Bluetooth 1.4.1 for Mac OS X

updates always appreciated

neat

This is a pretty heavy string of updates. My day just keeps getting better. Add to that a SCSI card in my server has come back from the dead and brought with it a drive that I couldn't fix all weekend.... Wooha!

Dan

Any update is good. I still need to get a new phone but I'm holding out for new yrs phones coming out.

This is odd. I get this when trying to install via software update:
Cannot verify and Expand

Make sure you have permission to write to /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate, then try again.

running repair permissions changes nothing.

1.4.1 is available for OS 10.3.1

1.3.3 is available for OS 10.2.8

Bluetooth 1.3.3 for Mac OS X provides enhanced stability for Bluetooth connections. This release also improves performance with human interface devices (HID) including enhancements to wake from sleep.

Yep, I got the alert for Bluetooth 1.3.3. Tsk.

I didn't intall it because there wasn't a tick by it. I guessed my PowerBook already had it, but now I think about it that's just silly. Guess I should install it now.

Starting to want Panther now... I wish they'd hurry up with delivering my Up-to-date application...

If you're still running 10.2.8 then I highly recommend downloading Bluetooth 1.3.3. There is a major security hole in previous versions with an exploit as follows:

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[*]Plug in a bluetooth dongle.
[*]Reboot
[*]At the bluetooth mouse configuration panel select "Bluetooth help" from the help menu.
[*]When Help Viewer loads click "iPod help".
[*]Select the "iPod manual" link.
[*]When Safari loads enter an ftp URL e.g. ftp://ftp.apple.com
[*]You will now get a finder with root privilages without having to enter any passwords.
[/list=1]

Bob

"Restart will be required."

?!? I though restarts for installations would no longer be required in Panther. I thought that was one of its new features. That's what I get for thinking. :(

I'd never heard of that as being a panther feature, but it would be nice. I have heard that simply logging out and then back in accomplishes the same thing as restarting.