OS X 10.5.8 Kills Bugs Dead
by John Paczkowski
Posted on August 5, 2009 at 4:17 PM PT
Apple (AAPL) on Wednesday released OS X 10.5.8, the latest point release to Mac OS X Leopard, even as Amazon (AMZN) takes pre-orders for its next iteration, Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6).
10.5.8 is largely a maintenance update, though it does patch a number of security vulnerabilities (18 to be exact), some of them fairly old.
Among 10.5.8’s improvements:
• Upgrades Safari to version 4.0.2
• Improves the accuracy of full history search in Safari 4
• Resolves an issue in which certain resolutions might not appear in the Display pane in System Preferences.
• Dragging an Aperture image into Automator now invokes an Aperture action instead of incorrectly invoking an iPhoto action.
• Resolves an issue that could prevent importing of large photo and movie files from digital cameras.
• Improves overall Bluetooth reliability with external devices, USB webcams and printers.
• Addresses an issue that could cause extended startup times.
• Improves iCal reliability with MobileMe Sync and CalDav.
• Addresses data reliability issues with iDisk and MobileMe.
• Improves overall reliability with AFP.
• Improves overall reliability with Managed Client.
• Improves compatibility and reliability for joining AirPort networks.
• Improves Sync Service reliability.
• Includes additional RAW image support for several third-party cameras.
• Improves compatibility with some external USB hard drives.
• Includes latest security fixes.
Comments
I’m glad Apple finished their last OS upgrade before Snow Leopard. Update is running smoothly! Thanks to all the Apple employees who make the Mac experience the best available =)
Posted by Brian Burke at August 5th, 2009 at 4:39 pmJohn,
I love your commentary.
I really love your snarky comments.
But, this “story”. Seriously. Slow news day so you have to reprint a press release?
I upgraded to 10.5.8 and I still have Bluetooth problems. oh, well.
,dave
Posted by Dave Barnes at August 5th, 2009 at 8:00 pmUnfortunately, the “recent update broke the fax printer” hasn’t been resolved.
Posted by Larry Dant at August 6th, 2009 at 3:52 amhttp://discussions.apple.com/t.....p;tstart=0