Apple Rumour - Mac OS Updates
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Latest Mac OS X 10.5.4 Build Fixes Shutdown Hanging Bug [Seed Notes]
About 10 days after first releasing Mac OS X 10.5.4 to developers Apple has released another build. The build which is labelled 9E12 is around 150MB to download. The latest build contains 12 additional bug fixes including the "hang on shutdown" fix. Apple has requested…
First Build of Mac OS X 10.5.4 Hits Developers [Seed Notes]
Just one week after releasing Mac OS X 10.5.3 Apple has seeded a build of Mac OS X 10.5.4 to developers. Build 9E6 of Mac OS X 10.5.4 currently contains no known issues and only five bug fixes but this is likely to change over…
Mac OS X 10.5.3 Build 9D34 [Seed Notes]
Apple is continuing testing on the next major incremental update to Mac OS X 10.5, this time the company has fixed only one issue affecting kernel performance, which was said to be an issue holding up Mac OS X 10.5.3 in the past. Apple is…
Mac OS X 10.5.3 Build 9D32 [Seed Notes]
Apple continues the testing of its latest Mac OS X update which continues to contain no "known issues" but stability issues and final tweaking have been said to be delaying the build. Apple still asks developers to focus on the following 15 areas of the…
Time Machine Option Allows Battery Backups in 10.5.3
AppleInsider reports on a new option which has been quietly added to the latest build of Mac OS X 10.5.3 . Time Machine backs up data every hour but when notebooks are on battery life Time Machine stops running. A new option in Mac OS…
Mac OS X 10.5.3 Approaches Fast, Build 9D29 [Seed Notes]
Less than a week since Apple seeded the last build of Mac OS X 10.5.3 (9D27) , developers have received another build. Once again the latest iteration of Mac OS X 10.5.3 contains no known issues but stability issues are said to be delaying the…
New Build of Mac OS X 10.5.3 Emerges [Seed Notes]
Early this week Apple released another build of Mac OS X 10.5.3 to the select amount of developers who are testing the third update to Leopard. The latest build continues to contain no known issues but adds another 11 bug fixes pushes the total for…
Mac OS X 10.5.3 Build 9D25 Seeded to Developers [Seed Notes]
One week after build 9D23 of Mac OS X 10.5.3 Apple has unleashed another build of the third update to Leopard. Build 9D25 contains no known issues but adds another 22 fixes to the list of over 180. Seed notes are included below.
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5.3 (9D23) [Seed Notes]
Apple has today released a new build of the upcoming update to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The new build 9D23 comes a mere 3 days after the last , a sure sign that development and testing is wrapping up. As with the previous build…
Apple Continues Work on Mac OS X 10.5.2
Although Mac OS X 10.5.2 has been expected any day it appears that Apple has continued the bug squashing process. Apple has very recently seeded another build of Mac OS X 10.5.2 to developers, and as with the previous build Mac OS X 10.5.2 build…
OS X 10.5.2 to Pack Stacks List View Option
List view in Mac OS X 10.5.2 Macenstein has published a screenshot and accompanying article regarding the first build of Mac OS X 10.5.2 that hit Apple's developer site on Tuesday. The screenshot reveals that Apple has added the option to include a List-View in…
Mac OS X 10.5.2 Seeding Begins
Just one month after the first Leopard update , Apple had begun external testing of the second update which is set to pack a large list of fixes for Mac OS X 10.5. Those familiar with the seed state that it first appeared on Tuesday…
Mac Pro Update, OS X 10.5.2 at Macworld?
French Mac site MacBidouille is reporting ( translated by HardMac ) that Apple will unleash new versions of its high-end Mac Pro workstation at Macworld 2008 to held in January. The French site reports that the new Mac Pros will see an update to 45nm…
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5.1 9B13 to Developers [Updated]
As widely expected Apple has started seeding Mac OS X 10.5.1 to developers for testing. The seed carries the build number 9B13. Apple states that the following areas should be targeted for testing; Mail Sync, Spotlight Index, Disk Management, Text Drawing, iCal and CalDAV syncing…
Apple Prepping Mac OS X 10.5.1
Mac Rumors and AppleInsider are both reporting that Apple has begun passing around pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.5.1. Widespread testing is expected to start as early as next week. The update will naturally help fix bugs and address security issues that are prevailing…
Mac OS X 10.4.11 Due Imminently [Update: Apparently Not]
Think Secret reports that Apple will unleash the final update to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger sometime in the next few hours, just 2 days before the official release of Mac OS X Leopard. Mac OS X 10.4.11 is said to include more than two…
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.4.11
Following this mornings note about Apple potentially releasing another update to Mac OS X 10.4, developers are reporting that seeds of Mac OS X 10.4.11 have shown up on ADC. The two builds for Intel (8S2138) and PPC (8S138) have been released and they are…
In Brief: Mac OS X 10.4.11 Being Developed?
Think Secret ( and AppleInsider ) notes that Apple will very likely release another update to Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) before the release of Leopard in late October. Details of Mac OS X 10.4.11 are currently few and far between as testing is yet…
Leopard Development Road Map Revealed?
MacScoop claims to have been provided a roadmap of Leopard's development from now until the release which is scheduled for October. The roadmap is broken down into 5 main points: New seed in early July The site claims that a new build will appear anytime…
Apple Sends New Seed of 10.4.10 to Developers
MacRumors is reporting that Apple has seeded builds 8R208 (PPC) and 8R2208 (Intel) of Mac OS X 10.4.10. The site states that areas of change are Image RAW, WebCore JavaScript, and ImageCapture.