Over the weekend developers began receiving the latest build of Apple’s third update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard. The latest build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 is labelled 10D538 and weighs in at 772.9MB.

The latest build contains just one known issue affecting Front Row and the number of focus areas has reduced to just four.

The first build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 was delivered to developers towards the start of December last year. The last seed was released in early January.

Seed notes below.

Included in this update

  • Performance improvements for 64-bit Logic
  • Addresses compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications
  • Includes changes to QuickTime X that increase reliability, improve compatibility and enhance security.
  • Improves printing reliability and compatibility with 3rd party printers
  • Respects the DNS server ordering as specified in Network Preferences
  • Addresses an issue that causes background message colors to display incorrectly in Mail when scrolling
  • Resolves an issue that prevented files with the # or & in their names from opening in Rosetta
  • Resolves an issue that prevented files from copying to Windows shares
  • Resolves an issue that caused machines using BTMM and the Bonjour Sleep Proxy to wake unexpectedly

Known Issues

  • Viewing shared photo albums in Front Row may cause Front Row to crash

Focus Areas

  • AirPort
  • GraphicsDrivers
  • QuickTime
  • VoiceOver