Mac OS 10.5.5 developer seed fixes and features

With Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F9) seeded to developers, it’s only natural you’re wondering what fixes it puts in place. There are many, many fixes so far, but none appear to be that big, as there aren’t any huge issues with 10.5.4 as it stands.

Currently the only known issue is Aperture related: Aperture is known to crash on some larger images under this build of 10.5.5.

The focus of fixes in 10.5.5 is very broad, covering many major areas of OS X: AirPort, Address Book, AppKit, Directory Services, FileSync and Portable Home Directories, Finder, Fonts, Graphics Drivers, Help Viewer, iCal, iChat, ImageIO, Kerberos, mDNSResponder, Networking, Printing, Screen Sharing, SMB, Spotlight, Text Services, Time Machine, Traditional Chinese Input Method, USB & Express Card Modems, and X11.

Fixes the general public might be interested in include the syncing issue with newly created contacts and Address Book being resolved, dropping a file on the Mail.app Dock icon now working correctly, fixing the issue with Mail and displaying IMAP messages, and fixing the issue with Mail IMAP and out-of-order replies.

Full List [World of Apple]