{"id":1825,"date":"2008-09-16T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T13:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.razorianfly.com\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2008-09-16T19:16:37","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T18:16:37","slug":"1055-hits-the-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/16\/1055-hits-the-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"OSX 10.5.5 Hits."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Apple released the 5th revision to OSX Leopard, 10.5.5. With over 130 bugs documented in 10.5.4, we were hoping it would solve at least a few of the known ones. Did it?<\/p>\n<p>Hit the jump for more details &#8230; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to Apple, the following fixes and improvements were included within the 10.5.5 system update:<\/p>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Includes recent Apple security updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Addresses stability issues with video playback, processor core idling, and remote disc sharing for MacBook Air.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Addresses an issue in which some Macs could unexpectedly power on at the same time each day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Resolves a stability issue in TextEdit that could be found when accessing the color palette.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves Spotlight indexing performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Fixes an issue in which contacts might not sync properly with PalmOS-based devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves iPhone sync reliability with iCal and Address Book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Includes improvements to Active Directory (see this article for more information).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves Speech Dictionary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Fixes Kerberos authentication issues for Mac OS X 10.5 clients that connect to certain Samba servers, such as Mac OS X Server version 10.4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Includes extensive graphics enhancements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Address Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Addresses stability issues that may occur when creating a Smart Group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Resolves a printing issue with address cards containing information that spans more than one page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disk Utility and Directory Utility<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves reliability when rebuilding a software mirror RAID volume in Disk Utility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves reliability of server status displayed in Directory Utility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>iCal<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Updates iCal to more accurately handle repeating events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves performance when choosing meeting attendees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Resolves an issue in which the &#8220;Refresh All&#8221; option may be dimmed (&#8220;grayed out&#8221;) in the contextual menu for certain calendars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Fixes issues with read-only calendars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Addresses an issue that prevents an invitee from moving an event to a different calendar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Resolves an issue with syncing published calendars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mail<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Addresses performance issues related to displaying IMAP messages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Resolves an issue with SMTP settings for AIM, Compuserve, Hanmail, Yahoo!, and Time Warner Road Runner email accounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Addresses stability issues that may occur when dragging a file to the Mail icon in the Dock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Addresses an issue with the &#8220;Organized by Thread&#8221; view in which the date does not appear when the thread is collapsed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Resolves an issue in which RSS feeds could temporarily disappear from the sidebar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves Mail robustness when sending messages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves reliability when saving drafts that have attachments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MobileMe<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves overall sync reliability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves Back to My Mac reliability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Time Machine<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Improves Time Machine reliability with Time Capsule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Addresses performance issues that may affect initial and in-progress backups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Fixes an issue in which an incorrect alert message could appear stating that a backup volume does not have enough free space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Time Machine can now back up iPhone backups that are on your Mac, as well as other items in (~\/Library\/Application Support).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/HT2405\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>.. At least it was worth the wait. Apple have been seeding developer&#8217;s 10.5.5 for it seems forever, but finally it&#8217;s hit, and by the looks of it, with an <em>almost<\/em> impressive list of bugs fixes. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2008\/09\/15\/apple-releases-mac-os-x-10-5-5\/\">Mac Rumors<\/a> point out some of the more interesting improvements as being:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8211; Addresses stability issues with video playback, processor core idling, and remote disc sharing for MacBook Air.<br \/>\n&#8211; Improves Spotlight indexing performance.<br \/>\n&#8211; Improves iPhone sync reliability with iCal and Address Book.<br \/>\n&#8211; In MobileMe: improves overall sync and Back to My Mac reliability.<br \/>\n&#8211; Improves Time Machine reliability with Time Capsule.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Overall after updating I feel system response to be &#8216;snappier&#8217; \ud83d\ude09 with less Adobe Photoshop CS3 crashes &#8211; which is a plus! Will we see this release fix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2008\/imac-and-macbook-pro-not-waking-from-sleep-briefly\/\">previous problems<\/a> with &#8216;Sleep&#8217; on iMac and Macbook Pros? &#8211; Who knows. The update is available through OSX Software Update.<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s support document outlining the procedure of updating and improvements included in this release, can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport.apple.com%2Fkb%2FHT2405&#038;t=1221573001\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Apple released the 5th revision to OSX Leopard, 10.5.5. With over 130 bugs documented in 10.5.4, we were hoping it would solve at least a few of the known ones. Did it? 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