World of Apple

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 release. This build also comes with a further four fixes to the list of over 215.

The third update to Mac OS X Leopard is expected imminently.

Seed notes below.

Known Issues

- None

Focus Areas

- 802.1X
- Active Directory/Directory Services
- AFP
- AirPort
- Audio
- Back To My Mac
- Dock
- Finder
- Graphics
- Installer
- Mail
- Spaces
- Sync Services
- Time Machine

Areas of Change
New issues fixed in this seed:

- Fixed 802.1X Login Window authentication issue
- Fixed Network pref pane issue with 802.1X
- Fixed problem with iSyncSession and Sync Services Engine
- Issue with NSAnimation resolved

Issues fixed in previous seeds:

- Save button now works correctly with Diretory.app
- Fix to ABFrameworkBundle and WhitePagesFramework
- Fixed issue with server certificate and Network pref pane
- Fix to DSPasswordServerPlugin
- Fix issue with network_seqwrite_manager and WebDAV FS
- Fix to Apple File Server and processor cycles
- Non-admin users and re-joining accounts issue resolved
- Fix to Directory Server
- Fixed issue with PrintingPlugins
- Fixed problem with Mobile Account login pane and MCX Client
- Fixed issue with PrintingPlugins
- Issue with WebDAV FS and network_seqwrite_manager resolved
- Code signature issue with Package Data fixed
- Fixed issue with AFP Server and AppleFileService
- Fix to Network pref pane and certification-base authentication
- MCX Client fix to ManagedClient
- Adding printer via Bonjour with CUPS driver fixed
- Fixed binding issue with AD DS Plug-in
- Fixed issue with hot spots and static text
- 802.1x Login Window profile can now be deleted
- Fixed hanging issue with AFP Server
- Fix to AirPort 802.1X
- Fix to Address Book and LDAP search results
- Fix to mDNSResponder
- Mail Message List and Unread Column now works correctly
- Issue with Safari bookmarks and .Mac Mail account resolved
- Resolved issue with Mac Buddy and AirPort connection
- Fixed leak issue with Finder accessibility windows
- Issue with mounted Boot Camp volumes fixed
- Ping6 and Back to My Mac now works correctly
- Fixed crashing issue with Network pref pane
- Fixed issue with Finder and sequential write operations
- 802.1x Login Window profile can now be deleted
- Issue with Safari bookmarks and .Mac Mail account resolved
- Fixed leak issue with Finder accessibility windows
- Issue with mounted Boot Camp volumes fixed
- Fixed problem with Mobile Account login pane and MCX Client
- Fix to mDNSResponder
- Fix to AFP Server
- Fix to VoiceOver and static text
- Network Preference no longer crashes when enabling System Mode
- Fix to MCX Client
- Fixed key type issue with checkoldprefs
- Kernel panic issue with cluster_write and File Systems fixed
- Fixed System Profile problem with Network pref pane
- FileSync issue with common external accounts resolved
- Fixed localization issue with Image Settings
- Joining AirPort network after wake issue resolved
- Fixed incorrect dating issue with Podcast Capture
- Directory.app problem with creating shared contacts with duplicate first names resolved
- Fixed Finder window issue with HLTB Windows
- Fixed clipping issue with CD or DVD sharing
- VPN no longer has to be reset when updating to a 9Dxx build
- Fix to password validation issue with Address Book Application
- Fixed delayed shutdown problem with kdcmond
- Joining AirPort network after wake issue resolved
- Issue with ImageCapture and downloading from multiple cards fixed
- Fixed issue with streaming errors
- Fixed AirPort preference issue with computer to computer networks
- iCal localization issue with General prefs fixes
- Set Affinity now displays correctly in File Management Pane
- Memory cache leak fixed
- Fix to CoreGraphics and DVD Player
- Fixed issue with servermgr_web_crash
- Fix to BootCacheControl
- Fix to CoreGraphics and Spaces utility windows
- Issue with Muted Volume UI resolved
- Fixed issue with Mail and displaying old email messages
- Fixed overlap button problem with selecting target disk
- Printing PDF from Preview fixed
- Fixed hanging issue with Directory Services and large group numbers
- Fix to NSURLConnection
- Fixed video corruption issue with 30″ displays
- Fixed issue with IconsStorage and Remote Disc icons
- FileSync issue with common external accounts fixed
- Binding issue with Active Directory resolved
- Fixed extension issue with ImageCapture
- Mail log issue with CFNetwork fixed
- Fixed Command key problem with Dvorak layout
- AD issue with unresolved value for owner/contact fixed
- Fixed LoginWindow issue with Bezel brightness buttons
- NTLM authorization issue fixed
- Fixed issue with Spaces preferences
- Fixed issue with Spaces and keyboard navigation
- Fixed overlap problem with .Mac pane
- Fix to QT Pixlet
- Libinfo and getgrouplist issue fixed
- Fixed issue with Mail RSS and invalid feeds
- Fixed issue where certain systems may not shut down or restart properly
- Smartcard hang issue fixed
- Confirming auto-activation dialog now works correctly
- Fixed issue with Time Machine backups
- Fix to CoreGraphics and system-modal dialogs
- Fixed group membership publishing issue with Directory.app
- Leak issue with NSTask objects
- Issue with ImageCapture and downloading from multiple cards fixed
- Fixed issue with checkoldprefs
- Fix to new_vnode
- Fix to HLTB Windows
- Muted Volume UI issue resolved
- system_cmds fix to postinstall
- Integer overflow issue with precincts fixed
- Performing an authenticated bind now works correctly
- MCX Client and workgroup settings
- Fix to AirPort airportd
- Selectable options now work correctly in Screen Saver pane
- Fixed issue with Spaces where two windows may be brought to the front
- “Alternate number” hot keys now work with Spaces pref pane
- Fixed transition issue with .Mac pref pane
- Fixed issue with Kerberos authentication
- Fixed option issue with Network Setup Assistant
- Issue with Daimon memory footprint and Directory Services fixed
- First time activation of Spaces and hot keys now work correctly
- AFP Server and share points
- Fixed issue with makequeues and Printing
- Issue with Aperture and Printer Settings resolved
- Managed Client and smart card login issue fixed
- HLTB Events issue with opening document from Finder resolved
- Automator Find Mail Items now works correctly
- Time Machine backupd and new AFP backups
- Issue with password auto retrieve and AirPort 802.1X fixed
- Fixed issue with Spaces preferences
- NSConnection now notifies ports when a thread exits
- CUPS “-P” option for the “lp” command now works correctly
- Graphics corruption issue resolved
- Issue where Mail messages may not display correctly fixed
- Layering issue with Spaces fixed
- launchd and FCS2 restart now works properly
- KerberosHelper now finds ticket from managed realm
- Fix to CoreFoundation and Xcode run log
- Fixed Automator Action with To, CC, and BCC fields
- Fix to Comms SW and Ethernet Adaptor
- Fixed Sleep issue with MBA
- Resolved issue with AppleUSBEthernet plist
- Fixed communication issue with Back to My Mac and .Mac servers
- Resolved AirPort connection issue
- DashboardClient processes now work correctly after .Mac syncing
- Adding a Mobile account and Portable Home Directories issue fixed
- Text-to-Speech and Japanese text
- Dashboard sync and placement of widgets with different screen resolutions
- Web Content Filter and Parental Controls
- iCal Synchronization and adding Task with Attendee no longer gives an incorrect error
- twisted.mail.module now installed with Python 2.5
- ImageIO fix
- Fixed issue with Go to Folder and Finder
- Date arithmetic now gives correct results
- AppleScript 2.0 and formUniqueID fix
- NTLM auth and CFURLauthentication working correctly
- Text-to-Speech and Hysterical voice no longer causes hang
- Minimizing a window with a negative size no longer causes Dock to hang
- When Dock hiding is enabled, activating Spaces while a Stack is open now works correctly
- AD DS Plug-in and Domain Controllers issue fixed
- Issue were running apps make display incorrectly in the Dock fixed
- Exiting Front Row with the remote control menu button works correctly
- Fixed memory leak issue with CoreAnimation
- Network pref pane now lists domain options correctly
- Folder permissions with archive and install fixed
- iCal now presents previously used alarms when creating a new event
- Calling lockFocus on NSImage in secondary thread no longer causes crash
- Selecting login items for mobile accounts no longer freezes preferences
- Fixed issue with Installer App
- Printer Proxy now integrates with the Apple Help system
- SpotlightIndex and issue with rebooting fixed
- Binding client to a directory no longer creates multiple copies
- NSString isEqual now works correctly
- Mobile Account group MCX settings now preserved when offline
- iCal no longer sets all-day exception date to local time
- Fixed iCal syncing issue with recurring events
- Printer Proxy and language display issue resolved
- Fixed memory leak issue with iCal
- Error getting external address 3 with mDNSResponder fixed
- Fix to CoreImage and NSBitmapImageRep
- Issue where FireWire camera may block FireWire device recognition resolved
- CATransaction no longer crashes when committing in layoutSublayersOfLayer
- Fixed ToDo due date time zone issue in iCal
- Disk Utility Repair Permissions progress bar now behaves correctly
- Issue with NSView and opening & closing windows with GC on fixed
- Layer-backed view printing now works correctly
- URLMount fixed
- NSBrowser now works with NSTreeController with countKeyPath set
- Spotlight search on server shares now return correct results
- Fixed issue with printing PDFs from Preview app.
- AFP X Client now creates folders with correct privileges
- Issue with infinite loop and NSCoding fixed
- Venezuela time zone issue fixed
- Debug bild of DVDPlayback.framework now allows running in gdb
- ICADownloadFile now works correctly
- HLTB DataBrowser: Scrolling in languages issue fixed
- IKPictureTaker no longer crashes when garbage Collection is enabled
- CISunbeemsGenerator no longer crashes when Garbage Collection is enabled
- Fix to CoreAnimation
- MCX Client setting fixed
- Mail no longer deletes or adds Alarms on a Task when Alarm is changed on a Task
- CIFilter objects no longer lead to crash when released
- When checking domains multiple times, CFPreferences now checks correctly
- fsck_hfs now handles file hard links properly
- Pax archives now extracted correctly into File Systems
- BSD Kernel and unbuffered i/o no longer hangs
- Fix to Type 1 Scaler
- Fix to 802.1x authentication
- Saving an Automator Workflow now saves correctly when right-clicking from menu
- Searching for files by date with Automator Action now behaves correctly
- Fix to ‘New iCal Event’ Automator Action
- Fix to ‘Get Selected Finder Items’ Automator Action
- Password authentication and Mail POP fix
- Mail IMAP and change to IP address issue fixed
- NSGraphicsContext printing problem fixed
- Fix to dynamic menu issue with HLTB Menus
- Mail message list no longer shrinks after search
- Fixed issue with recently used fonts and NSFontPanel
- AppleScript Automator Action now saved correctly