Apple has seeded developers with new builds of the latest updates to Leopard (OS X 10.5.5), including the Server version of the OS, and Safari (version 4.0). While the Safari 4.0 Developer Preview includes enhanced support for HTML 5 features, the latest build of the next maintenance update to Leopard has one known issue.Mac OS X 10.5.5Courtesy of AppleInsider, we can inform you that the latest Mac OS X 10.5.5 seed, hitting mere days after the release of 9F17, has one known issue, particularly one related to general searching of email messages in Mail. As far as Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard Server is concerned, build 9F22 includes five fixes, br... [read more >>] Yesterday, thanks to AppleInsider, we were able to inform our readers that Apple had seeded the third beta build of its next update to Leopard (OS X 10.5.5). In the meanwhile, others have gotten hold of the actual seed notes for Mac OS X 10.5.5 build 9F17."Apple has increased the rate of builds being delivered to developers, today Mac OS X 10.5.5 build 9F17 was released less than a week after the previous build," World of Apple posts, adding that the latest build issued to developers contains no known issues and adds five fixes, to bring the total number of fixes to 120. The seed notes for Mac OS X 10.5.5 build 9F17, as revealed by the publ... [read more >>] Apple has seeded to its team of developers the third build of the latest maintenance update to Mac OS X, version 10.5.5. Bringing the total number of fixes to 120, build 9F17 introduces five new fixes, people familiar with Apple's plans have revealed.Courtesy of AppleInsider, we can inform you that Apple has addressed some issues with iCal Invitations, as well as read-only local calendars, Back to My Mac, Mail syncing, and CoreAnimation. Reported to include no known issues (always a sign of a nearing official release), the new pre-release seed contains no changes as far as focus areas are concerned. Just like with the previous build (9... [read more >>] Yesterday we reported that Apple was close to issuing the first pre-release build of Mac OS X 10.5.5, the latest maintenance update for Leopard users. "People familiar with the matter" told AppleInsider that Apple Developer Connection members and other high-profile software makers could receive the first test builds of the software by the weekend. As it turns out, they did. Mac OS X 10.5.5 was also rumored to include support for new Mac notebooks due out later this year (autumn). Unfortunately, no such hints are present in the seed notes accompanying the first build of OS X 10.5.5 (9F5), issued to developers yesterday. What the notes do say... [read more >>] Sources are reporting that Apple is close to issuing the first pre-release build of the next maintenance update to Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Mac OS X 10.5.5 is said to include support for new Mac notebooks due out later this year (autumn)."People familiar with the matter say Apple Developer Connection members and other high-profile software makers could receive the first test builds of the software prior to the start of the weekend," AppleInsider reveals. "The first seedings will almost certainly arrive by the middle of next week," the site notes, citing the same sources.Apple's latest maintenance update for Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.4 was... [read more >>] Over the past few weeks reports talking about this vulnerability connected to Apple's Remote Desktop Agent in Mac OS X have been literally pouring in. Multiple security firms say the vulnerability allows shell scripts to be run as root - for which they are offering solutions, and costly ones at that. However, developers Youssef Francis and Pepijn Oomen have released a free patch to resolve the issue and shut everyone up.The vulnerability allows malicious programs to execute code as root when run locally, or via a remote connection, on computers running Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. Apple has strangely let this vulnerability "slip," while som... [read more >>] On May 29th, 2008 Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.3, the latest maintenance and security update to Leopard users - the version many of you are probably still using right now. As it turns out, you can now fire up Apple Software Update to get a new version of Leopard: Mac OS X 10.5.4."The 10.5.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac," says Apple. General enhancements include recent Apple security updates, RAW image support for several cameras, and improved L2TP VPN client reliability. The update also addresses an ... [read more >>] Just yesterday we talked about the few new features of Snow Leopard revealed by a bunch of developer screenshots. But Snow Leopard's ability to create desktop web applications isn't the only new addition / change, Roughly Drafted notes. A multi-touch framework as well as considerably smaller applications have also been confirmed within the latest version of Apple's OS.An AppleInsider piece reveals that Snow Leopard's new multi-touch framework is close to finish. "Apple is putting the finishing touches on a complete multi-touch framework that will ship as part of Snow Leopard," the web site notes, claiming Roughly Drafted... [read more >>] The first Snow Leopard and Safari 4 images have surfaced. A bit late, given that Apple's WWDC '08 is well over, with seeds and all. Still, the screenshots are exciting, though not as exciting as some of you may expect.Apfeltalk.de found at least one new feature within Snow Leopard's Safari 4. The new build is allegedly able to create desktop web applications! Much like iPhone owners are able to store and view web bookmarks, macnn notes, Safari 4 users will also be able to do this as it includes a pull-down menu called "Save as Web Application." According to the two publications, this will allow users to create desktop version... [read more >>] More than a week after Apple seeded the first 10.5.4 build to developers, the Cupertino-based Mac maker has issued a second build of the latest maintenance update for Leopard users. The build, 9E12, weighs in at around 150MB and asks devs to focus on 21 areas, most notably iLife compatibility, printing, networking, AirPort, Mail, iCal, and iChat, according to World of Apple.A noteworthy bug fix, among the 12 revealed in the seed notes, is the "hang on shutdown" fix, the aforementioned source points out. Mac OS X 10.5.4 build 9E12 seed notes:Known Issues- NoneFocus Areas- AirPort- AFP- Active Directory/Directory Services- CFNetwork- CoreFoun... [read more >>] | 
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