OSX 10.6.3 was released late last month. It served as an excellent reminder that if you are a professional photographer depending on your computer as a tool to accomplish his work that you should not update their software or operating-system until:
- the update has been out long enough to give a sense of whether it contains any nasty bugs that would slow down your workflow, waste your time, or worse.
- you have time to make a complete bootable backup of your system in case you need it
- you have time to do a complete test of anything critical you do on your computer (tethering, processing, retouching, printing etc)
In this case 10.6.3 appears to contain two bugs that affect Capture One users. As with most types of bugs these may or may not effect all 10.6.3 users. If either of these issues seem relevant to you or if you don’t have time to properly backup and test your system you may wish to hold off on updating to 10.6.3 for the time being.
- KB 2207 – specific bug in the operating system which causes license issues in programs including Photoshop CS4 and Capture One – Capture One crash after upgrading to Mac OS 10.6.3 if system serial number is greater than 12 characters.
- KB 1168 – After updating to Mac OS 10.6.3 all my images are blue (effects those proofing in CYMK only)
For more information on creating a bootable backup of your system see our article on backups before and during a shoot.