Aidan MalleyApple on Friday afternoon planted a fresh seed of its upcoming Mac OS X 10.5.3 operating system update for its developer community, asking that the software be tested thoroughly over the weekend.
Among the latest improvements is a fix for an issues that prevented some Mac systems from properly rejoining an AirPort wireless network after awaking from sleep.
Meanwhile, other corrections rectify delayed shutdown problems, clipping during CD or DVD sharing, and crashes while enabling System Mode.
Apple is believed to have already fixed two of its more publicized issues, including a Wi-Fi connection problem preventing the use of new MacBooks on New York state schools' wireless networks and graphics anomalies on Intel Penryn-based portable systems.
Documentation reported to have accompanied build 9D22 suggests that development of the Leopard update is rapidly winding down. Apple is said to have asked developers to focus their testing efforts on 12 core system components, down from 17 in the previous build, and 24 in the build before that.
This includes Active Directory, Back To My Mac, Mail, Spaces, and several more of the most essential underpinnings of the OS, according to those familiar with the update.
Sources speaking privately to AppleInsider in recent days have said Apple hopes to release Mac OS X 10.5.3 within the next two to three weeks.
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Can't wait for these fixes. I'm hoping they fix some of the Mail crashes that I've experience just adding attachments from my downloads folder. What's with that?
What's "System Mode"?
Thumbs up for the shutdown/restart problem fix.
I'm assuming this is usual for the first couple .x updates, but sure seems to be a lot of bugs.
I love Apple and having a stance of producing quality machines, but the argument that they can produce better stability because they program for specific hardware is getting thin. Why are they having graphics troubles with every hardware revision since the aluminum iMac???
Here I'm waiting to buy a new macbook or macbook pro, hoping for the big redesign in June, but wondering if something is going to be glitchy on that hardware too...
Can't wait for these fixes. I'm hoping they fix some of the Mail crashes that I've experience just adding attachments from my downloads folder. What's with that?
Much as I would like to use MAIL I find it to behave in ways far to weird for my liking. So I installed Thunderbird almost immediately after buying my Mac. Thunderbird works well so I don't sweat MAILs issues.
In any event all OS improvements and fixes are welcome. Frankly I haven't run into a lot of issues yet.Dave