Kasper JadeImprovements to Spotlight searches, AirPort, Bluetooth, and RAW camera support are a few enhancements Apple reportedly has planned for an early winter release of Mac OS X 10.4.4 Update, a routine maintenance update to the Mac OS X "Tiger" operating system.
Mac OS X 10.4.4 is scheduled to deliver fixes for AirPort and Bluetooth wireless access, Spotlight indexing and searching, and RAW camera support. Sources also say the update will correct bugs in Software Update, Sync Services, Core Audio, Core Image, and several default Dashboard widgets.
As is customary with the majority of Apple's Mac OS X Updates, Core Graphics will see improvements along with new versions of ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers. New versions of AppleScript, iChat, DVD Player, and Safari applications are also expected.
Meanwhile, Apple continues to tweak USB and FireWire devices compatibility, and SMB/CIFS and NFS network file services.
It appears that Mac OS X 10.4.4 is on track for a release before the holiday break. The software update reportedly weighs in at 46MB in Delta form, or 113MB as a Combo updater.
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They're really polishing Tiger, aren't they?
Now just imagine Leopard in early 2007, with a new Finder, fully res-independent scalable UI, and the various window themes finally made consistent (which I think there's good evidence to suggest they will be).
They're really polishing Tiger, aren't they?
"Polishing"? Tiger was barely acceptable before 10.4.3 because of all the serious bugs. Now they're finally delivering on their promises...
Not that I don't like updates ... but every time DVD Player is updated I have to get a new patch to make it region free again! I'm glad the same's not true for VLC
Tiger is a sweet OS, and with my old 867MHz PowerBook I miss out on most of the bugs. I'm really looking forward to Leopard of course ... res independency at last! They'd better not exclude the non-Core Image'd from it!
Of course, this talk of a Media Centre Tivo-killing Intel powered Mac Mini is giving me ideas about upgrading before Leopard. I wonder which will come first though for that model, Blu-Ray writers or 10.5?
Tiger is a sweet OS, and with my old 867MHz PowerBook I miss out on most of the bugs. I'm really looking forward to Leopard of course ... res independency at last! They'd better not exclude the non-Core Image'd from it!
I don't see how Core Image would have anything to do with it. Quartz 2D Extreme might, which your PowerBook won't do either, but then what's the point on your laptop anyway? The resolution you have is far too low to make a res-ind UI truly interesting.
They're really polishing Tiger, aren't they?
Now just imagine Leopard in early 2007, with a new Finder, fully res-independent scalable UI, and the various window themes finally made consistent (which I think there's good evidence to suggest they will be).
And just imagine early 2008 when all of that becomes stable with 10.5.4...