As the Apple Turns: Scene 3528: Waiting For The Man (1/25/02)

Waiting For The Man (1/25/02)

It's happening again-- we're starting to suffer from Software Update Withdrawal Syndrome. Instead of just letting our Macs check for updates once a week as scheduled, we find ourselves continually poking at that "Update Now" button in hopes of discovering something new... you know, unlike the past four hundred times when we kept getting that list of driver updates for printers we don't use. We're not asking for much, here; an OS point release, maybe a bug-fix patch for iTunes-- heck, even a minor revision to the DVD Player would take the edge off. C'mon, Apple, throw us Update Junkies a bone.

But in lieu of any actual updaters, we've been forced to settle for Update Methadone-- namely, endless speculation and research about what those future updaters might bestow upon our Macs when they finally do arrive. In the shorter term, there's Mac OS X 10.1.3, which Think Secret reports has just been seeded to developers-- and pulled back again. No word on why it was pulled, but apparently this build is stamped "5Q28" and delivers the usual sort of point-release stuff: "expanded support for CD burners, improved digital camera support, and tweaks to OpenGL," along with better networking and security. Nothing to jump up and down about, but at this point we're jonesing so hard for an update, we'd most likely look upon its release as a cross between free chocolate and the Second Coming.

Further out in the future, of course, is 10.2 (code-named "Jaguar"), which is apparently still slated for a July release. Faithful viewer Danny Ricci noticed that a handful of screenshots and even QuickTime movies of the current 10.2 developmental build (6B11) are available via a link over at MacRumors, providing just enough sustenance for those of us who crave updatey goodness. There isn't much revealed in those files that we didn't already expect-- spring-loaded folders, for instance-- but it's nice to see that a standard Zingg!-like "Open With..." contextual menu option is heading for the Finder, and a quick glimpse of an "Erase CD/DVD-RW Disc..." menu item in Disk Copy implies that those of us with SuperDrives may eventually get to use DVD-RWs after all. (That's new, right?)

Like we said, it's nothing terribly thrilling, but if you're as addicted to software updates as we are, this stuff might get you through the next couple of days without constant vomiting and thinking there are bugs crawling all over your skin. Enjoy.

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The above scene was taken from the 1/25/02 episode:

January 25, 2002: David Coursey's month with a Mac has commenced-- and so far, so good. Meanwhile, information continues to leak about Mac OS X 10.1.3 and 10.2, and one online Mac reseller has prices for the new iMacs that aren't likely to be beat anytime soon...

Other scenes from that episode:

3527: Project Coursey Going Well (1/25/02) We thought it would have taken at least a few days to kick in, but faithful viewer The Mod Imposter informs us that ZDNet's David Coursey evidently succumbed to the influence of Reality Distortion Field energy on his very first day of temporary Mac usage...
3529: But You Still Pay Shipping (1/25/02) We know the drill; plenty of you are scoping out those new G4-based iMacs while standing in an ever-deepening puddle of drool and fantasizing about saying "to heck with the kids' college fund" and engaging in an orgy of debt-amassing that would be astonishingly bad for your credit rating...

Or view the entire episode as originally broadcast...


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