Bugs & Fixes: Workarounds for two preference bugs
Apple tends to underplay any admission of bugs in its software. It doesn’t even like to use the word “bug.” Rather, it refers to fixing “issues.” For example, in its support article on OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2 Update Apple notes that “an issue in which Keychain may not be accessible” has been resolved. As in this case, such admissions typically do not get posted until after Apple has released the update that fixes the bug.
However, as I initially covered back in 2008, a scrutiny of Apple’s support articles can reveal information about bugs that Apple is currently working to resolve. You’ll know you found one of these bug reports if the article concludes with the sentence “This document will be updated as more information becomes available.” These articles provide Apple’s current recommended work-around for the unresolved bug; the promised “more information” will likely be a future update that eradicates the problem altogether.
After a brief search, I found two recent examples of these type of articles.
System Preferences stops responding after viewing Desktop & Screen Saver pane
The first Apple article reveals that “System Preferences may stop responding if you select an iPhoto Event that is no longer available in iPhoto as the source for your desktop picture.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
http://www.macworld.com/article/2013734/bugs-and-fixes-workarounds-for-two-preference-bugs.html
