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The update weighs in at 39.8MB.

The size of the update depends on how you download it, your machine model, and your current OS version. The "combo" updaters, which will update any machine with any version of Tiger, for PPC and Intel are 145MB and 215MB, respectively. If you have the bandwidth, this is the recommended update method, since it seems to reduce the risk of problems.

Since installing 10.4.7, the 'hardware' function keys don't seem to work on my G4 17" laptop. They work fine for controlling software, but not for controlling hardware. This is regardless of the setting of 'use F1-F12 for software' in the keyboards control.

Anyone else seen this?

I updated to 10.4.7 on a Blue & White that has a G3/1G processor update in it, with 1 G of RAM, and the reboot back to desktop took in excess of an hour. In fact, I had to leave it going at work and was able to log back in it several hours later, so I am not sure the exact time, but I had let it run for my last hour there and it still was at the blue screen with the spinning cog wheel.

Bizarre. But at least it's back up!

My G4 800mhz iMac took a while to come back up as well. Can't say exactly how long cuz I wasn't watching it that closely, but it was a lot longer than normal, and I didn't get the standard install dialogs, which is kinda strange.


Vern Seward

on my dual 2 GHZ G5, 2 gigs of RAM. Probably around 60 seconds. Seems snappier now too.

Mine doesn't seem any snappier, even after a reboot. If anything, it seems a bit slower.

Vern Seward

I've updated three machines so far
G4-DP 1Gb RAM
G4 PB 15" 1Gb RAM
G5 iMac 1 Gb RAM

All of them loaded the update installed and it quickly. The reboot might have been a little bit longer but not much. I haven't noticed any speed improvement.

Now I tend to be a bit obsessive about maintenance. I run Onyx once a month to keep any potential problems at bay and apply any and all patches as soon as they come out. Perhaps that might account for the difference. If your machine needed a bit of maintenance, it's possable that the update does it (drive optimization, or repair file rights for example) on the first reboot. If so that maintenance might also account for any speed bump you're seeing with 10.4.7.

It's a theory anyway.

Anybody else having having problems with Flash content in Safari after the update? Since I applied the update, Flash content no longer shows up in Safari. I've tried reinstalling the player, to no avail.

I'm not sure if the update did this, or if I unwittingly did it myself, but in Safari Security preferences, "Enable plug-ins" was unchecked. Checking it re-enabled Flash.

Not only do I echo the comments about the long start ups but my dual core also seems to have a problem loading finder, specificly when it trys to find wireless signal. This was never a problem before but after a 2 minute look at all these internet forums it seems to me that this update has been more hastle than it's worth, Still, no word from mac themselves... dissapointing really.

Fred

Note 10.4.7 - is that the update you've got? you answered this thread exactly a year after the last post…