World of Apple
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Apple Seeds New Build of 10.4.9

Less than 10 days since the last seed Apple has given developers another taste of 10.4.9. Builds 8P122 (PPC) and 8P2122 (Intel) weigh in at a hefty 163MB and 309MB respectively.

The seeds appear to be coming thick and fast and the latest build contains only 3 known issues, a sure sign that 10.4.9 is just weeks away.

More details on the seed after the jump.

    Known Issues
  • Wacom tablet with v600-3 drivers may cause tablet to be non-responsive
  • iMovie may hang on sleep/wake during capture or preview
  • Entourage may crash when selecting Font color

    Focus Areas
    Please focus your testing on:

  • .Mac Connectivity
  • Adobe Flash
  • Apple's USB Modem
  • Automator
  • bash
  • bind
  • Bluetooth
  • Bonjour
  • Dashboard Widgets
  • Disk Images
  • FireWire
  • Fonts (OpenType fonts)
  • gnutar
  • Graphics
  • iCal
  • iChat Video Conferencing
  • iSync
  • OpenSSH
  • sudo
  • USB

    Areas of Change
    New in this seed:

  • Fixed issue with OpenGL Rosetta and DrawBuffersSimple
  • Fixed problem with USB and isoch endpoint
  • Fixed issue with OpenGL Programmability
  • Fixed problem with OpenGL Framework and gleCommandProcessor
  • Fixed issue with OpenGL and VM_ALLOCATE
  • Fixed issue with CoreImage and exporting
  • Fixed problem with File Manager and FSReadFork/FSWriteFork
  • Fixed issue with Text Services Manager and background documents
  • Fixed issue with CoreAudio where sound may fade in and out in some cases

    From previous seeds:

  • Fixed problem with Smartcard and securityd
  • Fixed issue with X11 Xplugin and 256 color mode
  • Fixed issue with Rosetta and rint
  • Fixed problem with dyld
  • Fixed issue with USB Isoc receivers
  • Fixed issue with wake from Sleep and SecurityAgent
  • Fixed issue with Rosetta and cache
  • Fixed issue with Bluetooth and Bluetooth mouse when waking from sleep
  • Fixed issue with ConsoleUser/SecureConsoleUser and IOKit Kernel
  • Fixed issue with 'at' command and system_cmds
  • Fixed onkeyup/onkeydown issue with WebCore JavaScript
  • Fixed problem with rsync and extended attributes
  • Fixed issue with NAT-PMP and port mapping
  • Fixed issue where KEV_DL_IF_ATTACHED was not being received by kext
  • Fixed issue with Color Sync and V4 profiles
  • Fixed issue with MSDOS FS
  • Issue where .m4v file extensions may not be recognized has been fixed
  • Fixed issue with copying read
  • only files Xsan/UFS-backed AFP volumes
  • Fixed issue with DVD Player
  • Fixed problem with Crash Reporter
  • Fixed issue with headset pairing and Bluetooth
  • Fixed issue with incorrect time zones in certain areas
  • Fixed problem with enabling/disabling Bluetooth
  • Fixed issue with rsync and the copying of mod times
  • Fixed problem with .Mac and Sync Services
  • Addressed issue with USB modem recording level
  • Fixed syncing issue with internal and external modem driver
  • Fixed DRON/DROF issue with USB modem
  • Fixed problem where USB modem may not detect busy tone
  • Fixed issue with CFNetwork and network-aware USB devices
  • Fixed issue with Sync Services and Address Book
  • Fixed problem with USBInterfaceOpen and IOUSBLib
  • Fixed issue with QC Engine
  • Fixed problem with Kerberos OpenSSH patch
  • Fixed problem with Open SSH and LaunchDaemon
  • Fixed issue with HLTB Events (Carbon)
  • Fixed issue with HLTB Accessibility (Carbon)
  • Fixed issue with HLTB Control Manager (Carbon)
  • Fixed issue with HLTB Windows (Carbon)
  • Fixed issue with HID and IOKit
  • Fixed problem with PDFKit and MalloGuardEdges
  • Fixed issue with CoreAudio and MIDI files
  • Fixed problem with natd NAT-PMP and port mapping
  • Fixed problem with USB Isoc receivers
  • Fixed issue with Rossetta applications and printing with SMB home directory
  • Fixed gssapi-with-mic and Open SSH issue
  • Fixed issue with Unix 'at' command
  • Fixed problem with CoreData Framework
  • Fixed problem with CUPS
  • Fixed issue with Network Diagnostics and WPA2 encryption
  • Fixed issue where internal modem may not sync with external modem driver
  • Fixed problem with CFNetwork and network-aware USB devices
  • Fixed issue with dyld
  • Fixed issue with MSDOS FS
  • Fixed issue with Sync Services and Address Book
  • Fixed problem with Apple internal modem and busy tone detection
  • Fixed problem with Kerberos OpenSSH patch
  • Fixed problem with Open SSH and LaunchDaemon
  • Fixed issue with SMB File Server
  • Fixed problem with IOkit Kernel
  • Fixed issue with connecting a system to display while in Sleep mode
  • Fixed problem with WebCore JavaScript and onkeyup/onkeydown event handler
  • Issue where .m4v file extensions may not be recognized has been fixed
  • Fixed issue with File Systems and copying read-only files
  • Fixed issue with Software Update and format string
  • Fixed problem with Sync Services Engine
  • Fixed issue with rsync and extended attributes
  • Fixed issue with Sync Services and .Mac Sync
  • Addressed USB Modem and record level
  • Fixed issue with Universal Access preferences pane
  • Fixed problem with USB Modem and caller ID
  • Fixed problem with Bluetooth and device pairing
  • Fixed issue where USB modem may not detect busy tone
  • Fixed issue with QC Engine
  • Fixed issue with CoreGraphics and HID Manager
  • Fixed issue with PDFKit and MallocGuardEdges
  • Issue with Automator Actions and generated text fixed
  • Fixed issue with .Mac and syncing