Mac OS X 10.4.6 Special Report: Release Notes/Download links
Mac OS X 10.4.6 Special Report: Release Notes/Download links
On April 3rd, Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.6 through its Software Update servers and as a series of standalone downloads.
This is the first release for which Apple has issued a combination updater for Intel-based Macs.
See below for download links, enhancement listings, and recommended update procedure.
If you are having issues after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.6, please let us know.
Download links
- Mac OS X 10.4.6 for PPC [65MB]
- Mac OS X 10.4.6 for Intel [163MB]
- Mac OS X 10.4.6 Combo for PPC [140MB]
- Mac OS X 10.4.6 Combo for Intel [191MB]
- Mac OS X Server 10.4.6 [92MB]
- Mac OS X Server 10.4.6 Combo [182MB]
Enhancements in this release include:
Finder, networking, and logging in
- 802.1X login authentication configurations created in Internet Connect can now be used at the Mac OS X login window, too.
- Addresses an issue in which, when at the login window, the computer would not shut down automatically at a time specified in Energy Saver Schedule preferences; for more information, see this article.
- Prevents a potential issue in which Mac OS X might stop responding when trying to log in as a FileVault-protected user if the protected Home image file has been damaged or moved; instead, a "You are unable to log in to the user account (name) at this time." alert message appears.
- Addresses an issue for home directories on AFP servers in which, after failing to burn a disc, an "error -61" alert message would appear when trying to delete the Burn Folder related to the unsuccessful burn.
- If you change your login password at the Login window, you will now be given an opportunity to apply the same change to your default keychain.
- You can now copy folders with files to an SMB-based server instead of only the folder being copied and this alert message appearing: "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items."
- Addresses an issue that could prevent MacBook Pro from printing to wireless printers via AppleTalk.
- Improves iDisk (WebDAV file system) performance.
- File and folder names that contain colon or forward slash ( "/") characters in the main directory of an iDisk or WebDAV volume no longer cause issues.
- Resolves potential issues that could occur when using automatic proxy configuration (PAC) files.
Apple applications
- Resolves an issue in which Mail could unexpectedly quit when lowering the quote level within a reply message.
- Addresses an issue in which iChat, on an Intel-based Mac with a built-in iSight camera, could sometimes stop displaying video from the iSight camera until the computer was shut down and started up again.
- Dragging a movie clip into iMovie 6 on an Intel-based Mac will no longer potentially cause some of the iMovie window to turn black.
- Disk Utility's repair permissions feature will no longer report "We are using special permissions for..." messages.
- Updates Calculator so that the percentage button ("%") will no longer divide, under certain circumstances, when you expect it to calculate percentage?this could happen in Mac OS X 10.4.3 through 10.4.5.
- Resolves an issue that could cause Help Viewer to sometimes display a blank window.
- Addresses some issues that could cause DVD Player to unexpectedly quit when playing a movie disc on an Intel-based Mac.
- Terminal windows will no longer fail to open when using the /bin/zsh shell.
- EXIF data is now exported with TIFF images in Aperture.
- Aperture will no longer unexpectedly quit when exporting a file with keywords that contain twelve or more Cyrillic characters.
- Resolves potential issues with several iPhoto Automator actions, such as Import Photos into iPhoto.
- Includes iSync 2.2 which provides support for additional mobile phones. For more information, see iSync 2.2: Read before updating to Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later, or before first sync.
Third-party applications
- Resolves an issue in which Blizzard World of Warcraft character graphics could be distorted on an Intel-based Mac with a built-in graphics processor when vertex shaders are enabled.
- The Command-H key combination now hides QuarkXPress 6 as expected when it is the front application.
- Addresses an issue for Aspyr Media's True Crime: The Streets of LA game in which game movies are very dim on Intel-based Macs.
- Addresses an issue for Microsoft Word 2004 in which Word would display a "Word cannot complete the operation because too many files are open" alert message when autosaving a document to a network-based home directory.
- Improves character graphics appearance for Aspyr Media's The Sims House Party when running with Rosetta on an Intel-based Mac.
Other
- Makes Mac OS X aware of United States Daylight Savings Time (DST) changes enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
- Clicking an unmounted iDisk icon in the Save As dialog window of an application running with Rosetta no longer causes the application to stop with a spinning cursor.
- Spotlight is now better able to search the content of older Microsoft Word documents.
- Addresses an issue in which some third-party applications might stop responding or unexpectedly quit when running on an Intel-based Mac if you disconnect or connect a display while the computer is on.
- Addresses potential vnode reference count mismatches that could lead to a kernel panic.
- Addresses USB audio issues for PowerPC Macs; for example, latency is improved. Addresses several AppleScript issues, including: Preservation of property values in Script Menu, a potential Bonjour issue with "choose remote application", an invisible "choose application" dialog issue, and improved compatibility with Dashboard widgets and applications.
- Includes recent Apple security updates.
Index:
- Release Notes/Download links
- General purpose workarounds
- List of updated Apple applications
- Update process recommendation
- AirPort network not automatically re-joined after sleep
- Bluetooth: Connectivity issues
- Dock Auto Hide/Show function broken -- fix
- Double restart is expected behavior
- Energy Saver issues -- system will not automatically shut down, etc.
- FireWire problems
- Font issues -- fixes
- Improvements
- iSync Issues -- Issues with hacks for unsupported devices; Sony Ericsson K700i won't synch
- Menu bar items missing
- Networking issues: Problems with proxies
- Photo booth distortion
- Printer issues
- Problems logging in from Windows systems
- Reminder: Have enough free drive space before installing
- Reverting (downgrading) to Mac OS X 10.4.5
- Safari: Image loading problems
- SCSI drives not recognized
- Server volumes cannot be written to -- fixes
- Special permissions messages no longer appear in Disk Utility
- Spotlight issues -- make sure drive is not in Privacy tab
- Startup problems -- will not proceed after update, etc.
- Streaming Audio -- fixes
- Third-party applications: Fix for Photoshop save on crash; Word crashes; more
- Update Installer cannot find destination drive
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