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Mac OS X 10.3.3; Server 10.3.3 released
Apple has released new versions of Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server (10.3.3).
According to Apple, key improvements in the consumer version of Mac OS X 10.3.3 include:
- network volumes are now available in the Finder sidebar and Desktop for convenient access
- improved file sharing and directory services for Mac (AFP), UNIX (NFS) and PC (SMB/CIFS) networks
- improved PostScript and USB printing
- updated Disk Utility, DVD Player, Image Capture, Mail and Safari applications
- additional support for FireWire and USB devices
- improved compatibility for third party applications
- previous standalone security updates and Bluetooth Update 1.5
A Knowledge Base article (#25711) details further enhancements.
Key improvements for the Mac OS X Server 10.3.3 include:
"improved reliability of AFP, SMB/CIFS and NFS file services enhanced Server Admin, Workgroup Manager and Network Image Utility applications improved Open Directory authentication performance, Active Directory integration and Kerberos support updated QuickTime streaming and broadcast services for compatibility with 3G phones added support for background rebuilding of RAID mirrors, and network VLAN tagging updated to Samba version 3.0.2 and MySQL version 4.0.18 improved PostScript and USB printing additional support for FireWire and USB devices improved compatibility for third party applications and devices previous standalone security updates "
Both releases are currently available via Software Update.
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Tony Aguila
mailto:eaglet@tlc-graphics.com
Silent Night to no avail. Fan runs continually and hence battery life has been
significantly reduced. This "feature" is most unwelcome and I sincerely hope
that Silent Night is updated quickly.
Start up is quicker till desktop appears, then start up is considerably slower.
Applications load slower as well. All applications load an average 2 times
slower.
I'll be reinstalling Panther 10.3.0 and upgrading to 10.3.1 until these
problems are fixed.
Bad news, had to run fsck 3 times and repair permissions with LOTS of
repairs being made after this update.
Couldn't find the stand alone updater when I went to the site. Used Software
update instead.
Still, all core and iLife apps seem to be
functional, with the exception of iDVD, which still seems to be a black hole
into which I cast perfectly good blank DVDs.
OSXS 10.3.3 update BEFORE you install the update. Specifically, here's what it
says:
Additional Information for MySQL
Data stored in MySQL databases with the version of MySQL that is pre-
installed Mac OS X Server 10.3.2 or earlier must be exported and re-imported
in order to be compatible with version of MySQL that is pre-installed on Mac
OS X Server 10.3.3, in which a byte-ordering issue is fixed.
As with any upgrade install, you should back up your old data. In this
particular upgrade, the following process is recommended to convert the data
to the correct byte ordering:
Before the upgrade, use the terminal to export the data from your pre-10.3.3
database:
# mysqldump -p table > backup-file.sql
or
# mysqldump --opt database > backup-file.sql
After the upgrade, and after initializing the MySQL database, import the data:
# mysql -p table < backup-file.sql
or
# mysql database < backup-file.sql
except for MAJOR problem: MS Entourage crashes immediately after load on
both machines! Aaaaghh!
No problem with entourage here under 10.3.3 - running 10.1.4
Try rebuilding the database (start with option key pressed)
No problem with Entourage on my G5 with 10.3.3
drive while going through the prebinding process and got a nice kernel panic.
Could not go past the "initializing login window" after restarting. I had to go
to open firmware mode to open the CD tray and get the basic OS packages
reinstalled. Anyway, it wasn't too much work overall...
10.3.3. Luckily I have backups.
Stan Goldberg
Just another comment: I found that all the address book files were intact but
somthing in them must have been corrupted because the program itself
showed an empty address book. Copied all the address book files from my
previous backup and now all the addresses show up.
Do a backup before you install 10.3.3.
Stan
All my addresses were fine on my Dual USB iBook after the upgrade. What
machine are you running on?
I ran Repair Permissions before the upgrade (and some advocate running it
before AND after an upgrade), did you?
I also had my address book wiped. I did do a repair permissions before and
after upgrading.
Chris
and running Onyx 1.4.2. On Apple Quicktime movie trailers page-the
page fragments/splits as it is scrolled vertically. Like nothing I've seen
before...this is on a Lombard 400 "new release test machine".
Cleared up after another reboot; got a kernel panic playing Quicktime
movie trailer, and was forced to restart. First time on this machine-
updated from 10.3.2, using stand-alone downloaded 10.3.3 updater.
Bizarro!
Worse, Software Update will not "see" any available Mac OS X Update (not 10.3.1, not 10.3.2, not 10.3.3). So if you are starting with 10.3, unless you know how to find and install 10.3.2, you won't be able to update to 10.3.3.
I updated from 10.3.1 (never installed 10.3.2) and software update did indeed imply that it was a combo updater from 10.3.1.
No problems at all like anything mentioned here. G4 iMac and last version G3 iBook.
streamingserver.xml and cd9660.util. These two always go bad (the
streamingserver basically always, the util after some time). So, no issues here
at all.
Same here, on my 15" AlBook, though I did have a
couple others. No problems, and It actually fixed a
couple of the problems I was having since I did an
archive-and-install from 10.3.2 to 10.2 and back up to
10.3
- by e_whizz2 March 15, 2004 11:48 PM PST
- There is a minor bug still with displaying network volumes/shares in the
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Showing 1 of 2 pages (34 Comments)Finder Sidebar.
If you mount a share that has the same name as any of your local volumes,
another icon of your local drive will appear in the sidebar. The network
volume/share will appear fine on the desktop.
Possibly a similar bug, where if you drag the network volume on the desktop
to the dock, if it has the same name as a local volume, the icon in the dock
will refer to the local volume, not the network volume that you dragged
there....