Apple Revealed Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Apple has revealed the $29 upgrade to your Mac OS X Leopard to Snow Leopard which will be available in September. Apple has lots of new features to the next upgrade to the OS which Apple has grouped on the website to Better. Faster. Easier., Next-generation technologies., More accessible than ever., and Exchange support.
From the press release: Users will notice a more responsive Finder; Mail that loads messages 85 percent faster and conducts searches up to 90 percent faster; Time Machine with up to 50 percent faster initial backup; a Dock with Exposé integration; a 64-bit version of Safari 4 that boosts the performance of the Nitro JavaScript engine by up to 50 percent and is resistant to crashes caused by plug-ins. Snow Leopard also includes an all new QuickTime X, with a redesigned player that allows users to easily view, record, trim and share video to YouTube, MobileMe or iTunes. Snow Leopard is half the size of the previous version and frees up to 6GB of drive space once installed.
Press Release: Apple Unveils Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Apple’s OS X 10.5.7 Update
Apple has released the latest update for its Leopard operating system, Mac OS X 10.5.7, for 20 bug fixes and a few security fixes. The upgrade is a hefty 449MB download while the combine updated (for 10.5 to 10.5.7) is 728Mb.
Some of the features from the the upgrade are: additional RAW image support, better video playback and cursor movement on recent Nvidia-powered Macs, fixed an issue with Dvorak keyboard layout.
Source: Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update
Apple Releases Security Update For Mac OS X
Apple has released Security Update 2009-001 which fixed the Safari RSS vulnerability. Including in the security updates are fixes for Apple Pixlet Video, CarbonCore, ClamAV, CoreText, perl, python, Safari RSS, SMB, and X11.
The second update is for improving multiple vulnerabilities in Java Web Start and Java Plug-in.
Source: About the security content of Security Update 2009-001
Skype 2.8 Beta For Mac With Screen Sharing
Internet phone and video calling software, Skype, has released beta version 2.8 for Mac. Now you can share screens while using Skype. The other feature is you can use your Skype credit to pay for Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots on a minute-by-minute basis.
Other features are Improved chat management, Quick Add People to Chat, Mood message chat, Large profile pictures, Hidden avatars in incoming contact requests and Add notes to contacts.
Source: Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac
Mac OS X 10.5.6 Now Available
Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.6 and security update for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Mac OS X 10.5 contains over 40 fixes and tweaks.
Some notable improvements are improve syncing with MobileMe, Address Book reliability, AirPort, Client Management, iChat, Graphics enhancement, Mail, Printing, Time Machine, Safari and several other improvements.
Full update information after the jump.
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.4
Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.4 fixing several issues with Spaces, Expose, iCal, Safari and AirPort.
AirPort reliability on 5GHz networks has been improved, in addition to a fix for slower performance problems in Logic Studio and MainStage. iCal reliability when it comes to the software’s handling of meeting requests, cancellation notices, and syncing with the iPhone has been improved. Performance issue with Safari is now fixed.
Apple’s Snow Leopard At WDDC 2008
Apple may announce Mac OS X 10.6 code name “Snow Leopard” at next week’s WWDC which will be release in January 2009. Mac OS X 10.6 will not have major new features but it will have cleansed out all PPC codes and it will use 64-bit Intel only. The rumour is it will also integrate multi-touch feature to combat what is coming out of Microsoft Windows 7.
Apple OSX Upgraded To 10.5.3
Apple has updated Mac OS X to 10.5.3 fixing 70 issues with the OS. Summary of fixes are Time Machine backup, Aperture 2, Spaces, .Mac syncing, Mail stability issue, iChat screen-sharing sessions, Spotlight group chat indexing, and many more. Read the full list from Apple after the jump.
Mac OS X 10.5.3 Coming Soon
Apple has started testing update to Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.3 which introduces updates such as Address Book, AppleScript, Back to My Mac, Dashboard, the Dock, DVD Player, Finder, iCal, Mail, Portable Home Directories, Rosetta, Spaces, Spotlight, Time Machine and VoiceOver.
This update is rumoured to be released in April or May.
Source: Apple begins testing Mac OS X 10.5.3
Apple Unleased Mac OS X 10.5.2
Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.2, an update that addresses several common issues regarding some new Leopard features, while also adding new features and fixing numerous bugs. One major change is an update to Stacks, the List view is back due to many complaints from Apple fans.
Another widely hated feature of Leopard is the transparent top menu. Now you can turn this off from the Screen Saver/Desktop preferences.
The full list after the jump.
