“During the MacWorld SF, Apple has quietly seeded to developers a new build of the Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 update numbered 9C16. The seed-note lists an undless list of enhancements in almost any part of the system,” MacScoop reports.
“According to the seed-note, the update ‘focuses’ (if we may call this focusing) on, Active Directory/Directory Services, AirPort, AppKit, Application, Firewall, Audio, Automator, Back To My Mac, Chinese Input Methods, CoreData, CoreFoundation, Dashboard Widgets, Data Detectors, Directory Services, Dock, Finder, Foundation, Grammar Checking, Graphics Drivers, High Level Toolbox, iCal, iChat, iDisk, Keyboard Layouts, Mail, Networking, Parental Controls, Podcast Producer, Printing/CUPS, Quick Look, Rosetta, Safari, SMB, Spotlight, SQLite, Terminal, Time Machine, X11,” MacScoop reports.
“This clearly represents by far the most significant revision update Apple has ever made on any of its operating systems with nearly 40 Applications involved and 100 bugs fixed. The only bad news is that the update weights as much as, hold your breathe… over 400MB, a record size which could even grow further in the final build,” MacScoop reports.
A huge list of new enhancements in this seed, as listed on the seed-note, in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Alexandros R.” for the heads up.]
It is SO Snappy, that I have to turn down the speakers to silence the snaps.
Has anyone found that Preview puts what version of the OS you’re using when you export a PDF? Just saying… I know Chris Breen’s got 10.5.2
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When are we getting it? eh? eh?
Sweet Loretta, that’s a lot of bug fixes. I didn’t see Stacks on the list.
If I could rebuild permissions in the 1 or 2 minutes that Tiger did the job, I’d be real happy. Leopard takes about an hour to rebuild permissions – 1.25Ghz G4 PowerBook, 1Gb ram.
400 MB, so what? If that’s a big deal, get a bigger HDD. Simple.
So when is this gonna make to the DVD? I like things hassle free,so all those 100 bug fixes would make it painless upgrade from Tiger.
Sounds like a new release.
Alright! they’re bringing Classic back!!!
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Didn’t see any reference to backups to an Airport Disk either.
With likely side-effects of all those coding changes, it’s probably better to wait for 10.5.3.
Apple should name this release, “Litter.”
This clearly represents by far the most significant revision update Apple has ever made on any of its operating systems with nearly 40 Applications involved and 100 bugs fixed.
Perhaps Leopard 10.5.2 should have been Leopard 10.5.1. Oh, well, better late than never. I suppose that the next thing to do is wait for the reviews.
But will 10.5.2 give us the option of glossy or matte?
Sounds like a lot of fixes for OS X Pussy. Way to rush a cobbled together mess out on the 6 or 7 MAC users out there, Apple. I wonder why MAC dorks put up with the consant barrage of fixes for the patches that were supposed to patch the previous fixes. You’d think Cupertino would have a 30-year old OS figured out by now. Maybe it’s time to dump UNIX. It’s at the end of its road.
Meanwhile I’ll spend the day in my basement rocking games in Windows Vista that Microsoft had the good sense to take the time to complete, and only ship when ready. Think different, MAC sheep.
Your potential. Our passion.™
At least we don’t have to wait a year or more for a service pack to make Leopard useable.
So far Leopard works great(for me), Apple can continue to tweak and enhance making it even better all they they want.
I have certified its Snappiness. It will be uber, uber snappy.
Mr. Snappy
Mr. Snappy, is this you?
And did you ever get rid of Miss Clap?
Too bad 10.5.2 kills SL
Leopard already works amazingly well. This is just polish on an already awesome OS.
Hopefully, Web clipping for Safari will work now.
Sort of confirms what I have said before on this forum that they pushed Leopard out the door too early. They have never had to put out a release this big or this comprehensive.
I’m just glad that it’s coming.
Mac lover since 1984…
Still living in your Mom’s basement, are ya?
400 MB? Lord have mercy!
Dearest @Zune,
No, I live at “YOUR” Mom’s house. I’m sure we can discuss any of these computer topics over Thanksgiving dinner. And afterwards, I will show you a thing or two on all the fine games available only on the obviously superior Windows platform
Your potential. Our passion.™
f I could rebuild permissions in the 1 or 2 minutes that Tiger did the job, I’d be real happy. Leopard takes about an hour to rebuild permissions – 1.25Ghz G4 PowerBook, 1Gb ram. —moenrj
The 10.5.1 update partially fixed this problem on many machines. Repair Permissions only takes 5-6 minutes on my Core 2 Duo iMac. But it’s still a slug compared to Tiger.
The release pattern seen here is normal.
1. get initial release out (10.5), big
2. get quick fixes out fast (10.5.1), small
3. spend time on not-so-quick fixes (10.5.2), very big
4. release rest of updates, small to medium in size
As a developer, I see this pattern all the time with my own code. After the initial release, I get much-needed clarity and can really tighten things up, but I quite often release a quick-fix for any immediate issues.
Go Apple!