Rumor: Mac OS X 10.5.4 to be released 2nd week in June?
There's action on the Leopard update front. We've been told by reliable sources that the next point release of Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5.4) will be released on June 12th. This update will include the usual bug fixes as well as support for the to-be-announced Mobile Me service.In addition, we have reason to believe that this update will also include support for a new piece of Apple hardware. What is this mysterious computer? We have no idea, but we're hoping all will be revealed during WWDC.
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Timm said 7:08AM on 6-05-2008
Seeing this post reminded me of a dream I had.
I looked in Software Update, and saw a '10.5.4 Leaked' (Leaked being in red...), above a '10.5.3'. Now, I already have .3, and knew that the 'Leaked' part was completely unApple, but there it is. So coïncidential.
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Ben said 7:39AM on 6-05-2008
You dream about software updates?! That's so geeky it's awesome!
Sageco said 7:46AM on 6-05-2008
Some dream of fortune, others of women..but you dream of Apple.......may god have mercy o your soul.
Beau said 7:19AM on 6-05-2008
Early enough?!
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Will said 9:04AM on 6-05-2008
Couldn't this support be for the new iPhone?
I'd assume that if it has GPS and other new features there'd need to be some kind of software updates on the computer side to allow integration with that kind of thing.
Otherwise, possible WiFi syncing would also need software modifications.
Otherwise, a MacBook Pro Touch (or whatever they want to call it) would be nice.
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Brian said 7:50AM on 6-05-2008
A fix for the cr**y VPN would be nice. Otherwise everything else is fine and dandy...
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Brandon Martinez said 3:45PM on 6-05-2008
crazy?
Eckofish said 7:52AM on 6-05-2008
Even thought every weblog has been pushing out these apple rumours recently I think this could be one that nobody expected so early.
The folks at Apple must be working around the clock.
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Ryan Trevisol said 7:59AM on 6-05-2008
To me, the fixes described in the "Snow Leopard" rumor sound like this, a 3rd-level update (i.e. 10.5.4) not a 2nd level upgrade (10.6). I think 10.5.6 "Snow Leopard" is more likely.
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Brandon Martinez said 12:00PM on 6-05-2008
I totally agree!
matt McCarty said 7:59AM on 6-05-2008
Maybe they will fix the kernel panics when I try and partition using Boot camp,
or maybe the issue where Mail refuses to close when I try to shut down or restart the ol' Macbbok,
a boy can dream right?
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ZodiacfreaK said 9:14AM on 6-05-2008
Wow I didn't think anyone else had those issues but me! The boot camp problem is because the mac's harddrive gets fragmented and needs to be defragmented with iDefrag which is $30. :(
Timm said 7:31PM on 6-05-2008
I have the nonclosing problem with iTunes. . .but it seems to've stopped without any update...
Zeromaru said 8:01AM on 6-05-2008
Actually 10.5.3 introduced new Airport issues (I never had a problem with 10.5.2). Whenever my connection goes idle, it stops working, and I have to disable and reenable Airport to get it working again. The "fix" I've come up with is to never let it be idle (seeding Ubuntu Hardy torrents to achieve this). I'm hoping 10.5.4 will fix this.
But maybe this new Apple hardware is the Macbook nano I've been pining for. Something smallish with conservative specs, along the lines of the EeePC (which I already have and love, but despite the greatness of Ubuntu, I'd much rather be running OS X). A 9" laptop with ~1GHz Atom, 1 GB of RAM, and running an expanded iPhone OS (with Terminal and Xcode) would be hella sweet.
Though the more likely scenario is support for a second-generation iPhone.
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Jay Riether said 8:18AM on 6-05-2008
I agree the logical expectation for 10.5.4 -- and certainly so soon after 10.5.3 -- is the grafting on of the iPhone/iPod touch iTunes Apps Store and related updates (e.g. iPhone 2.0 would be the "new" hardware).
Cycomachead said 9:53AM on 6-05-2008
Yeah - I think I'm having AirPort problems. My computer is getting pickier about connecting. My sister's n MB is fine, but then she hasn't updated yet. And n vs g locking on has been exactly the same....hmm.
Oh and has anyone else considered the Mobile Me could be an addition service to .Mac in addition to a .Mac revamp. It could be totally geared towards iPhone and touch users?
Jan said 8:08AM on 6-05-2008
A working firewall interface would be a welcome addition! The current UI to the firewall is completely useless!
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Shawin said 8:17AM on 6-05-2008
With my slow internet connection, I still haven't updated to 10.5.3 yet. I guess I'll just wait for a week and get the 10.5.4 combo.
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KSB said 8:31AM on 6-05-2008
hope this will fix the Photoshop CS3 corrupt file issue which appeared in 10.5.3. !!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7319066#7319066
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eric said 8:30AM on 6-05-2008
wish they would fix the problems with photoshop cs3. wasn't that supposed to be part of 10.5.3?
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