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Snow Leopard Launch Sales Double That of Leopard Launch

September 17, 2009 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

Market research firm NPD is reporting that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard sold twice as many copies in its first two weeks of sale, than Leopard did in its first two weeks of sale back in October of 2007. In addition, Snow Leopard sold four times faster than Mac OS X Tiger in 2005.

“Even though some considered Snow Leopard to be less feature-focused than the releases of Leopard or Tiger, the ease of upgrading to Snow Leopard and the affordable pricing made it a win-win for Apple computer owners – thus helping to push sales to record numbers” said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD.

The report also notes that Snow Leopard didn’t lose as much momentum as Leopard and Tiger in their second week of sales. Snow Leopard only dropped 25% in its second week of sales, compared to Tiger and Leopard’s 60% drop in second-week sales. Lastly, Snow Leopard sold an amazing two million copies in its first weekend of sale.
I have no numbers to back this up, but I’m guessing a lot of this has to do with $29 bargain price. Also, as sales numbers suggest, a lot of people have bought Macs since the release of both Tiger and Leopard, creating a large market for potential upgrades.
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.8, Tiger Security Update 2009-003

August 5, 2009 By Alex Jordan 1 Comment

Apple has released Mac OS X 105.8 for both standard and server aditions of Leopard.

Here are the release notes:

The 10.5.8 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, as well as specific fixes for:

- compatibility and reliability issues when joining AirPort networks.
- an issue that could cause some monitor resolutions to no longer appear in Displays System Preferences.
- issues that may affect Bluetooth reliability.

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3606. For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

If you would rather download the update manually instead of from Software Update you can use one of the following links (Thanks to MacRumors for posting the links!):

Mac OS X 10.5.8 Update (274 MB) – Requires OS X 10.5.7
Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update (759 MB) – Upgrade from any version of OS X 10.5 Leopard
Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 (274 MB)
Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 Combo Update (978 MB)

In addition to the Leopard update, Apple has released Security Update 2009-003 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users.

Security Update 2009-003 (Tiger Intel) (166 MB)
Security Update 2009-003 (Tiger PPC) (76 MB)
Security Update 2009-003 (Server Tiger Universal) (204 MB)
Security Update 2009-003 (Server Tiger PPC) (130 MB)

This update came suddenly, but was hardly unexpected. As recently as last week, Apple released a developer build (9L30) for testing. That build had no outstanding issues and indiacated development was coming to an end.

In a side note, this may very well be the last update to Leopard as Snow Leopard is scheduled for release next month and may require all available engineering talent at Apple to complete on time.

Filed Under OS X Tagged With 10.5.8, leopard, Mac OS X, Tiger 2009-003

Apple Releases a Flurry of Betas to Developers

July 14, 2009 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has released a series of OS updates to developers. First up is the new build (build 9L25) of Mac OS X 10.5.8. Apple is asking developers to take a look at larger areas of code compared to previous seeds wherein Apple asked developers to examine smaller subsets of code. This suggests that this could be Apple’s final “once-over” of Leopard before Apple switches focus to Snow Leopard in September. Only two bugs and no know issues are know to exist in this build, suggesting a release may not be far off.

Next up is build 10A403 for Mac OS X 10.6 Server. Apple is asking developers to test upgrade installs of the server software itself, in addition to upgrade installs of Calendar server. Developers were also asked to test the releases new Podcast producers with as many third-party devices and webcams as they could.

Both releases come only days after the last Mac OS X 10.6 build (build 10A402a) was seeded to developers. The increased speed in developer seeds could very well indicate an imminent release of 10.5.8 and the declaration of a “Gold Master” for Mac OS 10.6. That said, I do suspect a few more developer release before either scenario occurs.

Filed Under All News, Developers, OS X, Software Tagged With 10A403, 9L25, Developers, leopard, Mac OS X 10.6, seed, Snow Leopard

Apple Releases Update for Critical Java Vulnerabilities

June 15, 2009 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

Apple released today, an update to Java for both Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.4 Tiger.

To avoid becoming too boring, I will keep the technical jargon to a minimal. This update patches several vulnerabilities that could allow a person to introduce malicious Java applets to the system allowing them higher level access and thus the ability to execute code.

The update was released less than a month after former Apple engineer Landon Fuller demonstrated an exploit to draw attention to the vulnerability.

Here are the downloads:

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for Java SE 6, J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.7 and later.

This release updates Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_13, J2SE 5.0 to version 1.5.0_19, and J2SE 1.4.2 to 1.4.2_21.

Please quit all web browsers before installing this update.

Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9

Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9 delivers improved reliability, security and compatibility for J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.11 and later.

This release updates J2SE 5.0 to version 1.5.0_19 and J2SE 1.4.2 to version 1.4.2_21.

Please quit all web browsers before installing this update.

Here is the full documentation for both Leopard and Tiger.

Filed Under All News, OS X, Software Tagged With Java, leopard, Mac OS X, tiger, vunerabilities

Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5.7. to Developers

March 21, 2009 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

Apple has seeded a new build (9J34) of OS X 10.5.7. Apple has asked developers to focus there attention on Flash player, flash and USB drives. This build includes improvements to Mail and the Speech dictionary adding to the already extensive list of fixes. Some 80 in all.

You can see the massive list of improvements and fixes here.

With few outstanding issues remaining, and rapidfire seeding to developers, it’s a safe bet 10.5.7. will be on our doorstep any day now.

Filed Under All News, OS X, Software Tagged With 10.5.7, Developers, leopard, Mac OS X, seed

New Build Of Mac OS 10.5.7 Seeded

March 13, 2009 By Carlos Yanez Leave a Comment

Apple has seeded to developers a new build of Mac OS 10.5.7 this time the build number is 9J30. This quick updates suggests a final release soon.

Developers have been asked to test new areas such as Flash Player, USB, Flash Drives, iCal and Widgets.

Expect a release before the end of March.

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Mac OS X 10.5.7 Seeded to Developers

March 8, 2009 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

In the highly unlikely event you were losing sleep wondering when the next seed of Mac OS X 10.5.7 was going out to developers, there is good news. It’s here, only 10 days after the last seed. This build (Build 9J27), comes with new release notes asking developers to test in 20 or so different areas. Traditionally, the increased speed of seed releases indicates an imminent release to the non-developer public.

Filed Under All News, OS X, Software Tagged With 10.5.7, 9j27, Developer, leopard, Mac OS, seed, Update

Safari 3.2 Released

November 13, 2008 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

Apple has released Safari 3.2 and can be downloaded through Software Update or can be downloaded individually for Tiger, Leopard, and Windows. This version includes security updates and better protection against online phishing websites. Release notes as usual are not very detailed only saying 

This update is recommended for all Safari users and features protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online businesses. This update also includes the latest security updates.

However detailed information about the update can be found here

Filed Under Software Tagged With leopard, safari 3.2, tiger, Windows

Update: Leopard 10.5.4

June 30, 2008 By Councillor Wes Leave a Comment

Everyone go straight to Apple’s Software Update program and get your copy of Leopard updated! (?>Software Update)  Today Apple released an update to their current OS, Leopard.  I’m going t ogive you a quick rundown of the new features of the new update.  Engadget.com has a great break-up of the new update, which i will post here.

From Engadget.com (all credit goes to their authors)

General

  • Includes recent Apple security updates.
  • Resolves an issue with saving and reopening Adobe Creative Suite 3 ?les on a remote server.
  • Includes additional RAW image support for several cameras.
  • Addresses an issue that may result in a partially installed X11 application.
  • Improves L2TP VPN client reliability.

AirPort

  • Addresses AirPort reliability issues with 5GHz networks.
  • Addresses AirPort issues that may result in slower performance in Logic Studio or MainStage.

iCal

  • Improves overall iCal reliability for meeting requests, cancellation notices, delegation, and syncing with iPhone.
  • Resolves an issue that prevents deleting an iCal event without notifying the creator.
  • Addresses an issue in which events in all calendars affect availability. A checkbox now enables information-only calendars to be transparent from free/busy lookups.
  • Resolves a UI issue preventing delegated calendars from showing up as a separate window.
  • Addresses an issue with copying and pasting attendees from one event to another.
  • Resolves an issue in which iCal may not delete events after a speci?ed time interval, even when set to do so in iCal preferences.
  • Addresses an issue in which To Dos cannot be marked private.

Safari

  • Addresses a potential performance issue when loading secure web pages.
  • Resolves issues that may be encountered when accessing secure web pages with client certificates that reside on a smart card.

Spaces and Exposé

  • Addresses an issue in which switching from a space with a Finder window keeps the Finder as the active application instead of the application residing in the destination space.
  • Fixes an issue in which dragging an application from the list of application assignments in Spaces System Preferences does not assign the application to the desired space.
  • Resolves an Exposé issue that may result in only a subset of windows being shown.

Go now and update with Apple’s updater and post your thoughts about this update in the comments section.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 NOT Compatible with Leopard

February 4, 2008 By Simone Renee 8 Comments

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 for MacI’ve been an avid Adobe Photoshop Elements user since the days that Livejournal.com was hot in my middle school. I loved it! It was easy to use and inexpensive. I even had my own little icon request webpage and I enjoyed making graphics for other users. Well, my passion never died and I carried my love into making graphics for MySpace layouts. When I switched to Mac two years ago, I immediately purchased Adobe PE 4.0 for Mac. It worked just the same as it did on my old Windows system. I was a little disappointed when Windows received a new version of PE and Mac didn’t, but I was happy with my version so I didn’t think too much about it.

When I upgraded to Leopard I didn’t even think about it, I just assumed that all my existing software would work. I uploaded Adobe PE 4.0 onto Leopard and all seemed fine. Actually, all seemed fine for several months! Until one day, I couldn’t change the sensitivity value on the selection tool. I quit PE and re-opened it and still couldn’t change the value. From there, thing’s just got stranger! Everything began falling apart and soon enough, PE was unusable.

I decided to Google the issue and came to discover that I was lucky the program even loaded after my Leopard upgrade! It shouldn’t have worked in the first place! Why? Because it’s not compatible. Excuse me?! My beloved Adobe is allowing this to happen? I was in disbelief that, not only is Mac two updates behind Windows but there isn’t even a fix available for PE 4.0 on Leopard! I, personally, find this disgraceful.

How can Adobe do nothing while thousands of PE users are left with an unusable program?

Filed Under Software Tagged With Adobe Photoshop Elements, leopard
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