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Mac OS X 10.5.6 Release Imminent... Friday?

j-a-x said:
I wonder if this release might include a final build of Safari 4.0...
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That'll be saved for Snow Leopard I'm sure.

weckart said:
It could be improved. There should be an easier way to turn off indexing without having to faff around dragging icons around in SysPrefs. It is still too resource heavy - the stupid mdworker process sending temperatures soaring and fans into overdrive.

I could live with slower indexing if it went about its business with more consideration for the user rather than stomping around as it does now.
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What pisses me off most about the "new" Spotlight in Leopard was that they took away the way results were showed. Previously when clicking "show all" it listed EVERYTHING (preference files, etc.) and categorized it. Now when you click "show all" it just gives you a damned Finder windows with all the results thrown together, but doesn't list certain files because the user might accidently delete them or something.

Ugh. Leopard has been such a love/hate relationship for me. FIX THE DAMN AIRPORT PROBLEMS APPLE!!
 
weckart said:
It could be improved. There should be an easier way to turn off indexing without having to faff around dragging icons around in SysPrefs. It is still too resource heavy - the stupid mdworker process sending temperatures soaring and fans into overdrive.
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Two very good criticisms which need addressing. Having said that mdworker seems to run rarely for me, normally only if I plug in a drive with lots of unindexed content.

Stridder44 said:
What pisses me off most about the "new" Spotlight in Leopard was that they took away the way results were showed. Previously when clicking "show all" it listed EVERYTHING (preference files, etc.) and categorized it. Now when you click "show all" it just gives you a damned Finder windows with all the results thrown together, but doesn't list certain files because the user might accidently delete them or something.
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Agreed, I also preferred the Tiger method and thought it was easier for new and experienced users alike.

This is the UI on top of spotlight technology (which is a system wide search/metadata search tool). The core technology is just as good as Tiger, arguably better, because it is both faster at retrieving results and you can search network drives.
 
Please Apple, release it tommorrow! All I want fixed is the airport problem where it takes about half a minute to connect to the router when you wake the computer up from sleep. I didn't have any problem with this when I first got Leopard or when I had Tiger. I am still waiting for the airport to connect as fast as my iPod Touch.

Is this the same problem that people are talking about when they say "Aiport Problem"?
 
alexbates said:
Please Apple, release it tommorrow! All I want fixed is the airport problem where it takes about half a minute to connect to the router when you wake the computer up from sleep. I didn't have any problem with this when I first got Leopard or when I had Tiger. I am still waiting for the airport to connect as fast as my iPod Touch.

Is this the same problem that people are talking about when they say "Aiport Problem"?
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No, because yours actually stays connected and works properly. Mine randomly drops and even when it is connected is slow. Mind you this isn't consistent; sometimes it works fine, then 5 minutes later it goes to hell again. And again, I've tried different routers/settings, etc. And what do you know, it always works perfectly in Vista 64.
 
Stridder44 said:
No, because yours actually stays connected and works properly. Mine randomly drops and even when it is connected is slow. Mind you this isn't consistent; sometimes it works fine, then 5 minutes later it goes to hell again. And again, I've tried different routers/settings, etc. And what do you know, it always works perfectly in Vista 64.
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I wonder what the difference is between your wireless and the wireless on my two MBPs of different generations and the other MacBooks we have. All of them work flawlessly in wireless at multiple locations (work, home, other homes, etc.)

I know others are complaining of this as well, I'm not questioning your setup. It's obviously at least in part software (as you proved by loading up Vista), but I haven't seen a MBP affected by it, and I know several users. Doesn't make sense...
 
weckart said:
It could be improved. It is still too resource heavy - the stupid mdworker process sending temperatures soaring and fans into overdrive.

I could live with slower indexing if it went about its business with more consideration for the user rather than stomping around as it does now.
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Thank God for Spotless and Easyfind.

And probably Snow Leopard, with Apple's grudging on-off switch for Spotlight and off-on switch for the original apple Find.

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Core audio

Hope I can finally make the switch to leopard for my audio apps and recordings.
I've had nothing but trouble recording in leopard, using an agregate device.
Hope they Fixed it!

grtz
 
I have a hunch that Apple will release it on Tuesday. Isn't Tuesday the day Apple normally releases Mac OS X updates? I'm also guessing they'll push it out to Software Update by 10:00 AM Pacific Time, since that seems to be the normal time for Apple releases.
 
Is it just me or have MacRumors and AppleInsider hit a slump lately?

First was the "iTunes to ditch DRM tomorrow" fastball to the beauty in this topic.

Either Apple is purposely misdirecting info or the sites have to shore up their sources.
 
Looks like nothing today. Perhaps tomorrow or (maybe) Wednesday...after that, I guess the first week of 2009.
 
I just want Apple to take their time and get things right.

As an owner of a new MBP, I suffer the wireless issues. I hope Apple takes their time and gets this fixed since it is taking a lot of the joy out of owning this product.
 
Stridder44 said:
No, because yours actually stays connected and works properly. Mine randomly drops and even when it is connected is slow. Mind you this isn't consistent; sometimes it works fine, then 5 minutes later it goes to hell again. And again, I've tried different routers/settings, etc. And what do you know, it always works perfectly in Vista 64.
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This is a known issue. I have it too--as do thousands on the Apple Boards--so I think we just have to wait for a patch.
 
Nice. 190MB on my Early 08 blackbook too. Kinda makes sense really. You don't want to release on Friday, everyone goes home for the weekend and oh, damn, there's a show-stopping bug in there.
 
Downloading as i type this. From the size of it, i'll hazard a guess and say this is the last major update to Leopard we'll see. Any release between now and Snow Leopard will be security updates and minor point increases to iTunes etc.

I might risk updating Safari after .6 is installed.

377? Cricky. Hope you've got a broadband connection.
 
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