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June 30, 2006

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The fun never ends: 10.4.7 Update Update

Posted Jun. 30, ’06, 8:53 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software » Updates

OpenGLWe reported on a host of 10.4.7 problems the other day, and Apple has apparently now backtracked on the update, posting a revised version of the download for Intel-based Macs. What’s the deal? Apple explained the situation thusly:

Mac OS X v10.4.7 was released on Tuesday of this week. The install package that upgrades a Mac OS X v10.4.6 (Intel) system is being revised. The revision is to provide several files related to OpenGL performance that were missing.

Only the package that upgrades a Mac OS X v10.4.6 (Intel) system to Mac OS X v10.4.7 (Intel) is being changed. All other Mac OS X v10.4.7 install packages remain unchanged.

The change being made to the install package does not affect the security fixes provided in the package.

The new package is named: MacOSXUpd10.4.7Intel.dmg
It’s SHA-1 digest is: 10aa57dfccd63accb0939a894cea202a8910fb45

Whoopsie. I’ll let Apple slide on using “It’s” in place of “Its” in that last sentence, because grammar’s probably not their bailiwick, but missing OpenGL files is kind of a biggy.

This applies only to the 10.4.6->10.4.7 update for Intel Macs and not the combo installer. MacFixIt has documented a way to check and see if you’ve downloaded the right update. Kind of glad I hadn’t installed the update yet. Sometimes it pays to wait.

[via Macs Only]


1 Comments

Thomas Massengale said:

Won't Apple just release this via Software Update?

June 30, 2006 9:24 AM

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