Mac OS X 10.4.3 - Update good/bad?

[hangtown]

Originally Posted by Lt Major Burns

why shouldn't we use software update? (this is a rant btw) - it's an Apple thing, its very microsoft having to go to a website and downloading something and installing it.

Software update is simple.

Say what? Windows update will download and install automatically if you set it to do so. Or you can have it automatically download and notify before install. Or notify before doing either. There's absolutely no need to go to any website and download anything with XP.

This is NOT a "windows vs. mac" post and I'm typing this on my mac mini, but windows update does not require people to manually go anywhere. At least not on XP. I don't know about 98, and I can't imagine why anyone would still run 98 anyway.

[joeyoun]

Used SU. Everything works except for VirtualDesktop Lite 3.2!!!
It crashed everytime after 5-9 secs
Worse day of my life!

Even tried reinstalling the s/w but no luck

[nixgeek]

I've applied the 10.4.3 update after manually downloading the Combo Updater. So far so good. I noticed initially that the OS would take a little longer to boot, but after "fsck" in Single User Mode and a repair on permissions everything is back to normal. All apps seem to be working fine.

Also note that I performed the upgrade after I unplugged all peripherals leaving only the keyboard and the mouse. I also copied the .pkg to the desktop instead of running it from the mounted disk image.

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by hangtown

Say what? Windows update will download and install automatically if you set it to do so. Or you can have it automatically download and notify before install. Or notify before doing either. There's absolutely no need to go to any website and download anything with XP.

This is NOT a "windows vs. mac" post and I'm typing this on my mac mini, but windows update does not require people to manually go anywhere. At least not on XP. I don't know about 98, and I can't imagine why anyone would still run 98 anyway.

The problem with only doing it over an internet update is when the connection is lost. BSOD city when you can't quit out of it in Windows, and kernel panics if it happens on the Mac. I find it safer to download the Combo Updater so that I not only have a secure install, but that way I have the ability to update other machines to 10.4.3 if they don't have a fast connection or if they don't have 10.4.2 installed. Burn it to a CD or put it into a USB stick and you're good to go.

[arodweb]

Right after the upgrade for some reason my the fans on my g5 dual 2.5 got louder, even when i'm not using the computer ,i can hear them ....... anybody else experiencing this?

[bobw]

From MacFixIt;

Fan problems (continued) Users continue to report problems with increased fan activity after installation of Mac OS X 10.4.3. As noted yesterday, the most effective workarounds for this issue are resetting the SMU, zapping NVRAM and changing processor performance settings.

[sinclair_tm]

used su on my da 466 and haven't had any problems. as nix said the first boot after the update took forever, but every boot there after has been as quick as before. and so far every app i've used worked as it should. dashboard does seem a little quicker, but still doesn't load or refresh widgets till after you click on dashboard once. a real pain that apple should fix i think. my mac can be on for an hour, and unless i have gone to dashboard at least once after a boot, the widgets are not loaded, and i have to wait a min or so for them to load, and connect to the servers(weather ones). once i do that, they stay updated in the background without being in the front. why is this?
well, not i'll try it on my brothers da 533 and see if all goes well.

[contre jour]

...ours too. Fans fire up at the oddest times,,,never happened before update to 4.3. Also, Disk Utility always shows the same long list of preference fixes and we have an error message when FirstAid is run: "Volume Header needs minor repair",,,apparently there are two illegal names (somewhere). Garry 'n Karri