Filed under: OS, Software Update, Snow Leopard
Mac OS X 10.6.1 build 10B504 seeded to developers
The InterWebs were buzzing last evening with word that Build 10B504 of Mac OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard had been seeded to developers. This build appeared about a week after the initial 10.6.1 seed, which was allegedly seeded to developers only three or four days after 10.6 hit the streets.What's interesting about this build is that it addresses only two documented issues -- the occasional crashing of Desktop Services in Finder, and excessive "dyld shared cache" messages in the Console.
Many issues that Mac users have experienced since installing Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard can be attributed to third-party software incompatibilities, but there is common agreement that there are other bugs that need to be addressed in the OS.
So, when will the new Snow Leopard cub actually hit our Macs? Mac OS X 10.5.1 was released 21 days after Leopard's first leap, and Mac OS X 10.4.1 squeaked out the doors at Cupertino a mere 17 days after Tiger first growled. It wouldn't be surprising, then, to see the first "dot-release" of Snow Leopard showing up in Software Update in the next week.
Whenever it happens, we'll be sure to let you know.
[via MacRumors]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jordan said 11:40AM on 9-09-2009
...already? C'mon Apple give us some time to get 10.6 working right
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Cowicide said 12:28PM on 9-09-2009
This will hopefully make 10.6 work better... that's the point. Then again, I'm still using 10.5.8 until all you beta testers throughly work over 10.6 - ;) heh
j0ram said 11:51AM on 9-09-2009
how'bout fixing the sh!++y front row playback of DVDs and iTunes purchased movies on my Mac Mini
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Stunbunny said 12:21PM on 9-09-2009
Thanks for finding that out for me before I upgraded. I'm waiting on the 10.6.X patch that makes FrontRow work on my Mini as well as it does in 10.5. In the meantime, I'm sticking with Leopard the First. At least I only paid $30 for the new OS.
Michael said 11:51AM on 9-09-2009
I've seen the mail problem that they addressed.
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kaslings said 11:59AM on 9-09-2009
I've been an Apple user since 1980. I own apple stock. I just had to get that out of the way, so everyone doesn't think I'm some hater....
but if any other company did some big hoopla about how their new product is better and refined, then released a bug patch 2 weeks later, there would be a lot of mocking and complaining.
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tim said 12:21PM on 9-09-2009
I don't own any Macs or Apple stock, and I think you're being a bit unfair - all new software has bugs, and if they're able to turn around the patches this quickly then that's good news as far as I'm concerned. It's quite obvious (from the general response to Snow Leopard) that's there nothing *that* seriously wrong with it, just the usual niggles that they're dealing with in a timely fashion, that seems fair enough to me.
As a long term Microsoft user I can tell you that when they do some big hoopla about how their new OS is better and refined, major problems are found within days of release, and patches for those problems take several weeks if not months. Is that better?
Izzy said 12:44PM on 9-09-2009
EVERY windoze release has had patches within days of release. There is just no way to account for all the variables in beta (for any OS). Heck Linux has patches out the same day sometimes, but that is in perpetual beta.
RP said 12:14PM on 9-09-2009
All I care about is getting an option to turn off that damn F8 = open iTunes 'feature'
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Bill Jobs said 12:14PM on 9-09-2009
You guys missed the big one: they also updated Flash to the latest version in this update. Because 10.6.0 still have a version of Flash with security issues.
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Hobbes said 12:21PM on 9-09-2009
That one was addressed already in the previous seed 10B503.
Jordi said 12:43PM on 9-09-2009
I hope they disable the "press the play key to launch iTunes" feature. It is really annoying... iTunes is not the only software using these keys.
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Khalil said 1:14PM on 9-09-2009
If you go to System preferences and look under keyboard...there is a check box that allows you to use all the F-keys as standard function keys. If you check that box and you want to access the "special" features of the F-keys you would then have to use fn-F-key, otherwise they are treated like normal keys...none of the dashboard, iTunes, volume, etc stuff that is normally set to on.
What I wish the would change in 10.6.x is the change in how displays sleep now. After upgrading to 10.6 whenever my display sleeps it requires a password to access. Under 10.5.x the only time a password was required was when the computer actually went to sleep (not the display just blacking out due to power management settings). There is an option to give it a brief amount of time that doesn't require a password: 5 seconds, 1 minutes, 5 minutes, and so on. That problem is that it is only giving you an option to set how long you want the machine unprotected.
So far that is my only complaint...I live in Beirut and just got my copy installed today.
Jordi said 1:42PM on 9-09-2009
I knew about that setting. I don't want to disable its function as play/stop key. I just don't want it to be related to iTunes only. Spotify, VLC and other players also use the play button. Anyways, by changing that setting, when pressing fn and F8 will still launch iTunes and it's the same thing.
Khalil said 2:14PM on 9-09-2009
I see. I use the Apple Remote (or space-bar to pause/resume) for VLC and don't use the other program.
bioadam said 3:11PM on 9-09-2009
I hope the update fixes MobileMe galleries in iWeb. Friends and family now go pages with framed error messages.
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