Apple Offers Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build 10H542 to Testers

Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build 10H542 is reportedly the latest seed from Cupertino, which asks Apple’s vast developer community to continue focusing its testing efforts on improving the software.

Unlike recent seeds, Apple has included a lengthy list of changes this time around, according to people familiar with the new build.

The Mac maker mentions improved reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers, resolved issues with tasks like printing and dragging items from one place to another, as well as enhanced graphics and performance for applications and games.

The full list of changes, as posted by MacRumors, can be found below.

- improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers

- resolve a delay between print jobs

- address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an Airport Extreme

- resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal

- address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide

- add SSL support for uploading files to iDisk

- resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary

- improve performance of MainStage on certain Mac systems

- resolve spacing issues with OpenType fonts

- improve reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays

- resolve a VoiceOver issue when browsing some web sites with Safari 5

- address stability and performance of graphics applications and games

Apple had released the latest 10.6.5 build at the beginning of the month. The seed notes informed that Snow Leopard was affected by an issue where having VMware or Parallels installed would prevent USB devices from being available.

Although the complete seed notes for today’s build are yet unavailable, MacRumors would have undoubtedly posted such an important detail as the “known issues” for this developer release.

Such details are somewhat indicative of how much longer will the company take to roll out the software.