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March 5th, 2008, 11:24 GMT · By

Tiger Update (10.4.12) Coming in 2 Weeks?

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All those still using Tiger listen up and listen good 'cause this one's gonna rock your world (thought I'd use old school expressions to which you guys can refer better, if you catch my drift). Blokes over at macenstein.com say that 10.4.12 is on the way, claiming reliable sources indicate that the updated feline will be ready for release within the next couple of weeks.

"We have it on good authority (meaning this is a rumor, and 'good authority'
could mean anything) that Apple is ready to drop its final update to yesterday's OS, aka 'Tiger'," says the original macenstein.com post. "That's right. 10.4.12 is allegedly ready to roll, and will spring forth in less than 2 weeks or so. We don't have any details aside from "numerous bug fixes and security updates" at this point, but we'll let you know if we hear anything else," the post ends.

The response to that...: "This is GREAT news! I'm definitely still using Tiger. There are quite a few audio/music and drawing apps that I use for work that are quite buggy in Leopard. They are rock solid in Tiger. In Tiger I haven't had a crash in wow, a LONG time," says one reader. How many of you feel the same?

For those who don't know much about Apple's Tiger (although I doubt anyone not dealing/having dealt with it is reading this piece) Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" is the fifth major release of Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers, Mac OS X. Tiger, officially released on April 29th, 2005, is the successor to Mac OS X v10.3, aka "Panther." The Panther is 18 months older than the Tiger. Of course, when the Leopard (OS X v10.5) arrived on scene, it scared the other cats away and claimed its territory on October 26th, 2007, and 30 months after, the Tiger was let out of its cage. As such, Mac OS X v10.4 is the longest running version of the operating system to date, and for good reason too, as the above comment reveals.

As soon as more details are disclosed, we'll be typing our hands off, so be sure to check back in for the update.

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Comment #1 by: cjf on 18 Mar 2009, 02:56 UTC reply to this comment

So, did Apple release the Tiger update as of today (March 17)?


Comment #2 by: brandon on 25 Nov 2010, 19:27 UTC reply to this comment

well its almost 2011 where the hell was this update?

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