OS X 10.5.7 Due for Release on Friday?

MacRumors · May 5, 2009, 09:39 PM

Mac|Life claims that OS X 10.5.7, the next update to Leopard, will be released on Friday.

Quote:

If you've been champing at the bit for the magic of 10.5.7, according to a super-secret Apple source, your champing can cease on Friday. The newest version of Leopard is slated to fix a slew of networking, syncing and bluetooth issues.

Mac|Life also reports that there is speculation that this will be the final update to Leopard before the launch of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, which appears to be slated for a release later this year.

Development on Mac OS X 10.5.7 has appeared to be winding down for quite some now as Apple has made very few changes in each incremental build released to developers for testing purposes. The most recent seed was released to developers in the middle of last week.

Article Link: OS X 10.5.7 Due for Release on Friday?

brad.c · May 5, 2009, 09:40 PM

Yay!

Unless it breaks stuff, then boo!

japanime · May 5, 2009, 09:41 PM

Nice to see the proper spelling of "champing at the bit."

Looking forward to the release, too.

Compile 'em all · May 5, 2009, 09:42 PM

Good Luck!

Apple Corps · May 5, 2009, 09:42 PM

That would be Friday of

which week

which month

which year

theheadguy · May 5, 2009, 09:42 PM

meh. big deal. get moving on snow leopard.

davebarnes · May 5, 2009, 09:43 PM

Mac|Life is still in business?

Apple Corps · May 5, 2009, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by japanime

Nice to see the proper spelling of "champing at the bit."

Looking forward to the release, too.

Is it the "proper" spelling or just a different spelling?

Luap · May 5, 2009, 09:45 PM

If 10.5.7 is the final iteration of Leopard, i'll eat my underwear after wearing them non stop for a month.

Lesser Evets · May 5, 2009, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MacRumors

... the launch of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, which appears to be slated for a release later this year.

Well, yeah. That's a big window, though.
We're probably all hoping for a release to swiftly follow WWDC in June.

That means we'll probably see it in October.

redking31591 · May 5, 2009, 09:47 PM

please release it on friday. i'm tired of waiting for it.

HLdan · May 5, 2009, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luap

If 10.5.7 is the final iteration of Leopard, i'll eat my underwear after wearing them non stop for a month.

If you'd go that far it sounds like you'd do it anyway.

kjs862 · May 5, 2009, 09:51 PM

10.5.6 is running fine, bring on SL!

HLdan · May 5, 2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by redking31591

please release it on friday. i'm tired of waiting for it.

But what are you patiently waiting for? Are you having issues that you know 10.5.7 will address? 10.5.6 has been rock solid.

Eidorian · May 5, 2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by brad.c

Yay!

Unless it breaks stuff, then boo!

Got your bases covered.

twoodcc · May 5, 2009, 09:53 PM

about time! and snow leopard around the corner!

Demigod Mac · May 5, 2009, 09:53 PM

Really hope this solves the freezing issues on unibody Macbook Pros.

Mine usually freezes once or twice a day during WoW, but I've had it freeze while using Photoshop, Netflix Streaming and VMWare Fusion a couple of times.

I'm positive it's a driver issue, as it's never happened to me in Vista/Bootcamp mode.

Markov · May 5, 2009, 09:54 PM

I always enjoy an update that makes a stable operating system even more stable. I was hoping that it would fix this issue that my mbp has where it takes forever to boot. I just realized though that I need a permission repair, and a file system repair. Oops. lol

dvince2 · May 5, 2009, 09:55 PM

That would break a trend, wouldn't it? 2.8;3.9;4.11;... 10.5 should end >11.

So can we predict that 10.5.7 will come out before 10.6.0, then have a final 10.5.8 release with 10.6 (or just after) as a "final" edition?

flopticalcube · May 5, 2009, 09:59 PM

Windows 7 RC and now OSX 10.5.7 in one week! My kids won't see me until Tuesday!

Pooshka · May 5, 2009, 10:02 PM

Yeah yeah, we've heard that story already...

Peace · May 5, 2009, 10:02 PM

So Friday we see 10.5.7 and an update to Safari 4.0 Beta eh?

My guess is we see SL 10A355 at WWDC. Released that day.

inkryptic · May 5, 2009, 10:04 PM

It is definitely due this week, according to the engineer that contacted me. Please oh please let it fix my stuttering mouse/keyboard caused by HD 4870

acurafan · May 5, 2009, 10:07 PM

you guinea pigs can go first, let the rest of us know how it goes.

t0mat0 · May 5, 2009, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peace

So Friday we see 10.5.7 and an update to Safari 4.0 Beta eh?

My guess is we see SL 10A355 at WWDC. Released that day.

No release in the 6 week gap between 23rd April to WWDC?
IF 10.5.7 does reference some interesting stuff, wouldn't there be time to have another build in between one released at WWDC?

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May 5, 2009, 09:41 PM	#3
japanime macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Japan	Nice to see the proper spelling of "champing at the bit." Looking forward to the release, too.

May 5, 2009, 09:42 PM	#6
theheadguy macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2005	meh. big deal. get moving on snow leopard.

May 5, 2009, 09:45 PM	#9
Luap macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2004	If 10.5.7 is the final iteration of Leopard, i'll eat my underwear after wearing them non stop for a month.

May 5, 2009, 09:51 PM	#13
kjs862 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Long Island	10.5.6 is running fine, bring on SL! __________________ Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz (1 Gen), 6.5GB Ram, X800XT, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

May 5, 2009, 09:53 PM	#16
twoodcc macrumors 603 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Right side of wrong	about time! and snow leopard around the corner! __________________ tville pump Smarter than the average bear

May 5, 2009, 09:53 PM	#17
Demigod Mac macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2008	Really hope this solves the freezing issues on unibody Macbook Pros. Mine usually freezes once or twice a day during WoW, but I've had it freeze while using Photoshop, Netflix Streaming and VMWare Fusion a couple of times. I'm positive it's a driver issue, as it's never happened to me in Vista/Bootcamp mode.

May 5, 2009, 09:54 PM	#18
Markov macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2007 Location: NJ	I always enjoy an update that makes a stable operating system even more stable. I was hoping that it would fix this issue that my mbp has where it takes forever to boot. I just realized though that I need a permission repair, and a file system repair. Oops. lol __________________ MacBook Pro: 2.2Ghz, 4GB ram, 320GB HDD, Snow Leopard, Win 7 64bit iPod touch 2G, 16 GB 80 GB Classic -P- Go Phillies! -P-

May 5, 2009, 09:55 PM	#19
dvince2 macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada	That would break a trend, wouldn't it? 2.8;3.9;4.11;... 10.5 should end >11. So can we predict that 10.5.7 will come out before 10.6.0, then have a final 10.5.8 release with 10.6 (or just after) as a "final" edition? __________________ Dtor:2.66 Quad MacPro,6GB,640GB,1TB,ATI 4870. Noir:2.4 Blackbook,4GB,250GB Case:iMac G4 17",768mb,80GM

May 5, 2009, 09:59 PM	#20
flopticalcube macrumors 601 Join Date: Sep 2006	Windows 7 RC and now OSX 10.5.7 in one week! My kids won't see me until Tuesday! __________________

May 5, 2009, 10:02 PM	#21
Pooshka macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2008	Yeah yeah, we've heard that story already...

May 5, 2009, 10:02 PM	#22
Peace macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: On top of the Storm Peaks waiting for the Time-Lost Proto Drake	So Friday we see 10.5.7 and an update to Safari 4.0 Beta eh? My guess is we see SL 10A355 at WWDC. Released that day.

May 5, 2009, 10:04 PM	#23
inkryptic macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2009	It is definitely due this week, according to the engineer that contacted me. Please oh please let it fix my stuttering mouse/keyboard caused by HD 4870

May 5, 2009, 10:07 PM	#24
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