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Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 06:00 pm
Mac OS X 10.5.7 to improve Bluetooth compatibility, stability
Although it appeared that Apple was close to wrapping up development of Mac OS X 10.5.7 late last week, a new pre-release distribution of the software was dropped on developers Wednesday afternoon with a handful of additional tweaks added to mix.Most notably, Apple has included a new round of "Bluetooth compatibility and stability fixes" in the latest beta, labeled Mac OS X 10.5.7 build 9J56, according to people familiar with the software.
A number of recent Mac mini purchasers have complained about intermittent Bluetooth connection problems (1, 2) on their new systems, though similar problems are believed to be plaguing a variety of Macs, with one AppleInsider forum member recently noting that the issue extends back to his first-generation 13-inch MacBook.
Another fix in the latest build targets an issue with Personal File Sharing and AFP volumes not being properly recognized as Time Machine shares. However, the other three fixes were relatively minor, two of which add once-missing descriptive information to certain crash logs.
In total, Mac OS X 10.5.7 stands to deliver over 110 individual code-corrections spanning more than two dozen areas of the system. Earlier this month, Apple added Help Viewer to the list of key software components where beta testers should focus their testing efforts.
Though its believed that Mac OS X 10.5.7 remains close to release, Apple still notes that the software is incompatible with the public beta of Safari 4 -- the OS update's lone known issue.
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I really hope they finally resolve the bluetooth issues in 10.5.7. Fairly frequently, my late 2008 MBP gets into a state where it insists that there is no bluetooth hardware installed, and attempting to look at bluetooth settings in system preferences causes a lockup that can only be resolved by rebooting.
There's no point in releasing 10.5.7 if it lacks compatibility with Safari 4. Unless the update is going to revert back to Safari 4 (something I sincerely doubt), Apple will have to wait until Safari works in 10.5.7 (it's likely a Safari issue anyway).
I really hope they finally resolve the bluetooth issues in 10.5.7. Fairly frequently, my late 2008 MBP gets into a state where it insists that there is no bluetooth hardware installed, and attempting to look at bluetooth settings in system preferences causes a lockup that can only be resolved by rebooting.
Have you tried, in this order, seeing if this problem exists with other users, deleting the BT Plist file, reinstalling 10.5.6 or doing an Archive & Install?
There's no point in releasing 10.5.7 if it lacks compatibility with Safari 4. Unless the update is going to revert back to Safari 4 (something I sincerely doubt), Apple will have to wait until Safari works in 10.5.7 (it's likely a Safari issue anyway).
It won't come out until there is a new Safari 4 beta. You're right, it probably is a Safari issue and Safari 4 will be a separate DL, like it usually is.
Safari 4 works on the betas - it always has. The issue is it won't actually install on the betas - whether Safari is responsible for this, or it's an installation issue with the actual installer package for the public beta hasn't been said.
Or it is wholely possible that Apple is just informing developers that the installations won't work on the betas, and Apple plans to allow it in the full release. Why they would do this I don't know exactly, but it's possible.
I sense a new Safari 4 beta dropping soon. I'm sure if the compatibility could be added into 10.5.7 alone, it would have happened by now.
That's odd because I've had no problem bluetoothing pictures from my Verizon cellphone to my iMac. 
There's no point in releasing 10.5.7 if it lacks compatibility with Safari 4. Unless the update is going to revert back to Safari 4 (something I sincerely doubt), Apple will have to wait until Safari works in 10.5.7 (it's likely a Safari issue anyway).
Don't be silly. It's because this will be the first 64-bit Flash and they need to synchronize the announcement with Adobe.
This update must have tons of issues to be ironed out.
When all said and done, it will have 400 fixes. LOL
Hopefully this update will be released before Snow Leopard.
Have you tried, in this order, seeing if this problem exists with other users, deleting the BT Plist file, reinstalling 10.5.6 or doing an Archive & Install?
My bluetooth issues showed up at same time that widely reported OS X bluetooth stability issues started being reported online. I very much doubt that anything I can do will fix it.
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