Mac OS X 10.4.9 to boost image import speeds

Apple this week dropped yet another pair of pre-release Mac OS X 10.4.9 builds on its developer crowd, inching the software closer to a public release.

The diligence with which the Cupertino-based company has been refining the software may signal that Mac OS X 10.4.9 will be the final maintenance update to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger before attention is drawn solely to Leopard.

As was the case with prior seeds, developer notes accompanying the latest builds — 8P2132 (Intel) and 8P132 (PowerPC) — are said to reflect no known issues with the software.

People familiar with the latest pre-release say Apple notes just one significant change since builds 8P2130 and 8P130 were issued last week, specifically a bug fix to ImageIO that was affecting image import speeds.

Combo updates of Mac OS X 10.4.9, meaning those that can be applied to any Mac OS X 10.4.x installation, currently weigh in at 163.47 MB for PowerPC-based Macs and 315.45 for Intel-based Macs.

Come its release, Mac OS X 10.4.9 will represent the first update to Apple's Mac OS X operating system in nearly half a year. The last time the company offered a public update to its system software was in late September, with the release of Mac OS X 10.4.8.

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24 Comments

jeffdm

said about 17 years ago

The article doesn't elaborate on the import speeds mentioned in the headline, or mention it at all.

pb

said about 17 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffDM

The article doesn't elaborate on the import speeds mentioned in the headline, or mention it at all.

The import speed was so fast, that whatever corresponded to the title got lost in the dust!

itsafire

said about 17 years ago

Anyone know if the kernel panic issue on Mac Pros with NVidia 7300GT and more than 2GB RAM installed has been fixed ?

bergermeister

said about 17 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffDM

The article doesn't elaborate on the import speeds mentioned in the headline, or mention it at all.

Uhh, yes, it does:

"People familiar with the latest pre-release say Apple notes just one significant change since builds 8P2130 and 8P130 were issued last week, specifically a bug fix to ImageIO that was affecting image import speeds."

jeffdm

said about 17 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bergermeister

OK, my mistake, I didn't see that. I tried scanning the article several times, I still think an article could provide more detail than that considering it yammers on about other things.