Unit Converter
  • Address Book, AppleScript, Automator, Dictionary, Font Book, iCal, iSync, Mail, and Safari applications
  • Disk Utility, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, and Software Update compatibility with third party applications and devices previous standalone security updates

You can get substantially more detail on all of these updated components at the 10.4.3 update page at Apple's Support site. You can download the update through Software Update. The download weighs in at 56.8 MB.

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Close Name:kenaustus Posts: 601 Joined: 27 Jun 2003
Subject: Easy, but Repair Permissions

Grabbed a cup of coffee while 97 Mb downloaded and it was then just a restart and Repair Permissions. The latter is important as there were far more repairs than I normally see.

Too soon to tell any differences, but there is a 5 page print out available from Apple if you want to look closely.

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Subject: Safari Busted
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Subject: my dock is fixed
Close Name:Ahnyer Keester Posts: 663 Joined: 25 Jun 2001
Subject: 97MB?

According to Software Update it is only 56MB.

Close Name:LaurieF -   TMO Forum Mod Posts: 3464 Joined: 15 Jun 2001
Subject: Re: 97MB?

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Ahnyer Keester wrote:
According to Software Update it is only 56MB.
Is that just the delta from 10.4.2?

Close Name:fartheststar Posts: 213 Joined: 04 Jan 2004
Subject: 3 versions

3 versions, the 56 meg one, 97 meg and a combo updater at 109.

perfectly normal, you're not getting ripped of with the 56 meg version. You just don't need the 97 meg one. You can d/l the combo updater from the apple site if it makes you feel better!

All is good.

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Close Name:Bryan -   TMO Staff Posts: 7325 Joined: 11 Jun 2001
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Anyone seeing any unusual CPU activity after the update? I have kernel task taking up 30-50% of both processes, and it has been doing so for hours (including a couple of restarts and a fsck).

Originally I thought this might be related to the changes in SpotLight (i.e. everything was being re-indexed again), but it's been a while.

Bryan
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Subject: kernel task
Close Name:iGrouch Posts: 659 Joined: 18 Oct 2001
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kenaustus wrote:
Grabbed a cup of coffee while 97 Mb downloaded and it was then just a restart and Repair Permissions. The latter is important as there were far more repairs than I normally see.


Do Repair Disk Utility again. Those repairs happen every time now. The list contains items pertaining to widgets and the dock.

I am not complaining, but just so everybody knows, this appears to be common behaviour for this version of Tiger. Repair Permissions in 10.4.2 consistently found issue with one widget thingy.

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Subject: Disk Utility and Repairs after Updates
Close Name:iGrouch Posts: 659 Joined: 18 Oct 2001
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I have been looking through other forums. The Disk Utility Repair Permissions as far as I can tell is applying special permissions on top of the routine of referencing them against those in Receipts. This is a good thing: apparently......I think. The fact that the log appears as technical jargon perhaps sows the seeds of confusion for a lot of people. Then again a lot of others who are used to these outputs like to examine them.

One other thing. This may be new. I never spotted it before. Gene Steinberg mentions it at the Night Owl. The start up disk can now be verified from DU. You still cannot repair it though. This is handy. I know that theoretically doing fsck in Single User Mode is not necessary since journaling was introduced but sometimes one is prone to running when you suspect that things have run amuck. With the Verify Disk now applicable to the startup disk you don't even need to go there anymore. No more Restarts for what possible is a pointless exercise: most of the time.

Close Name:macinnerd Posts: 1614 Joined: 15 Jun 2005
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Bryan wrote:
Anyone seeing any unusual CPU activity after the update? I have kernel task taking up 30-50% of both processes, and it has been doing so for hours (including a couple of restarts and a fsck).

Originally I thought this might be related to the changes in SpotLight (i.e. everything was being re-indexed again), but it's been a while.

Bryan
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Well, FlipFriddle and Sly were experiencing spotlight anomalies that were slowing down their macs before the upgrade, apparently it's supposed to be fixed... Though I can't say much since I havent't even switched to OS X yet...

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Close Name:Bryan -   TMO Staff Posts: 7325 Joined: 11 Jun 2001
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Dave Hamilton pointed out to me that kernel task is usually associated with I/O issues, so I was able to pinpoint the problem to my keyboard, which the old Apple Extended II aircraft carrier going through an ADB-USB converter.

Actually, it's the converter itself; unplugging the keyboard from the converter does not affect anything. Unplugging the converter, with or without the keyboard plugged into it, immediately stops the massive CPU use.

No idea why 10.4.3 suddenly doesn't like that converter.

Bryan
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Subject: Re: Safari Busted
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Close Name:Bryan -   TMO Staff Posts: 7325 Joined: 11 Jun 2001
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Replacing the grey-box converter I was using with an iMate solved the problem I was having.

Note that Griffin reminded me the iMate is a discontinued product, but it worked just fine for me without installing any drivers.

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Close Name:macinnerd Posts: 1614 Joined: 15 Jun 2005
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Bryan wrote:
Replacing the grey-box converter I was using with an iMate solved the problem I was having.

Note that Griffin reminded me the iMate is a discontinued product, but it worked just fine for me without installing any drivers.

Bryan
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You still use the AppleDeseign Extended Keyboard? With a G4 Powermac. That must be fun. I quite like the AppleDeseign ADB keyboards, they're solid, reliable, good looking, bulky... All the features that I like, and I find them mujch more comfortable to use than the new white keyboards. Not to say that I have much choice, with my 6100. Just out of curiosity, does a USB to ADB converter exist?

Close Name:Bryan -   TMO Staff Posts: 7325 Joined: 11 Jun 2001
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macinnerd wrote:
You still use the AppleDeseign Extended Keyboard? With a G4 Powermac. That must be fun. [...]


Actually, this is the previous generation keyboard, the Apple Extended II Keyboard. This line is FAR superior to the Apple Design keyboard. Far better feel to the keys, and the entire thing is sturdier.

WeLoveMacs carries new, in box units that are more than a decade old. You can also find them on eBay for less, but many of them are merely cleaned up, used units.

In any event, I prefer the Extended II to anything else I have used. That said, the Matias Tactile Pro keyboard is supposed to be based on the Extended II mechanism, but I haven't gotten around to trying it.

Close Name:macinnerd Posts: 1614 Joined: 15 Jun 2005
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Hum, Apple keyboards seem to be getting worse and worse...
I like the AppleDesign Extended, but I don't think that i have used an Apple Extended II yet... Oh, I just visited the site, they don't look bad, and I see what you mean by "aicraft carrier". And I really should learn how to spell "design"

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Subject: This Update Hosed My Computer
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Close Name:SchmuckyChucky Posts: 125 Joined: 23 Sep 2001
Subject: everything's peachy

Dashboard seems to load quicker. Expose is much faster now. I guess that would make sense since they're both interconnected. Maybe this speedup caused a bug that breaks permissions, causing everyone to get the ever-present permission fault with widgets and stuff. The dock looks a little more transparent now, and it seems a little snappier as far as maginification goes. I used to get a problem where I would run my mouse across the dock and would have to wait a second for the magnification to load or something, now it seems like I don't mess with that. And one little gripe I've always had was finally fixed. Whenever I used to drag something off the dock, or throw something in the trash, or move a file from one folder to another, the sound that the system makes (like the "poof" sound) would always play about 3 seconds after the action was already made. Now it's instantaneous. I know it's a trivial grip, but it always annoyed me. Now I a can "poof" like I'm supposed to.

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Subject: Update problem theory
Close Name:acdc1174 Posts: 667 Joined: 16 Apr 2004
Subject: Nothing huge to report...

Installed on 3 machines and like always, my Macs just work.

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Subject: Problem upgrade to Mac 10.4.3
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Subject: Sick of OS X update issues...
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