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Snow Leopard Coverage at MacWindows
Mac OS X Server update for VPN, SMB, other issue with Mac Pro Wednesday, August 18, 2010 -- Apple has released "Mac OS X Server 10.6.4 Update for Mac Pro (Mid 2010)," an update of its server package. Apple lists about a dozen fixes for the update. These include a problem "copying, renaming, or deleting files on SMB file servers" and reliability of VPN connections. It also fixes an issue with CalDAV querying of email addresses with Active Directory and Open Directory servers. The update is for only the recently upgraded Mac Pro hardware running Mac OS X Server 10.6.3. Does this release fix any issue for you? Snow Leopard update to "close performance gap with Windows" Wednesday, August 18, 2010 -- Apple released the Snow Leopard Graphic Update, which is designed to fix performance and stability of specific games. It addresses frame rates in Portal and Team Fortress and Team Fortress 2, and bugs with Aperture 3 or StarCraft II. However game manufacture Steam said that performance of its games had been below that of Windows. At it web site, Steam indicated that a "lot of buzz about performance, particularly relative to Windows" spurred them to contact Apple about it. Steam has a lengthy technical post about the update, including this:
Is there a gaming performance gap between Snow Leopard and Windows in general? Post a note in our forums. Mac OS X 10.6.4 addresses VPN, SMB file copy issues Friday, June 18, 2010 -- This week, Apple released the 10.6.4 update to Mac OS X and to Mac OS X Server. Among various fixes Apple lists in its support article are improved reliability of VPN connection and fixes of problems "copying, renaming, or deleting files on SMB file servers." Mac OS X Server 10.6.4 has the same fixes as the climate, plus others, including fixing "an issue that could prevent one from copying files larger than 2 GB to an SMB volume." Since the Snow Leopard first shipped, readers have been reporting various problems with SMB file sharing (see Snow Leopard File Sharing Tips and Reports). However, readers today reported that the update does not fix problem of slow SMB file browsing. how the 10.6.4 update affects your SMB file sharing problems. Big 10.6.3 Update fixes Office/SMB bugs, Active Directory problems, dozens of others Tuesday, March 30, 2010 -- Apple yesterday released Mac OS X 10.6.3, an update to Snow Leopard that addresses about fifty bugs and issues and includes dozens of security fixes. According to Apple, the update fixes a number of problems that MacWindows readers have been reporting since Snow Leopard first shipped, including those related to file sharing, Active Directory, and Exchange Server. Apple also released a Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 update. Apple said that the update fixes the problem with saving files to Windows servers from Office 2008, a problem that many readers have reported and offered workarounds. Readers have also reported the problem with the Adobe CS suite, and today, a reader today reported that the 10.6.3 update fixed the problem......Read entire story here Apple issues Snow Leopard Server Admin Tools 10.6.2 maintenance release Monday, November 23, 2009 -- Apple released a Server Admin Tools 10.6.2, and update to its suite of tools for managing Mac OS X Server 10.6 remotely from another Mac. The update, which requires 10.6.2 to be installed on both Server and Remote Mac, fixes a number of bugs in Server Admin, Server Preferences, Server Assistant, Workgroup Manager, System Image Utility, and Xgrid Admin. Mac OS X 10.6.2 update addresses AD, cross-platform issues Wednesday, November 11, 2009 -- On Monday, Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.2, an update to Snow Leopard that includes a long list of bug fixes, including several Windows-compatibility issues that readers have been reporting. These include problems with Active Directory, Entourage and Exchange, virtual private networks, and AFP file servers. Apple said the update also fixes a bug that caused data loss with guest accounts. Apple said that the update includes fixes for the following issues, many of which we've previously reported:
how the 10.6.2 update affected these an other Snow Leopard problems we've reported. Apple says Snow Leopard bug with guest accounts can delete user data Wednesday, October 14, 2009 -- Apple has acknowledged what it calls a rare bug in Snow Leopard that can delete all user data from a hard drive and reset the user account. Reports on Apple's discussion forum say that the problem occurs when a user logs in as a guest account, logs out, and then logs in again with a regular account. Users find the entire home folder reset to a virgin condition. The data loss does not occur every time this procedure is performed. CNET quoted an Apple written statement saying "We are aware of the issue, which occurs only in extremely rare cases, and we are working on a fix." That fix could come in the form of an update to the OS. AppleInsider reported that Apple has seeded developers with two beta builds of Mac OS X 10.6.2, the next release version of Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard 10.6.1 not aimed at fixing SMB, AD problems Friday, September 11, 2009 -- Apple released the Mac OS X 10.6.1 update, and Snow Leopard Server 10.6.1 update. The 10.6.1 client fixes some problems with Mail, including problems sending mail to certain SMTP servers. However, the bug fix list does not include problems with SMB file sharing, Active Directory problems, and virtual private networking issues, which readers have been reporting. The 10.6.1 Server update fixes a problem "that could cause Server Admin or Server Assistant to report a duplicate serial number" on servers with multiple Ethernet ports. It also "improves reliablity with services that use Grand Central Dispatch" and adds some security patches. If you've tried Snow Leopard 10.6.1 client or server update Snow Leopard 10.6.0 improves Boot Camp, Exchange, Cisco VPN Monday, August 31, 2009 -- For cross-platform users, Apple's Friday release of Snow Leopard includes some new users features, despite being a touted as an under-the-hood upgrade. Improvements include a better Boot Camp for booting a Mac with Windows, better Exchange Server compatibility, and improved VPN. Mac OS X 10.6 also includes "native support" for Cisco IPsec VPN connections. Snow Leopard Server, also released on Friday, offers a number of new features for Mac clients, though little for Windows clients... Read entire story here |
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