OS X builds possible cause of problems across Mac Pro machines
Background:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=632315&tstart=0
http://www.benspages.com/blog/2006/09/13/mac-pro-and-flavours-of-os-x-1047/
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/mac_pro_OS_x_builds.html#storytop
The analysis: Macintouch reported that Mac Pros have shipped with different builds and potential finder and app compatability may or may not be fixed in differing builds.
"After much troubleshooting to try to narrow down what the difference was between our machine and other Mac Pros that exhibited this issue we discovered the installed OS on our Mac Pro is a newer build. "
"Our customers that have been having this problem all seem to be running Mac OS X 10.4.7 build 8K1079. Our Mac Pro, which runs Path Finder just fine, is Mac OS X 10.4.7 build 8K1124. "
"Note I checked and I have 8K1079, even after a resintall. I have problems with Parallels, even in 2GB mode, and Second Life, and in XCode's OpenGL Shader Builder application. They all crash, basically. Everything else works fine. "
It seems people are continuing to have problems with the latest builds of Parallels. My recommendation is for people to include their Mac OS X build in all posts where problems are reported. This will help Parallels determine if the problem can be isolated to machine type.
How to determine your OS X build:
1) Apple menu | About this Mac
2) Click on the VERSION NUMBER and it will change to show you the build ID
Last edited: Sep 17, 2006
