Apple Computer on Tuesday released Mac OS X 10.4.7, a maintenance and security update to its Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger operating system.The update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies:
sharing using AFP, SMB/CIFS, NFS and FTP file sharing protocolsreliable access to Open Directory, LDAP and Active Directory serviceslogin and authentication in a variety of network environmentsfile access and byte range locking with AFP file sharingnetwork access when using proxy server automatic configuration filesconnecting to Cisco VPN servers using IP/Sec and NATAirPort and Bluetooth wireless connectivityRAW camera support, including updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics driversusability of Dashboard and widgetssearching iWork '06 and Microsoft Office documents with Spotlightsaving Word documents automatically when using a network home directoryviewing of QuickTime streaming media behind a firewallaudio playback in QuickTime, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, and Soundtrack applicationsensuring icons are spaced correctly when viewed on desktopdetermining the space required to burn folderssynchronizing contacts, bookmarks, and calendars to .Mac and mobile phonesmounting and unmounting iDisk volumestime zone and daylight savings for 2006 and 2007Address Book, AppleScript, Automator, Dictionary, Font Book, iCal, iChat, DVD Player, Keynote, Mail, Preview, Safari, and StickiesDisk Utility, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, and Software Updatecompatibility with third party applications and devicesprevious Mac OS X updates and standalone security updatesDownload Links
Mac OS X Update 10.4.7 Combo Intel (215MB)
Mac OS X Update 10.4.7 Intel (131MB)
Mac OS X Update 10.4.7 Combo PPC (145MB)
Mac OS X Update 10.4.7 PPC (64MB)
Mac OS X 10.4.7 Server
Also on Tuesday, Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.7 Server, which is recommended for all servers. The update includes fixes for:
AFP server deadlocks and dropped connectionssaving Adobe and Quark documents to AFP mounted volumesresharing NFS mounts with AFPconfiguring up to 64 NFS server daemons in Server Adminvirus filtering and quarantine; update to ClamAV version 0.88.2updating Kerberos keytab files when using changeipperiodic rolling of Password Server log filesconfiguration issues affecting MySQL performancepreallocating files when using tar, cp and mv with Xsan volumesrebooting SAN clients without causing other clients to hangreporting software RAID rebuild status in Disk Utilitycompatibility with third party applications and devicesprevious standalone security updatesDownload Links
Mac OS X Server Update 10.4.7 Combo (192MB)
Mac OS X Server Update 10.4.7 (95MB)