Mac OS X Panther build 7H63
| Build of Mac OS X Panther | |
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| Architecture | PPC |
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| Compiled | 2004-05-12 |
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Mac OS X Panther build 7H63 is the 10.3.4 update release of Mac OS X Panther. It was released to the general public on 26 May 2004.
New features and changes[edit | edit source]
Communications[edit | edit source]
Address Book[edit | edit source]
The Address Book application can now import more than one email address per contact from an LDIF export file. SMS messages longer than 68 characters can now be sent in Swedish-localized releases of Mac OS X.
Mail[edit | edit source]
E-mail messages now retain their statuses when pasted inside of the Mail application. Attached ZIP archives in messages can now be saved without requiring decompression. The Safari web browser is now able to download e-mail attachments sent from Hotmail accounts, and compatibility with large PDF files attached as part of messages sent from Microsoft Entourage has been improved.
Device support[edit | edit source]
iTunes and iSync now recognize iPods connected over USB 2.0. Compatibility with mass storage devices such as SCSI and RAID PCI cards along with USB and FireWire devices have been improved. Incoming phone calls and SMS messages from a paired phone now appear in the foreground.
Printing shadowed text without outlines on an HP DeskJet 970/990 printer is now possible, and PostScript printers can now properly print shadowed graphics.
Finder[edit | edit source]
Additional disk image volume types can now be used with the Devanagari, Gujarati and Gurmukhi scripts.
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
This release includes recent security updates of the time, but lacks the 2005-05-24 security update.
Preview also no longer asks for a password when opening a PDF file that is not password-protected, and Stickies no longer automatically write to the hard drive even when the computer is idle. Support for vertex buffer objects and replaceable entry points have been added to the existing OpenGL implementation, and users with network home directories can now add fonts to a Font Book collection.
Updates can now be installed even if an application's property lists are damaged.
Bugfixes[edit | edit source]
Communications[edit | edit source]
Mail[edit | edit source]
- Long URL addresses in e-mail messages sent from a Mac OS X Panther client are now properly handled by the user's web browser.
Networking and .Mac[edit | edit source]
- Automated or scheduled syncing between iSync and .Mac has been improved.
- Connecting to a TLS-authenticated wireless network when more than one client certificate was stored in a keychain now works properly.
- Using a VPN over a PPTP connection will no longer prevent the user from doing so.
- The .Mac Backup application no longer opens twice after a scheduled backup is missed.
Faxes[edit | edit source]
- Performance when receiving a multi-page fax document has been improved.
Device support[edit | edit source]
- Using Canon cameras in ESP mode no longer causes a kernel panic.
- Video frames are no longer missed when digital video is being captured from a FireWire camera.
Finder[edit | edit source]
- Screen captures no longer contain a gray area.
- Writable discs are now displayed after a successful burn operation.
- Performance regressions that occurred when selecting multiple items while a video file was being previewed has been resolved.
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
- Using a third-party Times Roman font no longer causes a crash in varying applications.
- Overdue scheduled items such as automated backups are now performed once after waking from sleep.
- eMac display resolutions are no longer resized to incorrect proportions after restoring from a sleep state.
- The DVD Player no longer displays an "Operation not permitted" error.