Apple Releases Fifth Build of Mac OS X 10.6.5 | World of Apple

Earlier this week Apple released to developers the fifth build of Mac OS X 10.6.5. The release comes just a couple of weeks after the previous release of Mac OS X 10.6.5.

The current version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard was released in mid-June after just under two months of developer testing.

Mac OS X 10.6.5 build 10H542 weighs in at 571MB for the delta update and contains six focus areas and no known issues. World of Apple sources state that Apple has not included a list of fixes with the latest build, yetMac Rumors has published a list.

Changes in build, according to Mac Rumors

  • improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers
  • resolve a delay between print jobs
  • address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an Airport Extreme
  • resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal
  • address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide
  • add SSL support for uploading files to iDisk
  • resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary
  • improve performance of MainStage on certain Mac systems
  • resolve spacing issues with OpenType fonts
  • improve reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays
  • resolve a VoiceOver issue when browsing some web sites with Safari 5
  • address stability and performance of graphics applications and game

Known Issues

  • None

Focus Areas

  • 3D Graphics
  • iCal
  • Mail
  • QuickTime
  • Time Machine
  • USB Devices