On 26/02/2005, at 3:31 PM, Robert Howells wrote:
On 26/02/2005, at 2:12 PM, James Devenish wrote:
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on Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 12:30:21PM +0800, Robert Howells wrote:
But it does need OSX 10.3.5 according to the System Requirements !
Excludes me ! My 10.3.4 is not Broke , so I have not fixed it !
While it is true, as you have stated, that 10.3.4 does not have any
financial troubles, versions 10.3.5 through 10.3.8 including many
important changes like the following:
- Repairs three or four flaws in Safari that allow websites to
masquerade as other websites (e.g. impersonate a banking or
commerce website).
- Solves two problems with the display of web/e-mail graphics and
QuickTime that could cause programmes to either crash or give
access
to remote attackers.
- Solves "a kernel panic that could occur when dialing or connecting
to
your ISP via your internal Apple modem" or "when using an external,
wireless USB broadband modem" (Apple's words).
- Addresses DNS-related slowness in Safari and Mail.
- Solves many risks associated with Personal Web Sharing.
That is all probably TRUE .............. HOWEVER
If you have a spare hour or so to spend you could go and peruse
various problems other
people have experienced with the various updates following 10.3.4 : -
Start here : - <http://www.macintouch.com/panreader37.html>
through to :- <http://www.macintouch.com/panreader55.html>
Actually I was going to try out 10.3.8 but the combo download I
received was flawed
and would not make an Installer. Checksum did not add up !
I have to say that I have applied every MacOS X update as soon as it
has been released, and have never experienced any of the symptoms
described in either MacInTouch or MacFixit. The only problem I have
had is with the latest update (10.3.8) in which the Software Update
option doesn't work in the Apple Menu or "About This Mac" screen. As I
seem to be the only one afflicted by this, I can only put it down to a
local issue on my computer, and one which I currently don't have the
energy to try to resolve.
I suspect that an overwhelming number of problems arising from software
updates are of this nature. They invariably end up being fixed by
deleting some .kext file or re-installing 3rd party utility. I agree
with James, though: the benefits of upgrading are generally much
greater than leaving "well enough" alone (otherwise I'd still be using
10.3. Or 7.5.1).
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