Apple Bug Friday Review: Mac OS X 10.4.10
Thursday, 2007-07-26; 23:50:00
Well, Mac OS X 10.4.10 has been out for over a month, now. So here's the status of all outstanding bugs I've filed (except for the 5 from last week). Some of the bugs have been marked as "too early to tell", either because the bugs are so sporadic that it's hard to tell whether they're fixed or not, or I currently do not have the correct setup to reproduce the bug.
iTunes continues to be the one application in which Apple fixes the most bugs. Of the six definitively fixed bugs this time around, all six had to do with iTunes. So while some frustrating bugs still remain (like the silly one where the main iTunes window can be partially resized under the Dock), I'm pretty happy with how iTunes works and the pace with which bugs are fixed. Could be better, but it could be a lot worse (like the Finder). Overall, Apple's record with fixing my bugs is 21%. It is left as an exercise to the reader to determine whether this is good performance or bad.
This time, I've also decided to update each and every bug that's not fixed in Apple's Bug Reporter system with a note as such (with the exception of the reports that I no longer have access to, which sometimes happens when Apple Engineering updates the bug). I've noticed that even when a report is closed, Apple Engineering seems to be responsive with updates to existing reports. Hopefully this'll spur some action on some of these bugs to make sure they're fixed in 10.4.11 or Leopard.
iTunes continues to be the one application in which Apple fixes the most bugs. Of the six definitively fixed bugs this time around, all six had to do with iTunes. So while some frustrating bugs still remain (like the silly one where the main iTunes window can be partially resized under the Dock), I'm pretty happy with how iTunes works and the pace with which bugs are fixed. Could be better, but it could be a lot worse (like the Finder). Overall, Apple's record with fixing my bugs is 21%. It is left as an exercise to the reader to determine whether this is good performance or bad.
This time, I've also decided to update each and every bug that's not fixed in Apple's Bug Reporter system with a note as such (with the exception of the reports that I no longer have access to, which sometimes happens when Apple Engineering updates the bug). I've noticed that even when a report is closed, Apple Engineering seems to be responsive with updates to existing reports. Hopefully this'll spur some action on some of these bugs to make sure they're fixed in 10.4.11 or Leopard.
Total bugs reviewed: 104; Total bugs fixed: 22; New bugs since last review: 34;
ABF No. | Official Bug No. | Short Description | Status in Mac OS X 10.4.10 | State in Bug Reporter system | First Reported |
- | 4145629 | Command-Tab switcher does not honor keyboard layout | not fixed | duplicate/2758517 | 10.4.1 |
- | 4145635 | Disk usage and number of enclosed items should be stored as metadata so that accessing this information is immediate in Get Info windows | not fixed | closed | 10.4.1 |
- | 4215588 | Hard drive usage statistics on desktop don't automatically update even though the statistics in Finder windows do | not fixed | duplicate/4106059 | 10.4.2 |
I | 4223711 | Keyboard layout switching inconsistent | not fixed | still open | 10.4.2 |
II | 4234753 | Text fields don't always update | too early to tell | duplicate/4020186 | 10.4.2 |
IV | 4252818 | Up/down arrows don't work in Spotlight menu | not fixed | closed | 10.4.2 |
V | 4262172 | Corrupted frame between cursor appearance changes | too early to tell | duplicate/4115535 | 10.4.2 |
VI | 4270684 | Dashboard temporarily freezes interface on invocation | not fixed | duplicate/4061527 | 10.4.2 |
X | 4300880 | Finder incorrectly reports state of copying when uploading to iDisk | not fixed | duplicate/3721254 | 10.4.2 |
XI | 4311999 | Customizing date and time format oddities | partially fixed | duplicate/4084483 | 10.4.2 |
XII | 4322243 | white lines through feeds in Safari | could this be fixed in Safari 3? | duplicate/3633944 | 10.4.2 |
XIII | 4364497 | excessive grid spacing on Desktop for 10 point font size, introduced in 10.4.3 | not fixed | duplicate/4136412 | 10.4.3 |
XIV | 4364498 | iTunes does not allow some info/options to be changed en-masse, no "TV Show" option for Video Kind | partially fixed | duplicate/4272798 | 10.4.3 |
XIX | 4364509 | Front Row doesn't display additional media info | not fixed | still open | 10.4.3 |
XXI | 4394575 | iTunes mini-mode window spontaneously changes to "iPod Synchronization Complete" | too early to tell | still open | 10.4.3 |
XXII | 4394583 | NSTableColumns don't trigger autosave positions of the NSTableView to update when they are added to the NSTableView | too early to tell | closed | 10.4.3 |
XXIV | 4440707 | Finder/iTunes spontaneously unmounts iPod | too early to tell | still open | 10.4.4 |
XXV | 4440711 | NSWorkspace does not select revealed items in Finder | not fixed | duplicate/4021396 | 10.4.4 |
XXVI | 4440715 | Safari is really slow with animated gifs | still no cure for the YTMND blues | still open | 10.4.4 |
XXVII | 4440737 | burn folders don't always show used capacity | not fixed | duplicate/4377863 | 10.4.4 |
XXVIII | 4440740 | toggling visibility of toolbar sometimes has unexpected behavior | not fixed | still open | 10.4.4 |
XXIX | 4440751 | iDisk sidebar item doesn't always allow dragging-and-dropping | not fixed | duplicate/3430977 | 10.4.4 |
XXX | 4450249 | Reset sync on one Mac does not trigger a reset sync on another | perhaps fixed | closed | 10.4.5 |
XXXIII | 4480800 | System Preferences hangs when getting list of registered synching computers | perhaps fixed | closed | 10.4.5 |
XXXV | 4494729 | Daily Show and Colbert Report metadata are inadequate | partially fixed | closed | 10.4.5 |
XXXVI | 4494733 | Links can be spoofed even when the text appears to show the actual link | not fixed | duplicate/3465017 | 10.4.5 |
XXXVIII | 4499374 | Smart folders reset their scroll position when new results come in | not fixed | duplicate/4131564 | 10.4.5 |
XXXIX | 4547901 | .mac serves up 0 KB blank file | not fixed | still open | 10.4.6 |
XL | 4547912 | Preview doesn't respect resolution requirements in PS images | not fixed | still open | 10.4.6 |
XLI | 4547917 | Finder disk space info gets truncated | not fixed | duplicate/4067164 | 10.4.6 |
XLII | 4547941 | Tooltips disappear after a while | not fixed | duplicate/3237930 | 10.4.6 |
XLIII | 4547944 | Toolbar text labels sometimes appear un-antialiased | not fixed | still open | 10.4.6 |
XLIV | 4547948 | iChat doesn't display destination URL in tooltips | not fixed | duplicate/3843646 | 10.4.6 |
XLV | 4590712 | 4G iPod loses authorization upon hard reset | likely not fixed | still open | 10.4.6 |
XLVI | 4590715 | TV shows displayed in no particular order in Front Row | not fixed | still open | 10.4.6 |
XLVII | 4590717 | TV shows with no season interspersed with episodes of other seasons | not fixed | still open | 10.4.6 |
XLVIII | 4590720 | Daily Show/Colbert Report episodes coming with bad episode numbers | not fixed | still open | 10.4.6 |
XLIX | 4590722 | Typeselect doesn't work with the delete key in the Finder | not fixed | still open | 10.4.6 |
L | 4740521 and 4747296 | iTunes 7 main window can be partially resized under non-autohiding Dock | not fixed | both still open | 10.4.7 |
LI | 4740526 and 4747297 | iTunes 7 album art fetching does not replace existing art of lower resolution | not fixed | open and closed, respectively | 10.4.7 |
LII | 4740535 and 4747299 | iTunes 7 album art fetching does not store art within song file | not fixed | closed and closed, respectively | 10.4.7 |
LIV | 4740541 and 4747302 and 4796715 | iTunes 7 source list selection color does not respect Appearance prefpane settings | not fixed | behaves correctly, closed, and open, respectively | 10.4.7 |
LV | 4740542 and 4747303 and 4796717 | iTunes 7 does not respect hidden scrollbar settings | not fixed | closed, closed, and open, respectively | 10.4.7 |
LVI | 4740544 | Cover Flow in iTunes 7 ignores non-hidden scrollbar settings | not fixed | closed | 10.4.7 |
LVII | 4740546 and 4747305 | iTunes 7 still uses modal dialogs | not fixed | behaves correctly and closed, respectively | 10.4.7 |
LVIII | 4740547 and 4747306 | "Remove authorization for Audible account" should be located in the Store menu in iTunes 7 | not fixed | behaves correctly and closed, respectively | 10.4.7 |
LX | 4740551 and 4747307 | iTunes 7 transfers only purchased content to satellite computers | not fixed | closed and closed, respectively | 10.4.7 |
LXI | 4740552 | iPod summary page says iPod is synched to a computer when it actually is connected to a different computer | fixed | still open | 10.4.7 |
LXII | 4740553 | keyboard shortcut for Play menu item in Controls menu of iTunes 7 is not flush right | not fixed | duplicate/3227357 | 10.4.7 |
LXIII | 4796705 | cannot bind all documents to older version of an app | not fixed | duplicate/4125820 | 10.4.8 |
LXIV | 4796709 | requesting Mail's Activity Viewer to come to the front simply makes it disappear if it's in the background | not fixed | duplicate/3814607 | 10.4.8 |
LXV | 4796711 | .mac commenting doesn't e-mail you when a new comment is posted | not fixed *sniff* | duplicate/4448408 | 10.4.8 |
LXVI | 4796712 | Front Row does not offer "No Season" subsection for TV shows as 5G iPods do | not fixed | duplicate/5024933 | 10.4.8 |
LXVII | 4796713 | 5G iPods refuse to go to sleep immediately after being disconnected from a Mac | not fixed | still open | 10.4.8 |
LXVIII | 5086913 | F14/F15 brightness keys cannot be modified | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
LXIX | 5086919 | Re-sorting by new-ness marks all unread articles as read | perhaps fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
LXX | 5086929 | Cannot watch TV shows in process of downloading | fixed | duplicate/4786479 | 10.4.9 |
LXXI | 5086939 | Cannot start watching videos in shared iTunes library at arbitrary point | not fixed | behaves correctly | 10.4.9 |
LXXII | 5086947 | AppleSpell process spontaneously starts taking up 100% of the CPU | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
LXXIII | 5086978 | Remote Desktop observation window's size gets reset when connection is lost and restored | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
LXXIV | 5086993 | At first launch, Remote Desktop lists all computers as offline | likely not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
LXXV | 5087002 | Regular and small size spinning NSProgressIndicators differen in appearance | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
LXXVI | 5087016 | iTunes stalls any AppleScript calls when info window is open | not fixed | duplicate/3180284 | 10.4.9 |
LXXVII | 5087019 | Button in iTunes' deauthorization dialog titled "OK", not "Deauthorize" | fixed | closed | 10.4.9 |
LXXVIII | 5090637 | custom Software Update URL must have trailing slash | too early to tell | duplicate/4059544 | 10.4.9 |
LXXIX | 5090647 | AppleScript persistent IDs for user playlists in iTunes are not unique | fixed | duplicate/4455044 | 10.4.9 |
XXC | 5090655 | Must use "container of" syntax to get user playlist of source of a track | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
XXCI | 5090694 | cannot get file track id, user playlist id, or source id through AppleScript | fixed | closed | 10.4.9 |
XXCII | 5090710 | no way to get all playlists that contain a given song | not fixed, as far as I can tell | still open | 10.4.9 |
XXCIII | 5090728 | blank optical discs sorted as regular folders, not as a device | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
XXCIV | 5090745 | info window takes many seconds to appear if selected item is off-screen at bottom of long list | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
XXCV | 5090752 | no "All" option for TV shows on 5G iPods | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
XXCVI | 5090758 | no "Video Playlists" subsection in Front Row | not fixed | duplicate/4517544 | 10.4.9 |
XXCVII | 5090761 | File/disk in use dialogs don't specify which application is using the file/disk | not fixed | duplicate/2516398 | 10.4.9 |
XXCVIII | 5090794 | Preview save panel always defaults to Documents folder when saving completely new documents | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
XXCIX | 5090803 | Preview defaults to "PNG" format rather than last saved format | not fixed | behaves correctly | 10.4.9 |
XC | 5150870 | Finder's "Go to Folder" sheet autocompletes paths when there are two possible completions | not fixed | duplicate/2492044 | 10.4.9 |
XCI | 5150924 | IR remote button presses don't go through screen saver authentication panel | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
XCII | 5150937 | iTunes' script menu icon is cut off at the top | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
XCIII | 5150938 | Preview information panel does not update file size after saving | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
XCIV | 5200119 | Remote Desktop cannot control client at login window with Remote Desktop open under some user | likely not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
XCV | 5200133 | icons can still be auto-sorted under the Dock | not fixed | duplicate/2941011 | 10.4.9 |
XCVI | 5200149 | iTunes crashes when trying to automatically play next TV show in shared library | too early to tell | closed | 10.4.9 |
XCVII | 5230730 | icon size slider in Finder's View Options window does not darken when clicked | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
XCVIII | 5230749 | open/save dialogs do not offer eject button for connected servers | not fixed | closed | 10.4.9 |
XCIX | 5244888 | iTunes does not transfer purchased iTunes Plus tracks to satellite computers | fixed | closed | 10.4.9 |
C | 5260197 | Workgroup Manager grays out "Propogate Permissions..." for root-owned folders | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
CI | 5274073 | Safari 3 has trouble when mass-changing protocol handlers for feeds from "http" to "feed" | not fixed | still open | 10.4.9 |
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