Apple testing Mac OS X 10.4.3, OS X Security, and Safari updates
AppleInsider StaffApple Computer has begun testing a third maintenance update to its new Tiger operating system, in addition to gathering feedback on two forthcoming Safari web browser bug fix releases and a Mac OS X Security Update.
Mac OS X 10.4.3, which its believed to be on target for a release by mid-Sept., began making the rounds in Silicon Valley earlier this week. Sources were mum on details, saying the first pre-releases builds of the software are slated to be released to thousands of Apple developers and business partners for testing in a matter of days.
Security Update 2005-007
Expected to proceed Mac OS X 10.4.3 on Apple's software release schedule is Mac OS X Security Update 2005-007, which is also rumored to be in the early stages of testing. Like Mac OS X 10.4.3, it's unknown at this time on which issues the update will focus. A quick search of Apple's Bugzilla database reveals no major or critical issues associated with Mac OS X.
Safari 1.3 and 2.0
Finally, as reports from tipsters and several Mac websites have also indicate, Apple is working to perfect the current version of its Safari web browser on both Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
On Thursday the company reportedly asked developers to test Safari 2.0 Update 1 for Mac OS X 10.4.x and Safari 1.3 Update 6 for Mac OS X 10.3.9. Because both versions of Safari are based on the same version of WebKit, the list of bugs and fixes associated with the updates are nearly identical.
According to reports, the updates will repair several issues with Safari that have recently begun to cause the browser to crash. The Safari team has also fixed issues with the list-style css property, comment parsing, caps lock key and bookmarking, and Flash media layout issues.
All three software updates will be released to Mac OS X users free of charge.
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"All three software updates will be released to Mac OS X users free of charge."
I would hope so.
Long before Longhorn!
er, Vista (which sounds like a feminine hygiene product)
Really happy to hear about the flash media placement fix. This is really the only annoying thing about Safari now. A flash media advertisement can basically appear at any place on a web page sometimes blocking texts and things I actually want to see.
Safari still seems to crash at weird times - all of a sudden. It is by far the most unreliable software that comes with OS X. Everything else I found runs like gold.
Long before Longhorn!
er, Vista (which sounds like a feminine hygiene product)
Actually... From Dictionary.com:
"Vista: A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees."An obstructed view of something very far away? Yep, sounds like Longhorn all right!
"All three software updates will be released to Mac OS X users free of charge."
I would hope so.
Bad enough paying $129 every year, we'd really riot at this one.
Oh wait. We wouldn't. We're Mac users.