By AppleInsider Staff

Published: 04:00 PM EST (01:00 PM PST)

Apple on Tuesday released Mac OS X 10.4.9, a recommended update for all PowerPC and Intel-based Mac computers currently running versions of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

Mac OS X 10.4.9 Client

The company said Mac OS X 10.4.9 includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes or compatibility updates for the following applications and technologies:

RAW camera support

Handling of large or malformed images that could cause crashes

Image capture performance

Mouse scrolling and keyboard shortcuts

Font handling

Playback quality, and bookmarks in DVD Player

USB video conferencing cameras for use with iChat

Bluetooth devices

Browsing AFP servers

Apple USB Modem

Windows-created digital certificates

Open and Print dialogs in applications that use Rosetta on Intel-based Macs

Time zone and daylight saving for 2006 and 2007

Security updates

The update is available for download through the Software Update mechanism located under the Apple menu on computers running Mac OS X. It's also available direct from Apple's website in the form of a 72MB download for PowerPC-based Macs running Mac OS X 10.4.8 and a 160MB download for Intel-based Macs running Mac OS X 10.4.8.

Mac systems running older versions of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger can grab heftier combo updaters for both PowerPC (163MB) and Intel Macs (310MB).

Mac OS X 10.4.9 Server

Along with the Mac OS X 10.4.9 Client release, Apple on Tuesday also released Mac OS X 10.4.9 Server. The update is recommended for all Apple servers running versions Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and includes fixes for the operating system and various applications, services and technologies, including:

avoiding AFP connection errors when authenticating Active Directory users who are members of lots of groups

preventing SMB/CIFS server deadlocks and service interruptions

authenticating Windows clients when bound to Active Directory

copying read-only files to AFP shares on Xsan and UFS volumes

copying files with extended attributes from an AFP share of an Xsan volume

preventing NFS server hangs at shutdown

printing too many copies of a document when using the print server

using Open Directory authentication when using Ethernet Link Aggregation

better TCP performance with Windows clients and servers

using rsync to copy files with extended attributes

creating and managing VLANs from the command-line

time zone and daylight saving time changes for 2007

compatibility with third party applications and devices

previous standalone security updates

The server update is available as a 127MB download for PowerPC-based Mac servers running Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 and as a 249MB Universal download for both PowerPC and Intel Mac servers running Mac OS X Server 10.4.8.

Again, Apple also provides larger combo updaters for Mac servers running an earlier version of Mac OS X 10.4 Server. The PowerPC Combo updater weighs in as a 216MB download and the Universal version as a 350MB download.