Kasper JadeThose people familiar with the matter say the update, like those that came before it, will bundle a plethora of bug fixes spanning a wide range of system components and services. In its current pre-release form, the software reportedly boasts nearly six dozen code corrections and weighs a hefty 440 megabytes in barebones form.
In particular, Apple is said to be focusing on syncing issues that have plagued many of Leopard's standard, forward-facing apps, such as as Mail, AddressBook, and system preferences. A problem with Safari not accepting certain types of cookies will also reportedly be addressed.
Among the nearly two dozen other components receiving attention in beta of Mac OS X 10.5.7 are graphics drivers, Time Machine, printing services, screen sharing services, MobileMe syncing, AirPort services, text services, and iCal, those familiar with the software claim.
Mac OS X 10.5.7 will represent the seventh incremental update to Leopard since the software hit the market in late October of 2007. It's expected to be released sometime in the coming months.
The last update of Leopard was Mac OS X 10.5.6, which arrived on December 15th.
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They better fix mail. Upgrading Mail's database from previous versions is completely f'ed since 10.5.6. 10.5.6 in generally has been a pretty crappy, buggy release. Hopefully 10.5.7 is better.
They better fix mail. Upgrading Mail's database from previous versions is completely f'ed since 10.5.6. 10.5.6 in generally has been a pretty crappy, buggy release. Hopefully 10.5.7 is better.
Mail works fine for me.
Did you install any Mail hacks that could be causing your problems?
What about that USB "bug" that seems quasi-intentional? It should not have taken this long to fix that, and it is a serious problem. They should not have waited this long to fix it, Microsoft would have released some randomly numbered KB update by now if they cared.
What about that USB "bug" that seems quasi-intentional?
I wish when people post comments in threads like this about "this bug" and "that bug", that they actually told us specifically what bug they are talking about.
So, what is this USB bug of which you speak?
Mail works fine for me.
The only problem I have with Mail is that it never plays the "new message" sound.