Tiger 10.4.7 Available Now

The latest update for both Intel and Power PC based Mac's are available for download here. Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.7 provides fixes and security updates for several applications and specific areas of the operating system, such as device syncing and audio problems. An attacker exploiting the worst of these security issues could execute arbitrary code, possibly gaining full control of the OS X maching.

I'm left wondering if Tiger will reach 10.4.9 before Leopard (10.5) is released - hopefully early next year assuming a raft of kernel issues related to Intel architecture are ironed out. At any rate the 10.4.7 update should provide further stability to what I believe is one of the best operating systems available today.

As well as the operating system update, Apple have also released a firmware update for the 17 inch MacBook Pro addressing fan behaviour in the notebook. Users have complained about a variety of fan issues ranging from a "mooing" sound, to the fan constantly spinning and never idling. If you were an early MacBook Pro adopter and have the 17 inch model, download the update here.