14 DAY TRIAL // Apple has reportedly seeded the latest Mac OS X 10.6.3 test build to developers, asking them to focus their efforts on over 90 system components. Mac OS X 10.6.3 will be the third incremental update to Snow Leopard, superseeding Mac OS X 10.6.2 (released in November), which addressed a bug that could delete a user's data when logging in and out of a guest account.
Four known issues are reportedly listed in the seed notes, according to AppleInsider. Sources leaking information to the people at World of Apple are set to provide the seed notes soon, the site says. In the meanwhile, people familiar with the matter talking to the former say, “The first external build of the software -- labeled Mac OS X 10.6.3 build 10D522 and weighing in at 665.7MB in barebones delta form -- includes a total of 221 code corrections to 92 distinct system components.”
According to the same people, the components requiring extra attention include the AppKit, CoreMedia, Desktop Services, FileSync, Fonts, HIToolbox, iCal, Mail, MobileMe, and QuickTime Player X. Improvements to Snow Leopard's automatic spell correction, and fixes for crashes while printing and using AppKit, the Dock, iCal, Mail, Photo Booth, Rosetta, Spotlight, Screen Sharing, and Software Updater are just other individual and welcomed enhancements, according to these people.
As for the four known issues noted in this beta build of Mac OS X 10.6.3, they include “hangs in iTunes, and potential anomalies while updating applications, viewing Display preferences, and navigating the ColorSync Utility Filters tab,” according to AppleInsider’s sources.
Although Apple is heavily focused on delivering fixes and tweaks, Mac OS X fans reading Softpedia have quite a few requests, including simple functionality changes that would make the regular use of the OS much easier for them. There is little chance Apple will try to address all of these requests in future incremental updates to Snow Leopard, but we’re keeping our fingers crossed for our readers.