A pple released Mac OS X 10.4.2 Tuesday evening, the long awaited update to Tiger that corrects a number of outstanding issues with the operating system.
Mac OS X 10.4.2 includes the following enhancements and fixes:
- file sharing using AFP and SMB/CIFS network file services
- single sign-on authentication and reliable access to Active Directory servers
- autologin for managed user accounts
- AirPort and wireless access
- Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, including updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
- Finder updates including finding on Kind and using Slideshow
- synchronizing your iDisk with .Mac
- installation reliability
- managing Dashboard widgets
- Address Book, Automator, iCal, iChat, Mail, Safari, and Stickies applications
- compatibility with third party applications and devices
Alongside Mac OS X 10.4.2, Apple released Mac OS X Server 10.4.2, an update that offers similar improvements as well as fixes for the following:
- file permission inheritance when using AFP network file services
- Open Directory password and single sign-on authentication services
- authentication in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory environments
- more reliable file system management operations
- editing a user?s home directory location using the Workgroup Manager application
- compatibility with third party applications and devices