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Mac OS X 10.5.5 released through Software Update

It hasn't hit Apple's software downloads page yet, but reader reports are coming in that Mac OS X 10.5.5 is loose in the wild. Check Software Update to see if the big cat is available in your neighborhood ... or, possibly a better idea, wait 24 hours for the early adopters to see what breaks. You can see the full release notes here or in the continuation of this post.


"The 10.5.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac." There's the Apple specificity we love so well. Actually, the full release notes (below) are quite detailed, so I retract my snark.

Thanks to John and everyone who sent this in.

What's included?

General

  • Includes recent Apple security updates.
  • Addresses stability issues with video playback, processor core idling, and remote disc sharing for MacBook Air.
  • Addresses an issue in which some Macs could unexpectedly power on at the same time each day.
  • Resolves a stability issue in TextEdit that could be found when accessing the color palette.
  • Improves Spotlight indexing performance.
  • Fixes an issue in which contacts might not sync properly with PalmOS-based devices.
  • Improves iPhone sync reliability with iCal and Address Book.
  • Includes improvements to Active Directory (see this article for more information).
  • Improves Speech Dictionary.
  • Fixes Kerberos authentication issues for Mac OS X 10.5 clients that connect to certain Samba servers, such as Mac OS X Server version 10.4.
  • Includes extensive graphics enhancements.

Address Book

  • Addresses stability issues that may occur when creating a Smart Group.
  • Resolves a printing issue with address cards containing information that spans more than one page.

Disk Utility and Directory Utility

  • Improves reliability when rebuilding a software mirror RAID volume in Disk Utility.
  • Improves reliability of server status displayed in Directory Utility.

iCal

  • Updates iCal to more accurately handle repeating events.
  • Improves performance when choosing meeting attendees.
  • Resolves an issue in which the "Refresh All" option may be dimmed ("grayed out") in the contextual menu for certain calendars.
  • Fixes issues with read-only calendars.
  • Addresses an issue that prevents an invitee from moving an event to a different calendar.
  • Resolves an issue with syncing published calendars.

Mail

  • Addresses performance issues related to displaying IMAP messages.
  • Resolves an issue with SMTP settings for AIM, Compuserve, Hanmail, Yahoo!, and Time Warner Road Runner email accounts.
  • Addresses stability issues that may occur when dragging a file to the Mail icon in the Dock.
  • Addresses an issue with the "Organized by Thread" view in which the date does not appear when the thread is collapsed.
  • Resolves an issue in which RSS feeds could temporarily disappear from the sidebar.
  • Improves Mail robustness when sending messages.
  • Improves reliability when saving drafts that have attachments.

MobileMe

  • Improves overall sync reliability.
  • Improves Back to My Mac reliability.

Time Machine

  • Improves Time Machine reliability with Time Capsule.
  • Addresses performance issues that may affect initial and in-progress backups.
  • Fixes an issue in which an incorrect alert message could appear stating that a backup volume does not have enough free space.
  • Time Machine can now back up iPhone backups that are on your Mac, as well as other items in (~/Library/Application Support).


It hasn't hit Apple's software downloads page yet, but reader reports are coming in that Mac OS X 10.5.5 is loose in the wild. Check...
 

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Dani Reader

everything seems ok, , and ive had 10.5.5 since it appeared... Woohoo!

Running a Mac Pro (08)

September 18 2008 at 3:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Oteige

All looks OK. Macbook Pro 17".

September 17 2008 at 4:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
holo

If anyone is experiencing Mail.app crashing upon startup, one solution is to un-install Safari 4 DP (if you have it).

Apparently mail doesn't like the updated webkit

September 16 2008 at 8:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
eric

and still no photoshop fix. wasn't this supposed to be fixed in an apple update?

September 16 2008 at 8:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
yohyun

i can't start up omnifocus anymore after upgrading. anyone else have the same problem or is it specific to my setup?

September 16 2008 at 4:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sinX

Time Machine still works on a non-Time Capsule network HD. It's an external usb drive mounted on linux sharing via AFPd

September 16 2008 at 3:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jon

My iCal seems to have broken after this update. Wouldn't show any of my calendars or quit properly. I had to force quit it. I tried both restoring my calendars from local backups and from MobileMe, but neither worked. I ended up using Time Machine to restore the version from before the update, and it's working fine now. Anyone else have a similar problem?

September 16 2008 at 3:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jollyllama

Damn it. This broke my ability to backup to a non-time capsule time machine drive that's hooked up on my network. Diskimages-helper is taking up lots of bandwidth and the image is mounted on my desktop, but after about 5 minutes the backup fails. Anyone else?

September 16 2008 at 1:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matt

Finally!!! My iMac will stop turning itself on from sleep mode at 2 AM!!

September 15 2008 at 11:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tim

Everything seems fine on my MacBook. First login took forever but imagine that was update completing.

September 15 2008 at 10:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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