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One week after build 9F9 Apple has released a new build of the upcoming update to Mac OS X 10.5.

Build 9F13 of Mac OS X 10.5.5 includes a further ten bug fixes but unlike previous builds contains no known issues.

Mac OS X 10.5.5 is expected to be released in late-September.

Seed notes below.

Known Issues

• None

Focus Areas

• AirPort
• Address Book
• AppKit
• Directory Services
• FileSync and Portable Home Directories
• Finder
• Fonts
• GraphicsDrivers
• Help Viewer
• iCal
• iChat
• ImageIO
• Kerberos
• mDNSResponder
• Networking
• Printing
• Screen Sharing
• SMB
• Spotlight
• Text Services
• Time Machine
• Traditional Chinese Input Method
• USB & Express Card Modems
• X11

Areas of Change
New issues fixed in this seed:

• Issue with Control Elements and CoreUI resolved
• Fixed punctuation issue with Traditional Chinese IM
• Fixed issue with multiple TCP connections and Application Firewall
• Issue with Energy Saver settings and Power Management fixed
• Resolved issue with MobileMe DMNotification
• Fixed issue with DSADPlugin
• Resolved issue with GLSL shaders and OpenGL Programmability
• Fixed issue with Mail Sync and Preferences syncing
• Issue with BSD Kernel and HFS+ resolved
• Fixed problem with ImageIO decoder code table

Issues fixed in previous seeds:

Fixed issue with WaitNextEvent API

Fix to Mail Message Storage

Fixed issue with SAN connectivity

Fixed issue with connecting to numerous TCP connections

Syncing issue with newly created contacts and Address Book resolved

Fixed issue with Address Book Framework and Smart Groups

Issue with linking and CFURLProxies fixed

Fixed sidebar displaying problem with Mail RSS

Dropping a file on the Mail.app Dock icon now works correctly

Fixed login issue with Active Directory

Fixed issue with Mail and displaying IMAP messages

Resolved Sync Services issue with Address Book and iCal

Fixed duplicate syncing issue with iCal Synchronization

Resolved issue with PDFKit and Safari PDF documents

Issue with VPN menu UI fixed

Fixed issue with set wake up times and Power Management

Fixed problem with ACLs and NFS access permissions

Fixed issue with Mail IMAP and out-of-order replies

Issue with DSADPlugin and preferred server option fixed

Resolved problem with Active Directory Map UID/GID

Resolved issue with Address Book Printing

Fixed issue with NoteComposeBackEnd and Mail Notes

Fixed issue with “Show GL Layer Setup” in OpenGL

Fix to DesktopServices and Full Restore from Time Machine

Fixed issue with FileSync and incomplete syncing

Fixed issue with TextEdit and color palette

Fixed Networking download load issue with NAT host

Fix to Text Services Manager

Issue with CoreText Layout and neutral character runs resolved

Fix to SearchKit

Fix to CUPS admin.cgi

Issue with non-unicode clients and SMB File Server resolved

Fixed issue with SpotlightIndex

Recursive GIF interface issue with Networking fixed

Fixed kernel panic issue problem with Dashboard

Fixed kernel panic issue with smbfs.kext

Issue with BootCache resolved

Fixed issue with Spotlight and Time Capsule backups

Issue with LaunchServices and GuardMalloc resolved

Issue with server-side agent and rPFS fixed

Issue with copying to FileVault user’s desktop resolved

MLTE crash after applying URL attribute fixed

SMB panic when doing directory listing ACLS resolved

Resolved issue with reset sync and Sync Services

PPDs with cupsPortMonitor keywords issue fixed

Fixed Mac OS Kernel random crashes with physical addresses >4GB

Issue with iCal AppleScript and due date resolved

SSHD and BSD Kernel hanging issue resolved

DO-over-TCP problem with multiple connections to same address issue fixed

Fixed issue with inconsistent iCal syncing

Fixed application launch crash in _CFURLCacheCopyCacheDirectory

NSSocketPort no longer crashes when used in GC enabled application

Fix to HLTB Appearance and ThemeTextColor CoreUI

Fix to HICocoaView and HIWindowToolbarView

Drag and Drop problem with HLTB DataBrowser issue resolved

Fixed menu corner issue with HLTB Menus

HIViewGetOptimalBounds now returns correct baseline for HIRadioButton

HLTB DataBrowser type selection in choose from list dialog now enables default button

HLTB DataBrowser type-select in ‘choose from list’ issue fixed

Fixed ImageIO sips issue

Fixed NSNavigationServices stripping suffix from file name issue

Issue with libresolv fixed

Fixed issue with iCal HI and invited events

BaseWritingDirection and CoreText Layout now works correctly

HLTB Windows: Resizing a window with a drawer now draws correctly

Space activation feature now works correctly in HLTB Windows

Fix to HLTB Menus and iTunes Help Menu

Fix to CFURLConnection

Fix to Text Services Manager and CGEventKeyboardSetUnicodeString

Issue with CUPS and identical USB printers resolved

Resolved issue with ImageKit and GC

HLTB Control Manager and file-based image content resolved

Fixed issue with Accessibility API and HLTB Menus

Issue with Fast User Switching and input method resolved

Fixed issue with Page Setup/Print Dialogs and 64-bit applications

kThemeAdornmentDefault now works correctly

FindControl now returns correct value for control at negative vertical coordinate

Issue with HIShrinkToFit and window width fixed

Fixed preference syncing issue with Sync Services Engine

Issue with SpotlightIndex and finder comments resolved

Problem with Proxy Authentication and CFURLAuthentication fixed

Fixed freezing issue with Accounts pref pane

Fixed filtering issue with Sync Services Engine

NSImageBitmapRep now returns correct bytesPerRow

Fixed issue where Cocoa apps may crash if carbon events handled prior to NSApplication instance

Issue with iCal Invitations and email invitations

CoreImage: CILinearGradient now works correctly

Fixed hanging issue with Preview application and QuickDraw Manager

Resize volume issue with Disk Utility during install resolved

Implementation of recurrence rules in VEVENTs now works correctly

Issue with RTF Handling and certain file types fixed

Fix to CreateLocalIsochPort

Issue with migrating backup.backupdb fixed

Read Only flag issue fixed with iCal Synchronization

Issue with NSMenu resolved

Fixed issue where Cal UI wouldn’t update with API changes after window is closed

Fixed issue with CoreFoundation and uppercase letters in urls

CoreGraphics: Issue with clipping to scaled images resolved

Issue with Time Machine Preferences and stated available space fixed

Fixed issue with SMB and Kerberos reconnects

CoreText Layout: CTRunDelegate advance width now applied correctly

Issue with Expose/dashboard invoke keys and HLTB Menus fixed

Fixed issue with CFURLCookies

Fixed problem with iCal To Do List and Preferences

RRULE now interpreted correctly in .ics import