10.4.5 Released

From Apple:

The 10.4.5 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies:

- iChat video conferencing
- Safari rendering of web pages
- usability of Dashboard and widgets
- viewing of QuickTime streaming media behind a firewall
- printing to some Epson printer models
- iDisk and Portable Home Directory syncing
- time zone and daylight savings for 2006 and 2007
- VPN connections to Cisco servers when using NAT
- compatibility with third party applications and devices
- previous standalone security updates

For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n303179.

For detailed information on Security Updates, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798.
 
I'm extremely interested in the one about VPN and Cisco servers. I would rather connect to my work machines using VPN but so far it's required the Cisco VPN client, which has given me nothing but trouble on anything other than Windows. Hopefully this will solve that problem right through the OS. :D
 
I just installed it and I too was suprised when Software Update showed the file was only 6.4MB.
 
I'd still use the Combo Updater. As always. I know it's a big download. But if you have to reinstall OS X on some day, you'll be glad to have the combo around. Also: We see _always_ less problems with the Combo Updaters than with the Software Update (Delta Updaters).
 
Should I download the combo update and burn it to a disc, just in case, for future convenience?
 
I have to agree with fryke on this one. So far on my iMac G5, I've updated by downloading the Combo Updaters and then installing them after I've disconnected everything other than the keyboard and mouse, perform disk repairs, and repair permissions. And each and every time I've had a great experience.
 
Yes, burn it to a disc if you like. That way you don't lose it if by chance the HD goes kaput.
 
Just upgraded to 10.4.5 Combo. All seems OK. Usual worrying wait at the grey Apple screen..........
 
back up on 10.4.5. i feel 10.4.4 was the turning point. it felt stable again, like 10.3.9 did. it feels snappier and more solid. 10.4-10.4.3 were, for me flakey, unreliable and dissapointing. i'll know for next time to wait until at least 10.5.4 before shelling out the upgrade price.

like that'll stop me preordering leopard and installing it as soon as i get my greedy little mitts on it...

10.4.5 seems fine. not tested any pro-apps yet, but safari feels snappy enough
 
No problems yet. I don't notice any difference at all, actually. There are slight performance differences, but I attribute that less to the upgrade than to the reboot it required. Before the update, it had been over 30 days since I had rebooted! I guess that last reboot was when the 10.4.4 update was released. I've been spoiled by such stability. :)
 
No problems here either. ;) ... Anyone got the build number for the intel version? Can't find it anywhere online...
 
Might be depending on a hardware feature you have and others don't? ... We've seen delta-updaters vary in size before...
 
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