|
10.0.3: The Phantom Update (5/10/01)
|
 
|
| | |
The updates are coming fast and furious, now; it's been scarcely a month and a half since Mac OS X first shipped, but in that short time we've witnessed no fewer than three official updates already. First came Mac OS X 10.0.1, which improved stability, speed, and USB support. Then came 10.0.2, which primarily added the long-awaited support for CD-burning. And as of yesterday, faithful viewer David Freeland clued us in on the fact that 10.0.3 was available via Software Update; according to an Apple Tech Info Library article, it... uh... adds the long-awaited support for CD-burning. Hmmm... Is anyone else getting the most extraordinary sense of déjà vu?
Granted, the TIL article for 10.0.3 also mentions "a number of improvements for overall application stability" and "the latest version of the Internet file transfer service (ftpd) which features important security improvements," but clearly something's a trifle askew. It sure looks to us like someone at Apple took a TIL intended for the last update and replaced "10.0.2" with "10.0.3." In fact, the responsible party didn't even do a global search and replace; the grid under the "DISCUSSION" heading still lists the software version as 10.0.2. Whoops.
But if you're just bursting to discover the details of 10.0.3's real purpose, it's The Mac Observer to the rescue. Apparently by digging through the contents of the update package itself, it's possible to extract the true feature list of this mysterious incremental upgrade: "The 10.0.3 Update ensures full visibility of file lists in directories that contain a large number of items." Don't feel bad if you find that a tad anticlimactic; given the apparent intrigue surrounding the posted specs of this update, we were half expecting to find out that it added some kind of top secret James Bond crypto technology. Instead, we get a minor Finder bug fix.
Whatever. To tell you the truth, we didn't even bother finding out what Mac OS X 10.0.3 was for before installing it, so we hardly have the right to complain about an erroneous TIL article. The important thing is that Apple is adding features and fixing bugs in Mac OS X on a frequent basis, which bodes well for a relatively "Mom-proof" version of the operating system in time for the summer release. Here's looking forward to those Mac OS X iMacs!
| |
| |
 |
SceneLink (3043)
|  |
 |
|
And Now For A Word From Our Sponsors |
| | | |
|
| |
|
 | | The above scene was taken from the 5/10/01 episode: May 10, 2001: Mac OS X 10.0.3 quietly appears-- though even Apple seems a mite confused about what it actually does. Meanwhile, the iBook actually ships early, both to Apple Store customers and to retail sales outlets, and our "Dead AirPort Base Station" saga winds to a speedy and satisfactory close...
Other scenes from that episode: 3044: iBook: Early For A Change (5/10/01) Good gravy, Apple has done the impossible: somehow the company has escaped the clutches of the Great Portable Delay Curse. Think about it; when was the last time Apple introduced a new PowerBook or iBook that actually shipped even remotely near its expected availability date?... 3045: Wireless Again & Loving It (5/10/01) Speaking of underpromising and overdelivering, we thought we'd fill you in on the latest developments in our dead AirPort Base Station saga. When last you tuned in on Monday, our Base Station had decided that infinite rebooting was a valid alternative lifestyle, thus rendering your AtAT staff wirelessless until the confused unit could be replaced...
Or view the entire episode as originally broadcast... | |  |
|
|
