Filed under: OS, Software Update, Apple
10.5.2 in Software Update right now
Apple has dropped a 10.5.2 update out on Software Update. The patch has a number of different bugfixes all across the OS, from Dashboard and Airport improvements all the way to a menubar option in Time Machine and the disabling of GrowlMail 1.1.2 or earlier "to My Software Update is apparently taking its sweet time downloading the patch, but other TUAWers have already grabbed it and gotten rolling. Welcome to 10.5.2!
UPDATE: Chris Forsythe from Growl notified us that it wasn't a security issue with Growl.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 7)
artifex said 4:35PM on 2-11-2008
Interesting, I don't recall them deliberately disabling third party apps before?
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Elias Krause said 4:37PM on 2-11-2008
"Updates Stacks with a List view option, a Folder view option, and an updated background for Grid view"
The best day of my life!
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benjamin said 4:53PM on 2-11-2008
I think it's pretty cool, too, but I hope you can find something else to look forward to.
steve said 8:38PM on 2-11-2008
"updated background for Grid view"
Anyone actually see this? Mine looks as it did in 10.5.1.
ravidew said 11:45PM on 2-11-2008
As far as I can tell, they tweaked this background gradient:
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean YES
..or perhaps the emperor just has new threads.
Bob said 4:40PM on 2-11-2008
C'mon Apple TV....!!!!!!!!!!
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Derek said 4:42PM on 2-11-2008
I'm surprised you didn't mention the new ability to make the menu bar not transparent anymore. That was a big complaint for a lot of people.
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apeguero said 5:10PM on 2-11-2008
How about an update to allow users to select the menu bar to auto-hide altogether. That would be nice.
Galley said 4:44PM on 2-11-2008
Change list:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307109
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Huy said 4:44PM on 2-11-2008
2 restarts here on my Intel iMac (C2D).
Nice work. :)
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Jerry-the-Miah said 4:45PM on 2-11-2008
This update better fix AirPort.
Who am I kidding?
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paul said 3:30AM on 2-12-2008
If you mean Airport disk usage, then yes. It used to be if you connected a hard drive, disconnected it, and had to plug it back in for some reason, it would often have trouble mounting, or if it did mount, wouldn't be able to eject. They've fixed that now.
However, if you mean using Time Machine to backup to a hard drive, then no.
Brendan West said 9:19AM on 2-12-2008
Well, I installed 10.5.2, and while Time Machine recognized an AirDisk (and perplexingly gave it alternating icons of the orange connected-via-USB, teal Leopard-connected-disk, bright-blue-Airport-logo-disk (new to me) and teal Time Machine disk), when I tried to use it as a TM disk, it gave me the error "disk image could not be written."
Maybe now's the time to upgrade to the 7.2 Airport firmware. I'd been putting it off because it never worked before. Perhaps now it will.
Anyone?
Jerry-the-Miah said 12:33PM on 2-12-2008
Here's the thing: AirPort Disk Utility doesn't pick up the AirDisk anymore. It's a new version AirPort that came with Leopard.
I can connect to AirDisk either by IP or by connecting as a Shared Folder, but that's still not the same mount as what AirPort Disk Utility did before.
Also, you can't back up TimeMachine through AirPort as originally advertised.
So Apple has taken something away, and hasn't fulfilled what was advertised earlier on. What's the deal? They won't answer on the forums. They're completely ignoring the situation.
emil h said 4:50PM on 2-11-2008
Any word on whether or not you can use airport disks for time machine backup?
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wdympcf said 4:55PM on 2-11-2008
I too am very interested to find out if they've "fixed" this - since it was in the pre-release Leopard builds according to a number of sources.
Marcos said 5:57PM on 2-11-2008
Yep, to many people that bought the Airport Express before Leopard came out because it was supposed to work for Time Machine (as listed in Apple.com) this is a biggie. A coworker of mine is really hoping for this.
Emil H said 6:53PM on 2-11-2008
It doesn't look good... another airport disk I have isn't showing up. I wonder if it would work if i hooked up the established Time Machine backup I have to the AEBS. Has anyone tried this?
Debbie Ripps said 4:54PM on 2-11-2008
on a monday? I thought tuesday was Apples new stuff day.
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Chris said 6:48PM on 2-11-2008
They don't have a specific day for software fixes. They just release when they think it's ready.