Mac OS X 10.4.8

[calmesal]

Just pop it up in my software update.

Any one tryed this?

[jpincheira]

hey. you're right. I see it. but. I'll not touch it! I'll go to hell if I install it

[Rammjet]

It is 206 MB in size.

 

It contains files that require patching before you install or you will regret it.

[TopazBar]

Thanks for heads up. Gonna download it.

[lord_muad_dib]

great! post the changelog!

[Rammjet]

great! post the changelog!

Posting a list of all of the files that changed would be very difficult - there are a lot of them. And I'm not installing it until patches are available, so I can't dump an installer log.

 

However, this page says: ( http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304200 )

 

 

What's included?

 

This update offers many improvements, including the following, which apply to both Intel- and Power-PC-based Macs unless otherwise noted:

 

Printing

 

* Adds support for CDSASSL (Common Data Security Architecture Secure Sockets Layer) printer connections.

* Addresses an issue for Mac OS X 10.4.7 in which some documents containing some Chinese or Korean language characters might not print as expected.

 

Finder and Apple applications

 

* Resolves an issue in which a Finder alert message with the buttons "Initialize", "Ignore", and "Eject" might not appear after connecting a partitioned FireWire hard drive.

* Addresses a potential issue in which Preview may unexpectedly quit.

* Improves reliability of iTunes syncing with certain iPod models.

 

Networking and modem

 

* Resolves performance issues that could occur when connecting to a Comcast network.

* Improves security by adding support for EAP-FAST for AirPort wireless authentication.

* Improves Express Card behavior for portable Intel-based Macs.

* Improves reliability for connections made in Ireland with an external Apple USB Modem.

* Improves connection reliability for external Apple USB Modems when resuming an Internet connection after answering an incoming call.

* A computer restart is no longer needed to restart nfsd.

* Improves Apple File Sharing client performance by changing the default AFP WAN quantum size.. More...

* Windows File Sharing now generates only one process, avoiding an issue that could cause a Mac OS X computer to become unresponsive if it won a master browser election.

* Improves reliability when faxing in France or Belgium via an external Apple USB Modem.

 

Third-party

 

* Resolves an issue for Microsoft Word in which Word might stop responding when saving a file that uses certain OpenType fonts.

* Adds RAW image decoding support for these cameras: Sony DSLR-A100, Nikon D2Xs, Fuji FinePix S2 Pro, Fuji FinePix S3 Pro (+Highlights) and Konica Minolta 7.

* Resolves an issue in which thumbnails may appear blank when importing RAW images from a Canon 30D camera.

* Resolves an issue for Microsoft PowerPoint in which the display resolution might not change as expected after switching from a PowerPoint presentation to a different application via Command-Tab.

* Improves compatibility for Canon EOS Utility software after connecting a Canon EOS Kiss Digital camera to a PowerPC-based Mac.

* Improves compatibility for the TV Tracker 2 Dashboard widget.

 

Other

 

* Includes recent Apple security updates.

* Improves the accuracy of Rosetta numerics and addresses Altivec translation issues on Intel-based Macs.

* ColorSync matching no longer fails when using a V4 ICC profile in an application opened with Rosetta on an Intel-based Mac.

* Addresses an issue in which some USB devices connected to a PCI card may not be recognized after starting up or waking the computer.

* Resolves an issue in which external USB-based video cameras may not be available after quitting the application that is using it.

* Reduces time needed to transfer data from a USB-based image scanner.

* Improves responsiveness of the Translation Dashboard widget.

* Addresses an issue in which text typed with the Hangul input method may not be visible while the Caps Lock key is active, on PowerPC-based Macs.

* Adds support on Intel-based Macs for multiple cores to LAPACK and BLAS routines in the Accelerate framework; the maximum number of threads used by Accelerate BLAS routines is now limited by the environment variable VECLIB_MAXIMUM_THREADS; addresses an issue with some complex BLAS routines in the Accelerate framework that were encountering an illegal instruction.

[alc0h0lic]

... lol too late

[gregor]

changelog:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304200

[lord_muad_dib]

* Adds support on Intel-based Macs for multiple cores to LAPACK and BLAS routines in the Accelerate framework; the maximum number of threads used by Accelerate BLAS routines is now limited by the environment variable VECLIB_MAXIMUM_THREADS; addresses an issue with some complex BLAS routines in the Accelerate framework that were encountering an illegal instruction

that seems nice. but surely its something in the kernel.. so we wil not get it ;(( too bad

[quixos]

this will be an inexpensive Friday night.

 

http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/4...10.4.8Intel.tar

 

think different!

[TopazBar]

this will be an inexpensive Friday night.

 

http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/4...10.4.8Intel.tar

 

think different!

I will be upgrading with your manual method, whooray. Time for a new genius thread, quixos?

[quixos]

whoa TopazBar!

 

download it, but don't do any installing, until we've figured out if their are SSE3 dependent programs,

or other shenanigans hiding in this update.

 

or at least backup!

[gregor]

What to backup? Is there any manual or guide for manual update? Anything new with ATI X1400?

 

greetings

[TopazBar]

quixos,

ok, lead the way.

[Rammjet]

What to backup? Is there any manual or guide for manual update?

Jeez-o-man!! The thing just came out! Give the gurus a few days to examine it!

[skredii]

What to backup? Is there any manual or guide for manual update? Anything new with ATI X1400?

 

greetings

 

You need to backup the following:

 

- Extensions (/System/Library/Extensions/*.*)

- Kernel.Framework (/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework)

- mach_kernel (/mach_kernel)

 

Then run the 10.4.8 update and restore your backup files.

Don't forget to install SemJaza decrypts before restarting.

 

then run the following command in terminal:

 

update_prebinding -root / -force

 

Enjoy!

 

P.S. 2: This as not yet been tested on 10.4.8 update! Careful!

[JaS]

ok so whats the deal,try and take as much out of this update as we can ?

[asapreta]

ok so whats the deal,try and take as much out of this update as we can ?

 

 

Are you in on this?

Thanks God you didn´t left the community.

[Jeezoflip]

JaS is too leet to leave this community.

[JaS]

Alright,So I guess Its time for an update on my progress,Nothing is ready to be released yet,but I thought I would post up something.This is still using the 10.4.4 kernel and kernel framework,10.4.7 /usr/lib/libsystem.B.dylib | /usr/lib/dyld(these two are making the bsd init die) and 10.4.7 disk folder from /system/library/startupitems , and also whatever extensions I mixed and matched in my extension directory.

 

EDIT: the new rossetta doesnt run as of now.I am using the old one.

EDIT 2:you can keep the disk folder from /system/library/startupitems

[sev7en]

Hi Jas, thanks as always for you outstanding effort! Did you think it's better to wait a while before installing it?

 

 

Thanks

[JaS]

I would wait for a bit , untill i make sure all the bugs are worked out.I was just giving a progress report

[martin1976]

Thanks for being there JaS. I don't know the rest but what would I do without your help...

[MegaSo]

Thank you JaS

[Dr. Hurt]

So I don't think that it will be easy to update to 10.4.8 this time . We might have to hack a newer kernel.

First QuickTime, then iTunes and now this...... Does anyone here think that apple is doing this intentionally to stop us (hackintosh users). Or maybe they are just doing this to improve performance on real macs......