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4L13 vs. 4L5
Authored by: Anonymous on Apr 14, '01 02:04:06AM

A couple weeks ago, I threw caution to the wind and installed 4L5. That had introduced some minor speed enhancements to my dog-slow-running-4K78 iMac (233MHz, rev. A, 384MB RAM), but it was still pretty slow. For instance, when composing an email in Mail.app (under 4K78, and also 4L5), I was easily able to type faster than the computer could render the text on the screen. (YUCK)

Well, I'm happy to report that, at least on that subjective measure, build 4L13 (the official 10.0.1) is much better. Mail.app is now quite responsive--no more waiting for text to render. (And yes, I had to do the workaround to install 4L13 over 4L5, but that was fine.)

As to the other questions above: yes, 4L13 replaces the telnet server with an ssh server. Works great; I can ssh into my home iMac from work now. Slick.

You can see for yourself a complete list of everything that the update entails (after installing it) by going to /Library/Receipts, control-clicking on "10.0.1Update.pkg" and choosing "Show Package Contents". From there, go into Contents/Resources and drag the file "10.0.1Update.bomout" onto TextEdit. This contains a listing of all directories and files that were touched by the upgrade. It's quite extensive.

Also of note is a descriptive text file inside the package, which states: "The 10.0.1 Update for Mac OS X delivers support for iTunes, improved USB compatibility, as well as stability and performance improvements."

I wonder what "support for iTunes" was added?



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