Apple Posted Mac OS X 10.1.3 Updater

yesterday evening (ET). The new version available via the Software Update control panel is Build 5Q45. From the ReadMe file, "Update 10.1.3 delivers enhancements that improve the reliability of Mac OS X applications, important security features and includes new and updated support for a variety of Digital Hub peripheral devices. Specific updates include:

CD Disc Recording Peripherals:

- Expanded support for QPS, EZQuest, LaCie, Yamaha, MCE Technologies and Sony devices

Image Capture and iPhoto:

- Improved support for several digital camera models from Canon, Kodak and Sony

Graphics and OpenGL Improvements:

- DVD Playback on external VGA displays on PowerBook G4
- PowerBook video mirroring will be on by default when connecting to a new display
- Improvements for iTunes when the full screen visualizer is used

Networking and Security Improvements:

- Login authentication support for LDAP and Active Directory services
- OpenSSH version 3.0.2p1
- WebDAV support for Digest authentication
- Mail includes support for SSL encryption

We installed 10.1.3 on two 450 MHz G4 Cubes, an iMac 450 DV SE, an iMac 350 SL and a 500 MHz PowerBook G4 without incident. 10.1.3 seems to run fine on all computers.

Most of the updates are new features. The biggest problem with 10.1.2 that we noted was a Finder crash or system freeze whenever selecting files on shared Windows NT volumes with some but not all computers. We'll check later today to see if this bug has been fixed. [Dana Baggett]