March 18, 2007 12:39 AM PDT

Mac OS X 10.4.9 Special Report: Resolved issues

by CNET staff

Mac OS X 10.4.9 resolves a nuber of issues not explicitly documented by Apple. Among them:

Illustrator pathfinder problem fixed It appears that Mac OS X 10.4.9 resolves some significant issues related to Adobe Illustrator, much to the joy of users whom have been plagued by the problems for months with no respite from Adobe.

One of the more prominent issues, discussed in our Mac OS X 10.4.8 special report, was an inability to properly use the application's "pathfinder" tool, which is used for manipulating compound shapes. The problem seemed to occur only on Intel-based Macs. Most users affected by this issue reported that the crash occurs when attempting to use the pathfinder tool to modify shapes created by the pen tool, circle tool, and others.

This issue is resolved in Mac OS X 10.4.9.

MacFixIt reader Ted August writes:

"I had a whole lab of iMac (Intel Core Duo) computers that were experiencing the Adobe Illustrator Pathfinder bug. I'd like to report that 10.4.9 fixes this glitch. I have a whole lab of students using the tool right now in their class, which they haven't been able to do since the beginning of the semester (when we jumped to 10.4.8)."

iPod mounting/synchronization improvements Some users have reported resolution of iPod interaction issues under Mac OS X 10.4.9.

MacFixIt reader Rob Wallace writes:

"My 4th generation ipod failed last week, it could not mount and I could not get any utility to reformat it. Leading to hours of frustration. Plugged it in today after the update and it started disk utility , then iTunes launched and within seconds the iPod was reinitialized and loading its music library faster than ever."