ngg@bridge2.UUCP (Norman Goodger) (06/21/86)
The following user-visible problems have been 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.
June 11, 1986
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 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)
marked 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
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 ors 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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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)
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 changes
back,in a downloaded font(or 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 machine 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 feeder, color ribbon not recognized on Imagewriter II
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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This is the original file except for editing in the usual
missing carriage returns and mispellings, some of which
may still exist...
Norm Goodger @Bridge Communications
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