First Snow Leopard Update Hits Developers [Seed Notes]
- September 3rd, 2009 - 11.50 pm UTC
- Apple News, Mac OS Seeds/Builds, Mac OS X Snow Leopard
- Alex Brooks
Just six days after the release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard to the general public, Apple has begun extensive testing of the first update amongst the developer community.
Build 10B503 (a significant step from the shipping 10A403) weighs in at a meagre 71.5MB and features just a handful of changes, affecting connectivity issues with 3G modems, difficulty removing items from the Dock and unresponsive copies of Motion 4.
Seed notes after the break.
The 10.6.1 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes for:
- compatibility with some Sierra Wireless 3G modems
- an issue that might cause DVD playback to stop unexpectedly
- some printer compatibility drivers not appearing properly in the add printer browser
- an issue that might make it difficult to remove an item from the Dock
- instances where automatic account setup in Mail might not work
- an issue where pressing cmd-opt-t in Mail brings up the special characters menu instead of moving a message
- Motion 4 becoming unresponsive
More unofficial notes from Mac Rumors forums.
- Network Diagnostics now offers to remove manually-entered DNS values for DHCP configurations
- Software Update for printer drivers of Bonjour/USB printers
- HICocoaView double-redraw during live resize
- Bluetooth connection to nearby printers on startup
- libdispatch object use after deallocation
- Sending of messages with Mail where the SMTP server response has no text
- Upgraded email accounts and SMTP servers that require authentication on port 587 but not port 25
- Printer custom keywords added/edited by auto setup tool are now migrated after software update
- Generic drivers are now visible in printer driver list
- WWAN devices that use the AppleWWANSupport2 component
- Updated to Flash 10.0.32.18
Comments
oriste 4th September 2009, 00.06 am
the shipping 10A432, I think you mean
Chaot2008 4th September 2009, 07.11 am
Hopefully they will include the actual flash plugin, too!
Frantisek 4th September 2009, 15.18 pm
Tehy should mainly fix slow OpenGL! and other slowdowns on mac minis.
John 4th September 2009, 20.58 pm
Wow, now that Apple has more than 10 users, are they finding it difficult to release an OS without problems? Oh wait, this isn’t even a new OS, is it? It’s merely a service pack that you have to buy. And if it doesn’t brick your mac, you still have to download the fix to the service pack. NICE! BTW, why are you paying for a service pack anyway?
So now that Apple can’t say “it just works, man”, what will their new slogan be: We’re like Windows, only we cost twice as much and are half as useful, but hey, we’re cool! Just ask us.
jm 4th September 2009, 21.24 pm
@John: Get a life…
jb 7th September 2009, 19.19 pm
@john I fail to see how anything you have to say adds to this discussion. Are you an angry man? You certainly sound like it. I suggest you pack a bag, leave the house, catch a plane, and see the world.
Mark 8th September 2009, 20.36 pm
I hope they fix the issue where anything involving saving images crashes…
westo 9th September 2009, 17.59 pm
@john go back to your windows forums where people actually care to talk about windows. this is an apple site. and like ‘jb’ said pack a bag and get out and see what life is about before you start knocking things you obviously know nothing about.
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