OS X Lion 10.7.3 released with Safari 5.1.3, Wi-Fi bug fix

OS X Lion 10.7.3 released with Safari 5.1.3, Wi-Fi bug fix

The third update to OS X Lion, 10.7.3, has been released and is now available in Software Update. A list of some of 10.7.3's fixes are below. Of potentially greatest interest is the fix that purports to "resolve a Wi-Fi connection issue when waking from sleep" -- I know both of my Macs have fallen prey to this bug several times under Lion, and it's been a fairly widespread issue. Hopefully this bug has indeed been squashed once and for all.

The OS X Lion v10.7.3 Update includes Safari 5.1.3 and fixes that:

• Add Catalan, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, and Ukrainian language support
• Address issues when using smart cards to log into OS X
• Address compatibility issues with Microsoft Windows file sharing
• Address an issue printing Microsoft Word documents that use markup
• Address a graphics performance issue after sleep on some earlier iMacs that use ATI graphics
• Resolve a Wi-Fi connection issue when waking from sleep
• Address an issue that may prevent Safari from opening before joining a wireless network
• Fix a potential issue authenticating to an SMB DFS share
• Include RAW image compatibility for additional digital cameras

OS X 10.7.3 is available via Software Update, or you can download it directly from Apple's support site.

OS X Lion 10.7.3 released with Safari 5.1.3, Wi-Fi bug fix originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.




SourceÂ*|Â*PermalinkÂ*|Â*Email thisÂ*|Â*Comments

Click to expand...

Read more

Yay - My iMac thanks you for the Wi-Fi bug fix.

From the looks of it, the Safari development team skipped over the still problematic memory issues. For instance, here's memory usage after running SunSpider:



Here's Opera for comparison:



And Chrome:



Totals
Safari: 1543.72 MB
Opera: 114.2 MB
Chrome: 289.8 MB

Safari still sucks back the memory. What also interesting is Safari's consumption of memory while doing (attempting) the most basic tasks. While the Opera test was running, all I did to Safari was attempt to close it. When the Opera test had finished, Safari was using 1655.26 MB of memory. So, Safari required another 111.54 MB of memory just to close. Seriously?

There have been four versions of Safari 5.1 and this problem still isn't fixed. Does no one on the Safari development team care about memory usage? Perhaps they all have machines with 16GB of memory.

Yes - Safari definitely has issues - enough that I've considered going fully Chrome. On the plus side - it appears to be rendering this site correctly - and more quickly than it did before.

It's a shame because, for the most part, it's fairly well designed. If they could fix this massive leak, I'd consider using it. Until then, it shall remain a backup. It will, however, always take precedence over Firefox.

I love Safari but NOT that memory issue. I am always doing flash videos and they have to fix it. Come on apple Safari team, fix it!

Thanks Van for posting your results with the new Safari. Had a friend over from the mountains and we were shopping and to dinner. Just got back and installed Safari on my Macbook with 4GB Ram. Will run the tests for the fun of it!

That was one BIG download update!! approx 750mb for the Lion update. System prefs opened on re-start with the iCloud pane open..is there something new I should know about...is it the Back to My Mac function?

dtravis7 said:

Thanks Van for posting your results with the new Safari. Had a friend over from the mountains and we were shopping and to dinner. Just got back and installed Safari on my Macbook with 4GB Ram. Will run the tests for the fun of it!

Click to expand...

Let me know what you see. I'm guessing it'll be something similar but it will be interesting to see how this plays out for other users.

pendlewitch said:

That was one BIG download update!! approx 750mb for the Lion update. System prefs opened on re-start with the iCloud pane open..is there something new I should know about...is it the Back to My Mac function?

Click to expand...

Nope, Back to my Mac has been there from the beginning. Did you perhaps have the pref pane open when OS X restarted?

vansmith said:

Let me know what you see. I'm guessing it'll be something similar but it will be interesting to see how this plays out for other users.

Nope, Back to my Mac has been there from the beginning. Did you perhaps have the pref pane open when OS X restarted?

Click to expand...

No I didn't Van..and there are other issues.

A couple of Apps my wife uses are exhibiting problems...

Full Deck Solitaire prompts me to sign in with my Apple ID because 'it was downloaded on another computer'...it wasn't and it won't recognise my password either stating that it can't verify the computer.

Angry Birds crashes on opening with a 'Problem Report for Angry Birds' pane opening instead.

Everything was A ok until the update.

vansmith said:

Let me know what you see. I'm guessing it'll be something similar but it will be interesting to see how this plays out for other users.

Click to expand...

It was almost exactly the same results as you got except even more RAM usage! Did it on the Mac Book while iMac was updating. It hit 2GB just before the end of SunSpider! WOW. Also now on the iMac when I download a file and click the download manager and the area to bring up the download folder. Sometimes it will not come up unless I launch the app first! Oh Well!

And with Pendlewitches issues I have a feeling another update will soon follow!

dtravis7 said:

It was almost exactly the same results as you got except even more RAM usage! Did it on the Mac Book while iMac was updating. It hit 2GB just before the end of SunSpider! WOW. Also now on the iMac when I download a file and click the download manager and the area to bring up the download folder. Sometimes it will not come up unless I launch the app first! Oh Well!

And with Pendlewitches issues I have a feeling another update will soon follow!

Click to expand...

I hope so Dennis...these apps are just about the only things the missus uses

Just a point about the DL folder in the Dock when I upgraded from SL to Lion.. it's never stacked and tilted since.

I had some serious issues after install and restart. I tried opening Mail, Safari, and a Finder window but got the same results with each. A small rectangular window with 2 buttons. One "OK" and one "Reopen". Both have rainbow-colored diagonal stripes in the background and looked very "glitchy". Basically, I couldn't get my main apps to work. I tried a restart. Didn't work. So I gave up and reverted back to my most recent T.M. backup with Lion Recovery. I think I'll try again tomorrow.

One caveat: while downloading/installing the update I did forget and closed my MBP lid. It allowed me to continue from where I left off when I opened the lid a few minutes later. Maybe that screwed up the install? I don't know. We'll see when I try again tomorrow.

If you closed the lid and it slept in the middle of an update, that very well could have caused some corruption. Try it again and don't interrupt the process and see what happens.

It seemed to go smoothly enough on my MBP last night - still haven't updated the iMac. Maybe I'll spend a little more time on the MBP just to make sure I don't see any of the issues you guys have - before upgrading the iMac. Yes - for those on a slow connection - it's about a 750MB download.

No issues here but I've never had 10.x.x updates go wrong. MYmacROX, I'm willing to bet the sleep caused it. Interrupting a system update can only make things go wrong.

dtravis7 said:

If you closed the lid and it slept in the middle of an update, that very well could have caused some corruption. Try it again and don't interrupt the process and see what happens.

Click to expand...

vansmith said:

No issues here but I've never had 10.x.x updates go wrong. MYmacROX, I'm willing to bet the sleep caused it. Interrupting a system update can only make things go wrong.

Click to expand...

That's what I thought. I've never had OSX update issues before, so I'm willing to bet you guys are correct in your assessment. Maybe I'll give it a go today. ...after backing up one more time.

Ok, I'm typing this from my iPad as my MBP is restoring from a T.M. backup again. The OSX update screwed up my system again. I kept the lid open the entire time but to no avail. Safari, Mail, iPhoto, Photobooth, iMovie, and Finder all failed to open and gave me the colorful error message window. They were greenish-blue buttons with red question marks - not rainbow stripes. My memory was fuzzy.

Anyways, I just can't seem to update to 10.7.3 without corrupting most of my standard apps. Weird...

That is interesting indeed. I wish you would have tried to get a screen shot or two when in 10.7.3!

I have an iMac with the same basic specs as your MBP and so far everything is working except that Safari Memory Leak which was there before the update.

I will search around and see what I can find for you.

Issue free here for the time being. I don't use Safari anymore. Except for today but that was a cookie-website issue...didn't seem to notice any memory hogging from Safari.

MYmacROX said:

Ok, I'm typing this from my iPad as my MBP is restoring from a T.M. backup again. The OSX update screwed up my system again. I kept the lid open the entire time but to no avail. Safari, Mail, iPhoto, Photobooth, iMovie, and Finder all failed to open and gave me the colorful error message window. They were greenish-blue buttons with red question marks - not rainbow stripes. My memory was fuzzy.

Anyways, I just can't seem to update to 10.7.3 without corrupting most of my standard apps. Weird...

Click to expand...

Does this look familiar?