topic Re: OS X 10.5.5 released in Installation & update

OS X 10.5.5 released

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:31:20 GMT

From the notes

…Includes extensive graphics enhancements.

Updated my Macbook Pro, no problems detected yet.

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Thomas Holm — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:45:39 GMT

Do you mean that the Open GL scrambled screen issue is gone? (I did find a sure-fire way to to trigger it: Have an floor plan window with a large Fat 'crawling ants' Marquee open, and then do some Cover Flow in iTunes)

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Rakela Raul — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:33:02 GMT

if your macbookpro has bootcamp and windows installed ? no problems either?

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Eduardo Rolon — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:33:50 GMT

Tom,
Checking System Profiler (Look under Frameworks -> OpenGL), OpenGL drivers were updated to 1.5.7

Raul,
I don't use Bootcamp, so I don't know.

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

__archiben — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:30:30 GMT

Thomas wrote:
Do you mean that the Open GL scrambled screen issue is gone?

no it hasn't. i put my ATI card back in yesterday after the upgrade . . . a couple of hours later it shattered on me again. the nvidia hasn't given me any issues at all . . .

~/archiben

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:31:03 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
Thomas wrote:
Do you mean that the Open GL scrambled screen issue is gone?
no it hasn't. i put my ATI card back in yesterday after the upgrade . . . a couple of hours later it shattered on me again. the nvidia hasn't given me any issues at all . . .

~/archiben

So weird that I haven't had any problems with my ATI card since the graphics update a few months ago. Since we're both MacPro, it makes me wonder if it is a problem with the cards and not a software issue? Had you applied the MacPro ATI Graphics Update (a firmware update to the card) before you had pulled the card previously?

Karl

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Dwight — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:18:36 GMT

Seems to fix Artlantis problem with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT - no more banding on second display.

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Thomas Holm — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:17:29 GMT

Karl wrote:
~/archiben wrote:
Thomas wrote:
Do you mean that the Open GL scrambled screen issue is gone?
no it hasn't. i put my ATI card back in yesterday after the upgrade . . . a couple of hours later it shattered on me again. the nvidia hasn't given me any issues at all . . .
So weird that I haven't had any problems with my ATI card since the graphics update a few months ago. . .

Thanks Ben for testing! My issue is the ATI X1600 card issue, found in MacBookPros (2,2, late 2006) and some iMacs with similar cards. I'm reluctant to trigger this again but I'll report back. I think it's a combination hardware and driver issue. Since it never happened to me in Tiger I thought it was driver only, but I've learned that Leopard puts a heavier load on OpenGL generally, so the issue might have been lurking back in Tiger.

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Karl Ottenstein — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:25:54 GMT

OS 10.5.6 released today. This is included in the release notes:

"Includes fixes for possible graphics distortion issues with certain ATI graphics cards."

Hope that this will resolve the issues people have been seeing.

Interesting, another fix is this:

"Addresses inaccuracies with Calculator when the Mac OS X language is set to German or Swiss German."

Germans and Swiss being stereotyped as very precise people, it is too funny that Calculator had 'inaccuracies' when set to use their language... Cannot imagine what this means though: was 1+1 not 2?

Cheers,
Karl

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:03:05 GMT

Karl wrote:
Germans and Swiss being stereotyped as very precise people, it is too funny that Calculator had 'inaccuracies' when set to use their language... Cannot imagine what this means though: was 1+1 not 2?

Perhaps: 1 * 1 = 1.0000000000000000000000000000000000000001

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:52:24 GMT

I just upgraded to 10.5.6.
As far as I can see, Apple's only concern was improved color variations...
Anyway, thank you Karl for your positive sound, let us be patient and wait for another release. J

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:12:46 GMT

What would be the best possible purchase for a PC laptop 17" today, daily use with AC - within the price range of a Macbook Pro - being able to support Apple Cinema Display 23"?
After all, in my specific situation it seems best to not wait any longer...
Within the turbulent storm of the financial crisis all my hours spend do count x2!

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Thomas Holm — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:46:43 GMT

Joeri wrote:
I just upgraded to 10.5.6.
As far as I can see, Apple's only concern was improved color variations...
Anyway, thank you Karl for your positive sound, let us be patient and wait for another release. J

Joeri, I'm as disappointed as you... Maybe this issue is too Archicad-specific for Apple to care... I wonder what Graphisoft is doing?

But can you tell me if you think it's worse (I mean more easily triggered) after the update, or not?

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:23:50 GMT

Hi Thomas,

Too soon to make any good observations.
All I can tell : I upgraded - started AC12 - working for about 45' - machine in sleep mode during phone call and BINGO. I may be wrong but perhaps it's meant to be one of the standard screensavers ? ?

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Thomas Holm — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:29:41 GMT

Joeri wrote:
...one of the standard screensavers ? ?

Aha! Nice!

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Karl Ottenstein — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:38:58 GMT

Karl wrote:
OS 10.5.6 released today. This is included in the release notes:

"Includes fixes for possible graphics distortion issues with certain ATI graphics cards."

Hope that this will resolve the issues people have been seeing.

Sorry to see it does not fix things, Joeri! 😞

Greg comments more on this in the proper thread (which I should have searched for):
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=136626

Cheers,
Karl

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:23:40 GMT

Joeri wrote:
What would be the best possible purchase for a PC laptop 17" today, daily use with AC - within the price range of a Macbook Pro - being able to support Apple Cinema Display 23"?
After all, in my specific situation it seems best to not wait any longer...
Within the turbulent storm of the financial crisis all my hours spend do count x2!

Dell has a very hot new laptop (the Precision M6400 "Covet") but it is a bit pricey starting at $3859.00 US and can hit about $6000 with all the goodies. But with a standard 1GB Quadro video card and optional 16GB max RAM, dual hard drives, etc. it is definitely a serious work machine (and appropriately named).

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:50:46 GMT

Joeri and Matthew,

Come on guys, you know better... this is a thread about OS X. Joeri's question and Matthews response belong elsewhere. Please pay attention to what thread you are in, as moderators cannot move individual posts, only entire threads. 😉

Thanks,
Karl

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Djordje — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:14:55 GMT

There is a thread about the best machine for ArchiCAD in Hardware ...

Re: OS X 10.5.5 released

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:51:17 GMT

Sorry guys. I should know better. I'll pay closer attention in the future.