Slash LaneBuilds 9D19 and 9D20 of Mac OS X 10.5.3 arrived on Friday and Tuesday, respectively, according to people familiar with the ongoing evaluation process.
Both builds delivered a handful of new fixes, brining the total number of code corrections expected as part of the operating system update to approximately 150.
With Build 9D20, Apple is also reported to have relaxed the number of core focus areas from about two dozen to just 17.
Among them, and new to the latest builds, is a request that developers test the performance of Adobe Flash media play within the Safari web browser.
Mac OS X 10.5.3 is also rumored to include a fix for graphics issues that have plagued a number of Intel-based Macs, particularly the latest versions of the MacBook and MacBook Pro.
People familiar with the impending Leopard update say the latest build includes just two known issues. One has to do with the need to possibly reset VPN settings following installation, while the other simply notes that localization support of Mac OS X 10.5.3 has not yet been completed.
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i have the newest 2.5ghz penryn MBP, watch video, do graphics editing all the time, haven't experienced a single glitch..
I hope we see 10.5.3 soon. In my experience, 10.5.2 is not nearly as stable as 10.4.11.
I hope we see 10.5.3 soon. In my experience, 10.5.2 is not nearly as stable as 10.4.11.
10.5.2 has been stable on my MBP 2.16 ghz C2D machine but I've noticed the spinning beach ball more often.
No crashes but just the beach ball opening some apps, switching between tabs in Safari and at start up.
I don't know if 10.5.3 will do anything about that or not.
10.5.2 has been stable on my MBP 2.16 ghz C2D machine but I've noticed the spinning beach ball more often.
No crashes but just the beach ball opening some apps, switching between tabs in Safari and at start up.
I don't know if 10.5.3 will do anything about that or not.
I've just had Mail crash a few times on me when trying to attach from my downloads folder(bizzar I know). So I'm looking forward to any and all Mail fixes. A few value-adds would be good too.
Let's hope this update also resolves standing issues with some Adobe CS3 programs, specifically InDesign which often refuses to hide and sometimes refuses to come out from hiding!