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Apple Releases Another Build of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

July 24, 2009 By Alex Jordan 2 Comments

MacRumors is reporting that Apple has released yet another build (build 10A421) of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to developers. This build comes only 10 days after the last build, and clocks in as a 740MB download.

No significant changes are known to exist in this build at this moment, that could very well change as more developers get their hands on the software and begin to dig around.

Here are the release notes:

This Snow Leopard Developer Preview Update is recommended for all users running the Snow Leopard Developer Preview Build 10A411 or later. This update includes general operating system fixes for stability, compatibility, and security.

Snow Leopard is of course, due for release September for $29, and for $9.95 through Apple’s Up to Date program.

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Latest Snow Leopard Beta Brings Minor Changes

July 16, 2009 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

Apple’s latest developer build (10A411) of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard brings some minor changes to the table according to MacRumors. The noted changes are as follows:

  • Quicktime X has a new “glossy black” UI, and has been updated from 10.0 (42) to 10.0 (47).

  • Trashing items from a stack in “grid view”, now deletes properly.
  • Dock Exposé reportedly now displays windows from all Spaces when activated.
  • Updated version of Safari to version 4.0.3 (6531.4).
  • The typeface used in the Dock contextual menus appears to have been changed back to the larger non-bold typeface used in Leopard.

10A411 on left, 10A402 on right

Story and images courtesy of MacRumors.

Filed Under Developers, OS X, Software Tagged With 10A41, changes1, developer build, Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard, tweaks, ui

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.

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Apple Seeds Another Snow Leopard Build to Developers, With Enhancements and Visual Tweaks

July 13, 2009 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

Apple has seeded developers with another build (10A402) of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Here are some of the changes:

  • Exposé now behaves correctly when using multiple monitors, with windows remaining on their own monitors in Exposé instead of all being collected on the primary monitor.
  • Third-party System Preferences panes are now functional.
  • Reports of battery life lasting significantly longer than under previous Snow Leopard builds. This has not been confirmed with tests.
  • Reports of greater system responsiveness and significant increases in speed system wide. Both Startup and shutdown times have improved greatly.
  • The Finder window slider button used to adjust icon sizes, is now a grey color instead of the aqua blue button as before.
  • The theme of contextual menus for the Dock when using list view, have been drastically changed. The menus now have a theme of white text on a black/charcoal background.

The bulk of the information in this article comes from MacRumors’ original report from a few days ago. I’m excited to see what else lurks in Snow Leopard, which is due for release in September.

Images courtesy of MacRumors.

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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard’s APIs Finalized?

May 11, 2009 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

MacRumors is reporting that Apple will not further changes will be made to Snow Leopard’s application programming interface (API). This bit of news makes it difficult to assume anything other than the release of may be soon.

More news on Snow Leopard is expected to be heard at this years WWDC, which is only a month away, with an estimated release date around “mid-year”.

You can read the full developer notes here.

Filed Under Developers, OS X, Rumors Tagged With API, Developers, Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard to Have Built-In YouTube Support?

April 27, 2009 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

AppleInsider is reporting Apple plans to include built-in support for YouTube in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

This comes just days after a report that Snow Leopard, in particular the bundled QuickTime X, will have built in screen recording capabilities.

The report goes on to state that the new feature, which will be included with QuickTime X, will allow users to upload any YouTube compatible file format through QuickTime X which will prompt the user to enter their username and password. QuickTime X handles the dirty work. This feature is also said to be available for MobileMe subscribers.

Image courtesy of AppleInsider

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QuickTime X to Have Screen Recoding Built In?

April 24, 2009 By Alex Jordan 1 Comment

In a report from AppleInsider comes news that Mac OS X 10.6’s new version of QuickTime will have screen recording capabilities.

Developers familiar with the latest Mac OS X 10.6 betas have been reporting the addition of a ‘Screen recording’ option in the File menu of the new software, due to ship with the OS overhaul, which is expected this summer.

It is unclear if the feature is fully functional as of build 10A335 released yesterday.

Image courtesy of AppleInsider

Filed Under Rumors Tagged With Mac OS X 10.6, QuickTime X, screen recording, Snow Leopard

Xserves in June and Snow Leopard in September?

April 1, 2009 By Alex Jordan Leave a Comment

HardMac is reporting on a few rumors it has received. Keep in mind they did receive these on April Fool’s Day, however, they do seem believable.

The article starts by saying Snow Leopard won’t be available before September. Claiming heavy work is still needed on Quicktime X, Open Cl and others.They go on to say new Xserves are due in June, along with a Mac Pro speed bump to 3.2GHz with a Quadro FX 5800 video card.

Final Cut Studio 3, DVD Studio Pro, Shake, Logic updates are expected as well but only in 32-bit versions, and a Snow Leopard-only 64-bit update after Snow Leopard is released.  Lastly, the MacBooks are expected to get  Nehalem chips in November.

This is quite the list, and none of it seems too far-fetched. I do think the timming on the Snow Leopard release seems a bit off, or right on target depending on how you look at it. It would be released too late for the WWDC crowd, since Snow Leopard is claiming to be a developer-centric release, but would seem to be an appropriate time to get an early jump on Holiday sales for the consumer market.

Filed Under Rumors Tagged With final cut studio, logic, Mac OS X 10.6, Mac Pro, shake, Snow Leopard, Xserve

Mac OS X Snow Leopard Coming in January 2009?

November 19, 2008 By Mr. Mayor Leave a Comment

It could be that the next major release of Mac OS X will hit us this coming January. This comes after news that a recent Apple presentation dropped the news that the latest version of OS X may be shipping well ahead of schedule.

The presentation took place at the Large Installation System Administration’s (LISA) conference that was held last week. Apple’s director of Engineering of Unix Technologies, Jordan Hubbard was heard to say that Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) will ship in the first quarter of 2009.

Let the speculation begin about what new features and upgrades are included in Snow Leopard. Already confirmed are updates such as a rewritten Cocoa-based finder, HFS+ file compression and support for Microsoft Exchange in Mail. Exciting stuff. I’d hazard a guess that we’ll see the official launch at MacWorld this coming January. We’ll see!

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Filed Under OS X Tagged With Jordan Hubbard, Mac OS X, Mac OS X 10.6, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Snow Leopard