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Apple Distributes Fourth Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build to Developers
Another week, another build of Mac OS X 10.6.5 seeded to developers. Cupertino, California-based Apple has distributed yet another build of the upcoming Mac OS X 10.6.5 to developers. The new build, which is the fourth to date, has been officially labeled Build 10H535.
Apple has once again asked developers to focus their testing on iCal, Mail, USB Devices, QuickTime, Time Machine, and 3D graphics, which is exactly what Apple asked developers to focus on last time. Additionally, the issue found in the previous build, in which USB devices don’t work after waking up the machine, has been documented again. However, the problem doesn’t include just Macs with WMware, but computers running Parallels as well.
Apple Distributes Third Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build to Developers
Cupertino, California-based Apple has distributed the third build of Mac OS X 10.6.5 to developers. The build has been officially labeled as Build 10H531. The new build comes exactly one week after the second build, dubbed Build 10H529, was seeded. Apparently, only one issue was found, in which USB devices don’t work properly after a Mac computer equipped with the WMware virtualization product is awaken from Sleep mode.
Apple has reportedly asked developers to focus on iCal, Mail, USB Devices, QuickTime, Time Machine, and 3D graphics this time around. A slightly change from the previous build.
Apple Distributes Second Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build to Developers
Last week, Cupertino, California-based Apple distributed the very first build of Mac OS X 10.6.5 to developers, dubbed 10H225. Today, the company seeded the second version of Mac OS X 10.6.5, which has been officially labeled as Build 10H529. Apple has apparently asked developers to once again focus their attention on Mail, Printing, 3D Graphics, QuickTime, and X Windows X11 subsystems. However, the company wants developers to evaluate Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) network file services instead of iCal this time.
The new Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build 10H529 also resolves the two previously known issues documented when enabling UI elements in Web Views and connecting to Exchange servers.
Apple Makes Snow Leopard Graphics Update Available
Apple has made available a Snow Leopard Graphics Update, which was reportedly seeded to developers at the beginning of this month. Apparently, the update fixes both stability and performance issues on graphic applications and games first brought by Valve.
According to the official changelog, the update includes the following improvements:
- Addresses frame rate issues occurring in Portal and Team Fortress 2 by Valve, on iMac (Late 2009 and Mid 2010), Mac mini (Early 2009 and Mid 2010), Mac Pro (Early 2009), MacBook (Early 2009 and Mid 2010) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) or MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) models.
- Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture 3, or StarCraft II by Blizzard, to unexpectedly quit or become unresponsive.
Apple Distributes First Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build to Developers
Cupertino, California-based Apple began distributing the very first build of Mac OS X 10.6.5 to developers on Friday night. The new iteration is officially labeled as Build 10H525. Mac OS X 10.6.5 is, as suggested by the name, the fifth maintenance release of the Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system. It follows Mac OS X 10.6.4, which was made available to consumers on June 15 of this year.
Apple has reportedly asked developers to focus their evaluation on iCal, Mail, Printing, 3D Graphics, QuickTime, and X11. Thus far, only two known issues have been documented. One is related to enabling UI elements in Web Views such as in the iTunes Store, while the other is caused when connecting to Exchange servers.
Mac OS X 10.6.4 Update Now Available
Apple has released today the Mac OS X 10.6.4 update, which promises to “enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.” Mac users should be notified of the update by the ‘Software Update’ application. As usual, the new update varies in size, ranging from 314MB to 641MB, depending on the computer and other factors such as pending updates. For example, the update includes the new Safari 5 for those who have not yet upgraded the browser.
According to the Apple Support page, the new Mac OS X 10.6.4 provides:
General fixes and improvements
- improves compatibility with some Braille displays
- resolves an issue that causes the keyboard or trackpad to become unresponsive
- resolves an issue that may prevent some Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications from opening
- addresses issues copying, renaming, or deleting files on SMB file servers
- improves reliability of VPN connections
Apple Unveils New Mac Mini
The highly-anticipated follow-up to Apple’s Mac Mini computer has finally made its debut overnight. That’s right, Cupertino has let loose its next version of the Mac Mini, complete with an HDMI port and SD card reader. That’s not all that’s changed, no sir. Apple has completely redesigned the system, giving it a slimmer aluminum shell — reminiscent of that we’re familiar with on the MacBook Pro line.
No more power brick for this beast, as the power supply is now built-in. The computer is available in 2.4Ghz: 320GB or 2.66: 500GB Intel Core 2 Duo configurations priced at $699 and $999. We should mention the latter Mini is actually called the ‘Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server’.
We’re seeing this thing as a whole lot of people’s new media center.
Mac OS X 10.6.3 Update Now Released
Apple has released the Mac OS X 10.6.3 security update earlier today both via the official Apple downloads page and through Software Update. 10.6.3 comes as the third update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard since its release in November of 2009. The update is said to feature a few hundred fixes, improving system stability, experience, and reliability.
It’s quite a hefty download, weighing in at almost half a gigabyte. The following is a list of notable improvements in 10.6.3, according to Apple support documentation:
Apple’s Mac OS X 10.6.3 Right Around The Corner
On Friday, Apple released the beta of Mac OS X 10.6.3 (also known as Build 10D567) to developers — a 718MB download — similar to beta builds seeded before it. Thus far, there are seemingly no issues to report with the beta, which could signify its release sometime in the near future.
The update is said to improve both security and compatibility within QuickTime X, enhance the performance of the Apple 64-bit Logic Pro Suite, and improve compatibility with printers of varies makes.
The California-based company is said to have asked developers to particularly focus on the aforementioned features of OS X — printing, Quicktime, iChat, and graphics drivers.
