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- From: Jim Lewinson <a.Jiml@SU-GSB-WHY.ARPA>
- Subject: Finder 5.3/System 3.2 Bugfixes (from AppleLink)
- To: Info-Mac@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA
-
- Here is the list of bugs fixed or not fixed in the latest System
- and Finder.
- Jim
-
- User-Visible Problems Corrected - Part 1
-
- The following user-visible problems were discovered in Apple's
- Macintosh system software released between September 1985 and June
- 1986. The system software released in June 1986 corrects most of
- these problems. If you have noticed problems with your software that
- you can reproduce with the new software, please use the Apple
- Software Bug Report form to report the problem to Apple Computer,
- Inc.
-
- Apple System Software Product Management
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- 32 character name in Namer
- Fixed in The Namer version 1.1
- The Namer can't deal with 32-character names, and it assumes that since it
- can't enter them, it'll never encounter them. Unfortunately, a test program
- at the Factory leaves a 32-character name in the LaserWriter's EEROM.
- This results in you being unable to rename the LaserWriter.
-
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- Applications crash after a short time
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- The Locked bit is set on PACK 6 (International Utilities), causing
- fragmentation in applications. Many applications crash with unrecoverable
- memory errors after a little while.
-
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- Better/Faster in ImageWriter (not a bug)
- Picture quality is darker for Faster quality than for Best quality. This is a
- feature, not a bug. Listed here just for the record.
-
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- Bitmap garbage on LaserWriter
- Fixed in LaserWriter version 3.1
- Small pictures pasted from MacPaint into another application (such as MacDraw)
- occasionally print with extraneous dots and lines around them.
-
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- Calculator arrangement doesn't match keypad
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- For historical reasons, the Calculator desk accessory's key layout does not
- match the numeric keypad on Macintosh Plus, Macintosh XL, or the optional
- numeric keypad on Macintosh.
-
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- Chooser and Locked Disk
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- The Chooser, when checking to make sure the system disk is unlocked, checks
- the default volume instead of the system volume. This makes the Chooser
- sometimes display the wrong message, and sometimes fail to set the
- printer.
-
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- Chooser doesn't remember Imagewriter port
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- After restarting the system, the Chooser will forget which port the
- ImageWriter is connected to.
-
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- Color Printing in ImageWriter
- Fixed in ImageWriter and AppleTalk ImageWriter version 2.2
- Printing a color picture on an ImageWriter II will not work unless the color
- black appears in the picture somewhere.
-
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- Color printing smears, gets ribbon dirty
- Fixed in ImageWriter and AppleTalk ImageWriter version 2.2
- Colors are printed in an order that tends to get the printer ribbon dirty,
- smearing other colors. The print order has been changed: now black is
- printed last, so no black ink gets on the yellow ribbon.
-
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- Control Panel Dialog Box Too Small
- NOT FIXED
- The text that warns you that the AppleTalk setting cannot be changed is too
- small to fit inside its dialog box.
-
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- Copies of System File Can't be Opened by Font/DA Mover
- Fixed in Font/DA Mover version 3.2
- The Font/DA Mover was not able to open any system file unless it was actually
- named "System". This restriction has been removed.
-
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- Copying Folders from the Desktop
- Fixed in Finder version 5.1
- Dragging a full folder from an HFS volume onto the desktop, then onto an MFS
- volume, will act like it's copying the folder and its contents to the MFS
- volume. In fact, the folder gets copied, but the files do not.
-
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- Document appearance changes--text moves around (not a bug)
- The Times, Helvetica, and Courier fonts have been altered slightly from the
- original LaserWriter fonts to improve spacing on the LaserWriter when used
- from a Macintosh Plus. This may affect text layout in existing
- documents. There is no workaround and no fix is expected.
-
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- Dragging an empty folder to trash, then duplicate: crashes Finder
- Fixed in Finder version 5.3
- Drag an empty folder to the Trash, then select another file and duplicate it:
- this will crash the system.
-
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- Dragging on Locked Disks in the Finder
- Fixed in Finder version 5.3
- The Finder will not report a disk locked error when you drag a file from a
- folder onto the disk icon of the same disk if the disk is locked. Now the
- error message is given (even if it isn't very clear).
-
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- Dragging out of trash loses file
- Fixed in Finder version 5.3
- Dragging a file out of the trash can onto a different volume removes the file,
- permanently, from both the trash can and the destination volume.
-
- -------
- Duplicating files in trash crashes system
- Fixed in Finder version 5.3
- Duplicating a file in the trash can causes a system error.
-
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- Files lost
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- A bug in the Resource Manager caused programs that wrote small resources to
- resource files (to name two: Font/DA Mover and Aldus PageMaker) occasionally
- destroyed the files, usually unrecoverably.
-
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- Finder comments not copied on installation
- Fixed in Installer version 2.2
- When the Installer copies a file, it does not copy the file's Finder comment
- (in the Get Info box) under all circumstances (HFS to MFS, etc.)--and if the
- comment contains the former version number, the Finder's Get Info box will
- tell
- you the previous version number of an updated file.
-
- -------
- Folder Size Reporting
- Fixed in Finder version 5.1
- The sizes reported for folders under the title bars of their open windows in
- the Finder does not accurately reflect the amount of space taken up by all
- files in all folders in that folder. Usually it represents the sum of the
- sizes of all files in that folder, excluding the contents of folders in it.
-
- -------
- Font/DA Mover Changes Modification Date of Unmodified Files
- Fixed in Font/DA Mover version 3.2
- The Font/DA Mover updated the modification date of every file it opened, even
- if the file wasn't actually modified.
-
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- Font/DA Mover Crashes on Nearly-Full Disk
- Fixed in Font/DA Mover version 3.2
- On a nearly-full disk, the Font/DA Mover would crash if it tried to copy fonts
- or desk accessories that wouldn't fit on the disk.
-
- -------
- Font/DA Mover: Double-clicking "Open" button opened New file
- Fixed in Font/DA Mover version 3.2
- Double-clicking on the "Open" button occasionally had the result of
- clicking on "New"; that is, asking for the name of a new file rather
- than an existing one.
-
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- Font/DA Mover: Two Copies of System File
- Fixed in Font/DA Mover version 3.2
- On occasion, inserting a disk while running the Font/DA Mover would
- cause it to open a second copy of the currently-opened System file,
- rather than opening the System file on the newly-inserted disk.
-
- -------
- Fonts Inaccessible in MacDraw
- NOT FIXED
- On a Macintosh Plus with System file 3.0 or later, the Font menu in
- MacDraw is alphabetically ordered and does not scroll. If you have
- more than 11 fonts (on a 9-inch Macintosh screen; more on a Macintosh
- XL), this makes the bottom ones uninvokable. There is a workaround
- posted on AppleLink.
-
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-
- /m/
- User-Visible Problems Corrected - Part 2
-
- (Continued from Part 1)
-
- Formatting Blank Disks in Font/DA Mover
- Fixed in Font/DA Mover version 3.2
- Font/DA Mover doesn't bring up the Disk Initialization package when a blank
- disk is inserted. Thus the newly-inserted blank disk never gets initialized
- or mounted.
-
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- ImageWriter driver does not recognize ImageWriter II
- Fixed in ImageWriter version 2.3
- The ImageWriter driver forgot how to recognize an ImageWriter II, and would
- assume it had different paper handling and no color, or give the message "The
- printer is not responding".
-
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- ImageWriter stops printing
- Fixed in ImageWriter version 2.3
- Large MacPaint pictures occurring many times on one page (for example, copying
- a large Paint image and pasting it many times into Draw) would cause the
- ImageWriter to stop printing and the system to hang.
-
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- Initializing Disks on MacWorks
- Fixed in System version 3.1
- Initializing a blank disk on MacWorks on a Macintosh XL causes a system error
- under System file 3.0.
-
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- Installed files have generic icon
- Fixed in Finder version 2.2
- The LaserWriter and Laser Prep files, when installed from the Printer
- Installation 2.0 disk, have generic document icons instead of their own.
- Problem: The Finder doesn't rebuild bundles if the Init bit is set but the
- file previously existed, even if the type has changed. Workaround: rebuild
- the desktop after an Install.
-
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- Installer deletes incorrect resources (loses Alarm Clock pictures)
- Fixed in Installer version 2.2
- When doing an Install, the Installer occasionally deletes valid resources that
- it believes to be incorrect. This most often manifests itself in the Alarm
- Clock showing up after an Install with only digits, no pictures.
-
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- Installer has generic Icon
- Fixed in Installer version 2.2
- The Installer's icon on the Printer Installation disk version 2.0 is the
- generic icon, not the Installer icon.
-
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- LaserWriter and Downloadable Fonts
- Fixed in LaserWriter version 3.1
- When the LaserWriter driver encounters a change in style, then a change back,
- in a downloaded font (or a Macintosh bitmap font), it re-downloads the
- original style. This fills up the LaserWriter's virtual memory very
- quickly, and the LaserWriter resets in the middle of the job.
- LaserWriter resets in the middle of the job.
-
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- LaserWriter Plus loses optional characters
- Fixed in LaserWriter version 3.1
- If a user does not have all of the LaserWriter Plus fonts installed in the
- System file, optional characters (using Option, Shift, or Option-Shift) will
- print wrong (such as a yen sign instead of a bullet) or not print at all on
- the LaserWriter Plus.
-
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- LaserWriter underlining (not a bug)
- The underline character in a font and the font underlining of that font do not
- necessarily coincide, so underlined underlines don't always appear as you
- think they should.
-
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- Long, Slanted Fonts have lower half chopped off
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- In large, long, slanted fonts (like large sizes of Zapf Chancery, for
- instance), the lower part of some letters is omitted on the screen.
-
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- MacTerminal occasionally disconnects
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- On a Macintosh Plus, on occasion MacTerminal would disconnect itself from a
- modem. This has been fixed.
-
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- MacWrite opens documents as "Untitled"
- Fixed in Finder version 5.1
- Opening a MacWrite document often results in the document coming up as
- "Untitled"; you cannot use Save or Save As to save it.
-
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- Old pictures come out of Scrapbook
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- Pictures from previous editing sessions were occasionally pasted from the
- Scrapbook during editing.
-
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- One Bit Shift in Dialog Text
- NOT FIXED
- Occasionally text in an text box shifts up one bit when text is added or
- another box is selected.
-
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- Overprinting of MacPaint documents
- Fixed in LaserWriter version 3.1
- Printing multiple MacPaint documents causes the second one to have remnants of
- the first, the third to have remnants of the first and second, etc.
-
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- Pasted-in pictures don't print
- Fixed in LaserWriter version 3.1
- Pictures cut from MacDraw and pasted into other applications occasionally
- don't print on the LaserWriter. This has been fixed by the new
- LaserWriter driver.
-
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- Phantom fonts in Font menus
- Font/DA Movers prior to 3.0 did not know about new font information added in
- System File 3.0 and later. If you use an old Font/DA Mover to remove fonts in
- a new System file, the new information sticks around, and thus the font names
- stay in the menu even though the fonts are not present.
-
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- Problems with Clipboard in Paint and Draw
- NOT FIXED
- Due to some problems with MacPaint and MacDraw, cutting and pasting may not
- work unless the application is on the same disk (and probably in the same
- folder on that disk) as the System and Finder.
-
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- Reboot on launch of F/DA Mover or Installer
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- Under certain system conditions (often seen on non-English language Macintosh
- Plus System Tools disks), the Installer and Font/DA Mover would crash or
- reboot the macine immediately upon opening.
-
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- Screen dumps with mouse down act differently
- NOT FIXED
- On Macintosh Plus ROMs, the Command-Shift-1 through Command-Shift-4 actions
- are queued, rather than executed immediately. This means that pending
- actions (such as releasing the mouse button) take place before the
- FKEY action (such as taking a screen shot) is executed. It is no
- longer possible, then, to take a screen shot of a menu, for instance.
-
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- SCSI multi-block blind reads and writes
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- A timing problem prevented multi-block blind reads and writes from working
- correctly, thus seriously reducing the maximum performance possible on SCSI.
- An INIT file called "SCSI Helper" or "SCSI Items" patched these problems; the
- code in this file was rolled into System 3.2.
-
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- Sheet feeded, color ribbon not recognized on Imagewriter II
- Fixed in InageWriter version 2.2
- On a Mac with 64K ROMS and an ImageWriter II with Rev 3 ROMs, the Imagewriter
- driver could not recognize the sheet feeder or color ribbon.
-
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- System 3.1.1 incompatible with scripts
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- The Creation Date of the System File 3.1.1 is incompatable with the Mac Plus
- Update, LaserWriter, ImageWriter, External Drive, and AppleTalk ImageWriter
- installation scripts.
-
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- System File Grows after Using Chooser
- Fixed in System version 3.2
- After using and closing the Chooser, it would improperly clean up after
- itself, sometimes causing the System file to grow to very large sizes.
-
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- Underlined Italics on LaserWriter
- Fixed in LaserWriter version 3.1
- Using Underlined Italics on some fonts sometimes resulted in only underlining,
- and no italics.
-
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- White Lines through Pictures
- Fixed in LaserWriter version 3.1
- Some images (especially MacPaint pictures pasted into other applications)
- occasionally printed with very thin white lines through them.
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- /m/
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