Apple Releases iPhoto 8.0.4 Update

Downloaded and installed. Now to test.

I just wish Apple paid as much attention to iWork as they do iLife when issuing dot updates. It always seems like 2 or 3 for iWork and 7-8 for iLife when iWork certainly has its flaws that remain until the next major release.

I always wonder, why for two trivial bug fixes, it requires 100MB of stuff?

I always wonder, why for two trivial bug fixes, it requires 100MB of stuff?

People still ask?

It's because it downloads the entire app again. You may wonder why this is necessary, but it makes the most sense. It ensures that people who have 8.0.4 actually have 8.0.4 -that all users have the exact same download.

'patching' something can lead to more errors where people have messed with other parts of the piece of software (or indeed, the piece that the patch is trying to fix) that a patch doesn't fix, or expect to encounter.

For example, lets say a patch simply adds a new theme into a folder within the app. What if someone has used another app that has removed that folder? Or if something else has changed the permissions on that folder? What is the patch supposed to do? Report back it's missing? Go ahead and recreate it? Is it supposed to report a successful installation, or a botched one? This all has to be considered when writing a patch.

It's much safer to simply 'reinstall' the software with the new fixes. It leads to more consistency for the userbase. I have 8.0.4 as opposed to 8.0.1 with patch 8.0.3 and 8.0.4, but not 8.0.2 etc.

Isn't this method only for the iPhone OS?

Isn't this method only for the iPhone OS?

No, Where did you get the idea that was the case for any of Apple's products?

Juist installed the update and Iphoto loads a lot faster then before.

Great job Appel!

No, Where did you get the idea that was the case for any of Apple's products?

When ever Apple releases an iPhone OS update its the update incorporated into the entire OS and therefore you are re-downloading the entire iPhone OS again...no patches hence the reason the sizes are always 200+mb.

The poster above me seems to think the same thing applies to Apple's desktop apps which i don't think is the case

Iphoto update successfully updated an installed, now time to see how much better it has gotten since the last update.

When ever Apple releases an iPhone OS update its the update incorporated into the entire OS and therefore you are re-downloading the entire iPhone OS again...no patches hence the reason the sizes are always 200+mb.

The poster above me seems to think the same thing applies to Apple's desktop apps which i don't think is the case

I think it is for some things. I was just using that as an example. In practice, I think it's a bit of a compromise on the Desktop Apps. That is, if a small patch is needed for a piece of software, and it's a reasonably small app, it will replace all of it. If it's a large app, it will probably just replace the main app, leaving libraries intact.

I guess you could argue that this is indeed 'patching'.

Note my iPhoto is 400MB large.