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Thursday, August 26, 2010, 03:25 pm
Apple seeds third Mac OS X 10.6.5 beta with one known issue
Apple on Thursday seeded with developers the third beta of Mac OS X 10.6.5, its latest security and maintenance update for Snow Leopard, with just one known issue.People familiar with the latest build, reportedly known as 10H531, said the lone issue is associated with VMware. Having it installed can cause USB devices to not work when the Mac is awoken from sleep mode.
Those same people said Apple has asked developers to focus on a few key areas for the latest beta, including iCal, Mail, USB Devices, QuickTime, Time Machine and 3D graphics. The delta update is said to be a 557MB download.
The latest beta comes just a week after the last build was supplied to developers. And the previous, first build arrived only six days before that.
Mac OS X 10.6.4 was released in mid-June, packing fixes for trackpads on Apple's notebook computers, and also addressing issues with Adobe's Creative Suite 3. It also included Safari 5, Apple's latest Web browser.
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Originally Posted by 2992 
that's good, let's hope for less beachballspinning.
Now please make that iTunes a 64bit app...
that's good, let's hope for less beachballspinning.
Now please make that iTunes a 64bit app...
iTunes is not part of Mac OS X. I expect a 64-bit/Cocoa iTunes X to come next week, but thats for a different thread.
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Originally Posted by solipsism
iTunes is not part of Mac OS X. I expect a 64-bit/Cocoa iTunes X to come next week, but thats for a different thread.
iTunes is not part of Mac OS X. I expect a 64-bit/Cocoa iTunes X to come next week, but thats for a different thread.
Just out of curiosity but why would you expect that to happen?
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Originally Posted by diddy
Just out of curiosity but why would you expect that to happen?
Just out of curiosity but why would you expect that to happen?
Apple has been trying to remove Carbon from all their apps. The more complex the app the harder this is. iTunes will be Cocoa and therefore will be 64-bit. Based on the amount of time that has passed and the remaining apps that have yet to be converted I think this year is the year well see that change.
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Originally Posted by solipsism
Apple has been trying to remove Carbon from all their apps. The more complex the app the harder this is. iTunes will be Cocoa and therefore will be 64-bit. Based on the amount of time that has passed and the remaining apps that have yet to be converted I think this year is the year well see that change.
Apple has been trying to remove Carbon from all their apps. The more complex the app the harder this is. iTunes will be Cocoa and therefore will be 64-bit. Based on the amount of time that has passed and the remaining apps that have yet to be converted I think this year is the year well see that change.
OK, but then why haven't they made other apps (like grapher or chess) Cocoa. Not to mention that Cocoa-ising iTunes is going to be problematic for Windows users. Sorry, I don't see that idea as evidence especially since it has been rumored for awhile and never delivered for several update cycles.
Not that I don't want to see it myself, but nothing I have read suggests that Apple is even doing this.
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Originally Posted by diddy
Not to mention that Cocoa-ising iTunes is going to be problematic for Windows users.
Not to mention that Cocoa-ising iTunes is going to be problematic for Windows users.
I'm wondering if this version is the pre-cursor to Xcode 4.0. Xcode 4.0 would definitely benefit from OS bug fixes et al.
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Originally Posted by diddy
OK, but then why haven't they made other apps (like grapher or chess) Cocoa. Not to mention that Cocoa-ising iTunes is going to be problematic for Windows users. Sorry, I don't see that idea as evidence especially since it has been rumored for awhile and never delivered for several update cycles.
Not that I don't want to see it myself, but nothing I have read suggests that Apple is even doing this.
OK, but then why haven't they made other apps (like grapher or chess) Cocoa. Not to mention that Cocoa-ising iTunes is going to be problematic for Windows users. Sorry, I don't see that idea as evidence especially since it has been rumored for awhile and never delivered for several update cycles.
Not that I don't want to see it myself, but nothing I have read suggests that Apple is even doing this.
1) Chess is 64-bit on my build of SL.
2) If all SL apps arent converted to Cocoa by now that means that they have no plans to convert their other apps?
3) If iTunes hasnt been converted to Cocoa by now that means they have no intention of ever doing it?
4) I can assure that Apple will be moving iTunes away from Carbon. I dont know when, nor have prognosticated a definite time, merely what I know to be true from deduction and what I think is most likely based given other trends. You can disagree with me on the when, but its silly to suggest that Apple has no plans for this because you have seen nothing to suggest its true.
The question I have is how might this relate to the September 1st "event"?
While rumors are taking about an iTV that is based on iOS would Apple update anything else (like AppleTV) that would be OS X, or maybe start integration of the two at a casual level?
Why do we keep reporting on these developer seeds of 10.6.x upgrades. I mean, if there was some awesome feature coming, I would understand. But Apple is doing a ton more than just OS X. I think these updates to developers should be page 2 news from here on.
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that's good, let's hope for less beachballspinning.
Now please make that iTunes a 64bit app...