Apple seems to be getting through builds of Mac OS X v10.5.5 pretty darn quick. Recent reports show that Apple has seeded two versions of the update, 9F25 and 9F29, within the last week. The same report shows that the number of fixes is rapidly decreasing, with only one remaining known bug.

The former of the two builds, 9F25, was rather insignificant, with no fixes and no known bugs. The second of the builds, in contrast, shows fixes having to do with issues with previously joined networks in AirPort, and issues with graphics frameworks. The only current known bug is an issue with searching messages in Mail.app.

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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 more »

It is being reported that developers may receive their first seeds of pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.5.5 as soon as this weekend; Apple’s calling it a “maintenance and security update.” The OS X 10.5.5 Leopard update could provide support for new Apple notebooks that have been speculated about for a while now.

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Apple has updated its iLife ’08 applications and accompanying software. The updates are available for download from Apple’s Web site, and can also be downloaded through the Mac Software Update tool.

The new versions are as follows:

• iWeb 2.0.4
• iLife Support 8.3
• iMovie 7.1.4
• iPhoto 7.1.4

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As we reported earlier, Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.4 today, an update which fixes several issues with iCal, AirPort, Safari, and Spaces & Exposé. We’ve now got some additional details, coming to you after the break.

According to a Mac Rumors report, Mac OS 10.5.3 could be very near. On Friday, the update was seeded to developers. Starting in february with 10.5.3 (9d10), Apple has slowly been seeding more and more updates to developers, this time with probably the final version (9d19). No intended date of release has been announced, as more »

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.5.2 into Software Update. As of this writing, the website has not been updated with a download. The update is only 180 MB, about half the size of developer builds. Here are some of the most important features, from the release notes, linked at the bottom of the article.

Yet another pre-release build of OS X Leopard 10.5.2 has been released with no known issues. In build 9C27, the bug fix list swells to over 130 fixes. The new fixes are related to the Finder sidebar, iChat Bluetooth, disk space management, Time Machine, and desktop backgrounds (probably a fix for desktop backgrounds developing large more »

MacScoop appears to have gotten their hands on release notes for the latest OS X 10.5 build released to developers during Macworld. In an update to their article, MacScoop announced potentially the most exciting bits of information about 10.5.2: it adds support for sharing your optical drive with another computer a la the MacBook Air. Interestingly, the way it was worded, it sounds like it will work with any computer, so if one of your computers has a broken optical drive, perhaps this is good news for you. The other big feature of 10.5.2 according to MacScoop is to use a networked volume with Time Machine. This was a feature that was in the developer builds but was withdrawn for the final release. This means that you don’t have to run out and buy Time Capsule if you already have an external drive and an Airport Extreme Base Station.

According to developers familiar with the matter, Apple has begun seeding the latest build of Mac OS X (aka 10.4.11 8S2144) for testing. Most agree that this should be the last major revision of Mac OS X Tiger, given that Leopard is due to ship in just 2 months time (assuming there are no more more »