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Mac OS X 10.5.1 released to Software Update

by Michael Rose Nov 15th 2007 at 1:45PM

The truth is out there, so they say, and so is Mac OS X 10.5.1. There's a 39 MB download in Software Update now (your size may vary, depending on installed components) or a 110 MB version downloadable direct from Apple.

Changes listed at Apple or after the break. Please, please check your backups before updating. Let's be careful out there.

Thanks Aaron, Jonathan and everyone else who is sending this in.

What's included?

The following improvements for both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs are included in this update

AirPort

  • Allows password-protected accounts on AirPort Disks to show up on in the Finder's Shared Sidebar.
  • Resolves an issue with saved passwords for wireless networks.

Back to My Mac

  • Improves the reliability of Back to My Mac-enabled Macs appearing in the Finder's Shared Sidebar.
  • Improves compatibility with D-Link NAT gateways.

Disk utilities

  • Restores the functionality of the progress bar during permission repairs in Disk Utility.
  • Addresses an issue that could produce an alert when creating disk images using Disk Utility or Terminal.
  • Improves disk partitioning when multiple RAID sets are created on the same disk.

iCal

  • iCal alarms are now more reliably delivered via email.
  • Resolves an issue when inviting attendees via a CalDAV account.

Mail

  • Improves stability when resizing columns in the message viewer or switching between Stationery templates in email messages.
  • Addresses an issue in which attachments enclosed inside an HTML link may not be clickable in email messages.
  • Fixes an issue with email accounts added using the "Simple Setup" feature in which messages cannot be sent due to an SMTP connection failure.
  • Improves Smart Mailboxes compatibility with .Mac Sync, and addresses an issue with To Do's disappearing when using Smart Mailboxes.
  • Resolves an issue with syncing Mail accounts with .Mac in which multiple On My Mac folders appear in the Mailbox pane.

Networking

  • Addresses an issue in which Microsoft Windows shared folders may be read-only when connected via SMB.

Printing

  • Resolves an issue in which user-selected values on Paper Feed PDE are reset to default while saving a custom preset.

Security, Firewall

  • Addresses a code signing issue; third-party applications can now run when included in the Application Firewall or when whitelisted in Parental Controls.
  • In Security preferences' Firewall tab, the "Block All" option is now called "Allow Only essential services"
  • Includes recent Apple security updates.

System and Finder

  • Addresses a potential data loss issue when moving files across partitions in the Finder.
  • Resolves an issue with login after turning off FileVault for a specific user account.
  • Improves compatibility with Adobe Flash-based uploaders used by .Mac Web Gallery and certain other websites and applications.
  • Resolves a potential text drawing issue with certain Adobe Flash-based websites and applications.

Time Machine

  • Addresses formatting issues with certain drives used with Time Machine (specifically, single-partition MBR drives greater than 512 GB in size as well as NTFS drives of any size and partition scheme).
  • Resolves an issue in which files restored in Time Machine may be restored to the backup hierarchy rather than the folders to which they belong.
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frybreadking

After installing 10.5.1 two weeks ago, shut-down stalls for hours, forcing a hard shut-down by holding off key. Black opaque screen displays message of conflict and need to force quit by holding down off key. Genius Bar recommended me to reinstall 10.5 choosing archive and install option, and now shut down works fine. But 10.5.1 was removed. I'm debating whether to reinstall 10.5.1 ?.?.?

November 24 2007 at 10:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Leopard User - Somewhat Disgruntled today

Installed 10.5.1 this morning on my MBPro. I think the update failed somewhat as I saw a warning triangle on the screen for a brief second before it rebooted (I walked away to get more coffee during the update).

First reboot, everything is fine. Logged into my user account, checked last minute emails before heading to work.

Went to work, booted and some apps started complaining (Firefox, Safari, Entourage, etc.). Poked around a bit and my Application Data folder was gone. Thinking FileVault may have had a small glitch, I logged out and had trouble logging back in.

Logged into my extra admin account (used to backup said FileVault image of my primary account) and saw that the FileVault image was gone for my other user account. Not cool!

So, I agree with a full backup before upgrading to 10.5.1.

November 20 2007 at 7:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bill Eger

ColorBurst RIP supplied with Epson 9800 Pro printers isn't visible to Mac with Leopard! That's a big deal if you want to print PostScript and
Epson is pretending there is no problem...which is their usual mode. Adobe CS3 Acrobat won't be available until December! Crazy. All PDF files created within CS3 apps won't print despite bad advice from Adobe tech support that the PDFs created within Photoshop--say--were okay. They are not. Have no ability to print adequately as of today, Nov. 18. Big loss of revenue but update is making it possible to print .tif files using CS3 Illustrator. Would love to hear of any other workarounds.

November 19 2007 at 11:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bonniepirate

Google Notifier stopped working after I installed the update - grr!

November 18 2007 at 7:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

Can't close a window in Safari now. Clicking on the red circle or Cmd-W will not work anymore. Every other app is fine though.

November 16 2007 at 3:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Adrian Rollett

In my experience, the new mail sound does not play when Mail is using IDLE to get new mail. You can get the sound back by disabling IDLE (account settings -> advanced) and restarting mail. Of course, then you won't have new mail appear instantly...

/me goes and looks for a way to submit a bug report to Apple

November 16 2007 at 1:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nick

No Tiger was just as buggy if not more so. It was so buggy in fact that when they finally got it working on 10.4.3 they repackaged the box to indicate that! "Now shipping with 10.4.3"

It'll be awhile until everything is actually working the way they/we expect it to.

November 16 2007 at 12:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mark

The update took 317 MB of disk space according to the installer. Wow! That's like one or two complete MacOS classic installs for just a .1 update!!

November 16 2007 at 12:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gg

No problems with windows networking here.

Messed up parallels though, hard crash when I started the XP VM for the first time, couple of reboots later and all is well though.

November 16 2007 at 8:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
howardsatinsky

Sorry to rain on everyone's parade but not a hitch:-)
macbook 2.16, 2ghz, 120gb

November 16 2007 at 8:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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