Nov 10, 2010 22:23 GMT  ·  By

Minutes ago, Apple finally released the much anticipated Mac OS X 10.6.5 update for its Snow Leopard operating system, delivering the usual bag of general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of Macintosh computers.

The Mac maker’s Downloads section is yet to be updated with the manually-downloadable Mac OS X 10.6.5 update, but our software updaters are showing availability of the update, hence the screenshot at the top left corner of this report.

According to the Cupertino, California-based electronics and software vendor, “The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.”

These include:

- improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers - address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture - address stability and performance of graphics applications and games - 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 - 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

As usual, Apple directs customers to the Support area of its web site where it offers detailed information about the software update, including information on the security content of this release

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4250. For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

Unfortunately, at the time of this writing, the technotes detailing the security content of the update was yet to be uploaded to Apple’s Support web site.

Update: the download links are here!

Download Mac OS X Client Update (Free)

Download Mac OS X Server Update (Free)