Filed under: Snow Leopard
Apple seeds new Snow Leopard 10.6.2 beta to developers
The betas of the next Snow Leopard update continue at a fast and furious pace. Apple has reportedly begun seeding a new build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 to developers, just one week after the previous beta.The new potential release focuses on graphics issues, specifically relating to drivers, QuartzCore, and ColorSync, as well as hitting issues with the Dock. Apple has identified no outstanding issues with the build, though the company is asking developers to pay special attention to graphics drivers, TrackPad preferences, and virtual machines.
The company says 148 components have been addressed in 10.6.2 betas so far, including issues in Dictionary, Expose, File Sync, Front Row, iPhoto, MobileMe, Parental Controls, QuickTime, Screen Sharing, Spotlight, Time Machine, and USB.
[via MacNN, Apple Insider]
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twoeightnine said 8:15PM on 10-29-2009
I hope they fix Mail downloading old messages again... and again... and again... and again... and probably one more time tonight.
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THJ said 8:57PM on 10-29-2009
I'd glad it's not just me. I've been running the remove dupes script every time I leave my desk to try to stay on top of it, but that gets old fast.
twoeightnine said 9:03PM on 10-29-2009
I keep on top of my emails so I check the ones at top when it happens for anything new. Then I click on the unread dot header or whatever it's called and delete everything unread.
Brian Allen said 10:24AM on 10-30-2009
I had this problem and I had the server side rebuild the mail database for the client and mail system.
My problem stopped directly.
Eroded Fallacy said 8:46PM on 10-29-2009
Time Machine i hope they fix the issues with that, i have had some serious issues with Time Machine not backing up my files, and also issues restoring a previous save that i thought was saved by time machine. I have stopped using it i rely on third party software for backing up my data
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Brian said 8:47PM on 10-29-2009
I must be one of the few having some annoying problems with 10.6. Today, for the first time ever, I thought, "Wow, I think XP is more stable than my Mac."
Pinwheels ALL the time, especially with iPhoto. SD Cards and USB drives locking up the system. It's a freakin' nightmare. I KNEW I should've waited. I've never been an early adopter. My bad.
MacBook Pro 13"
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twoeightnine said 9:01PM on 10-29-2009
I get beachballs on everything. Especially when it comes to uploading files to a website, ie. Facebook, Spreadshirt. I have to do a test run every time. Load the file and then get ready to force close Firefox immediately before doing it again.
Markus said 4:34AM on 10-30-2009
Same here - but the beach balls don't even bother me that much any more, it's the kernel panics that freak me out. Windows is more stable!
Bernard Ramsey said 8:58PM on 10-29-2009
Hi Steve, this is your AppleTV. I want my remote back.
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peter.story said 9:00PM on 10-29-2009
Hopefully this will address the regressions which are allowing Win 7 to beat 10.6 in graphics tests...
-Peter Story
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Bernard Ramsey said 9:02PM on 10-29-2009
And boy, I almost posted my response to 10.6.2 on Steve's post about the AppleTV, Ken. Yikes. My comment about the remote still stands, and concerning your post, 10.6.2 can't come soon enough. I'm looking forward to finally being able to reinstall Snow Leopard as I upgraded back to 10.5.8. No Snow Leopard, no cry :)
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David said 9:15PM on 10-29-2009
I find it a bit odd that people are having so many issues with Snow Leopard. I've been using it since the day it came out, and the OS itself has been flawless. The only thing I've seen any problems with is iChat, amusingly enough.
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balls said 10:37PM on 10-29-2009
Why do you find it odd? Operating Systems are highly complex beasts and Apple is pushing turning them out on a fairly fast cycle.
That said, I'm not very happy with 10.6. Running any flash video or any application that barely taxes the Macbook Pro's cpu will turn on the fans full blast.
TheGeoff said 9:22PM on 10-29-2009
Please, please, please, let this fix the track pad on my non-Unibody Macbook Pro. Ever since I installed SL the track misses taps constantly.
Fingers crossed.
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tewha said 9:22PM on 10-29-2009
So far, my major problem with 10.6 is just the memory usage. I'm hoping 10.6.2 fixes it, but in the meantime a restart every few days works around it adequately.
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Anup said 10:33PM on 10-29-2009
My only problem (also of a lot of other Mac enthusiasts in my Windows dominated work place) has been with Exchange 2007 configuration in Mail app. It simply refuses to download into folders with >140 messages! Has been "synchronizing" those folders for at least a month now! It doesn't even show the already downloaded messages for that folder!
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Scott said 11:06PM on 10-29-2009
Hopefully the graphics stuff makes CS4 somehow start working better. There's a LOT of graphics professionals unhappy with 10.6.
I loved 10.6, but downgraded to 10.5.8 two days later. I'd have kept it installed if I didn't actually need to use my computer for anything.
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RestaurantShareApp said 12:59AM on 10-30-2009
I've had so many issues with Installer. Unbelievably weird to not being able to install any new software because Installer froze on me. Almost always. And now the weird things with Updater. It just doesn't want to install new performance package and iMovie update. However, what I like about Macs is that issues go away with time and then I love Macs again :)
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artaxerxes said 9:19AM on 10-30-2009
If you have any external disks - re-attach them before running installer. I was bedevilled by this problem ion Leopard.
The installer hangs trying to enumerate disks that no longer exist, as targets for the installation. Some issue with Software Update.
Fixed for me in SL, but your symptoms sound samey.
BB Caspian said 3:06AM on 10-30-2009
Some wired issues with SL:
1. My Macnook AIR 1st Gen keeps heating up faster and that slows down the preformance to a crawl. Barely get things done when heated.
2. SL slower booting up after 10.6.1 using my unibody Macbook early 2009 and AIR.
3. Sometimes the taskbar at the top takes forever t load.
Why can't it bootup Faster? Hope comes 10.6.2 it be faster but I forsee it's getting slower and slower to bootup...what gives?
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