Mac OS X 10.5.6 Release Imminent... Friday?

[crazyxzer0]

downloading as we speak right now 377mb.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3194

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Updated successfully, 190MB here on an Intel iMac. Don't notice much of anything different.

 

[trucrypt]

Updated, 190MB.

I see a new "Trackpad" prefpane in System Preferences but there doesn't seem to be a "four-finger swipe" option available for my early 2008 MBP.

 

[rhett7660]

downloading as we speak right now 377mb.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3194

I wonder what the difference is between the 377 and 190 file sizes? Why the difference?

 

[okrelayer]

i have a peice of software in my update that i do not want to be updated because of issues i hear are with the newest update. Can i choose not to update it?

like if i have two items in my list, can i uncheck one

[x] software update
[x] aperture update
[x] safari update

can i uncheck one of those, and do the software update and have it not effect the unchecked item? Meaning install the software update, but leave aperture or whatever un-touched?

 

[Peace]

i have a peice of software in my update that i do not want to be updated because of issues i hear are with the newest update. Can i choose not to update it?

like if i have two items in my list, can i uncheck one

[x] software update
[x] aperture update
[x] safari update

can i uncheck one of those, and do the software update and have it not effect the unchecked item? Meaning install the software update, but leave aperture or whatever un-touched?

You can un-check the safari update. A new version comes with the package.

 

[Eric S.]

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.

Snow Leopard is six months away. I predict we're at least at 10.5.8 by then.

 

[duncyboy]

377MB for me

 

[Solemony]

Woohoo...It's here now !

 

[CoolMe]

It popped out of no where, I forgot about the talk of this update, Yeah mine was the big 300mb+ one too!

 

[Akira1980]

It seems like my safari runs a lot faster now. So far so good.

 

[overanalyzer]

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.

I think we'll get at least another 2-3 point updates (i.e. 10.5.7, 10.5.8, 10.5.9) before Snow Leopard is released, and probably one thereafter as a final closeout to Leopard, ala 10.4.11.

 

[Habakuk]

What's wrong with spotlight?
It's the best search I've seen on a consumer OS.

I use it very often too. It's always here with just (easy to remember) Command+Space (I love that term). You can calculate with it.

Example: There is a price change of an iPhone app that I own. When I want to know what I've paid for it weeks or months ago I just type in spotlight the app's name and within a tick it will show me the email with Apple's invoice of that date. Ingeniously!

 

[VSMacOne]

Just ran the update... My Safari version is now Version 3.2.1 (5525.27.1). Was this automatically updated?

 

[smartalic34]

Just ran the update... My Safari version is now Version 3.2.1 (5525.27.1). Was this automatically updated?

this was my version before the update...

 

[JMP]

Oui.

Indeed

 

[Illuminated]

This update didn't fix my damn wifi problem. It still fluctuates between 2 and 5 bars.

Ugh...this is the only reason I HATE my Macbook...

 

[Poncho]

I was hoping for a fix with my Macbook too. But no. 12Mb down via ethernet, less than 1Mb wireless, yet my Emac gets 10Mb down from the same router wirelessly.

 

[C8XY]

Alu iMac 2008 = 190MB
Alu Macbook 2008 = 377MB

 

[smartalic34]

Alu iMac 2008 = 190MB
Alu Macbook 2008 = 377MB

the pattern usually shows that the newest macs have the largest updates... ever since my core duo MBP became the non-newest machine, I always get the smaller updates in software update...

 

[kaiwai]

i have a peice of software in my update that i do not want to be updated because of issues i hear are with the newest update. Can i choose not to update it?

like if i have two items in my list, can i uncheck one

[x] software update
[x] aperture update
[x] safari update

can i uncheck one of those, and do the software update and have it not effect the unchecked item? Meaning install the software update, but leave aperture or whatever un-touched?

What 'issues' have you heard about? you mean those people who install third party hacks which rely on unsupported, undocumented API calls? if you run vanilla Safari without any addons that use undocumented features - you won't have a problem.

Running Safari 3.2.1 without a single problem; it has gone from strength to strength (remember to update your plugins like Flash btw). Safari 4.0 will be interesting given the new Javascript engine that is planned.

 

[Tosser]

Speaking of safari updates: Safari doesn't crash for me within ten-thirty seconds of opening as it did all through 10.5.5.

 

[Quillz]

Alu iMac 2008 = 190MB
Alu Macbook 2008 = 377MB

Not every single computer will need exactly the same updates. You might say that 10.5.6 is 190 MB in size, while the 377 MB is the "combo update." That is, it includes 10.5.6 and any additional firmware, EFI or hardware updates necessary to run .6.

 

[Quillz]

Just ran the update... My Safari version is now Version 3.2.1 (5525.27.1). Was this automatically updated?

I would imagine it was if you didn't already grab the Safari update from Software Update a while ago. It sounds like you got the combo update, which probably requires 3.2.1 to run 10.5.6.

 

[Eric S.]

Not every single computer will need exactly the same updates. You might say that 10.5.6 is 190 MB in size, while the 377 MB is the "combo update." That is, it includes 10.5.6 and any additional firmware, EFI or hardware updates necessary to run .6.

377MB was not the combo update; that was the standard update for the aluminum Macbooks, like mine that I just got a week before with 10.5.5 and all the latest firmware updates already installed. The combo update was about 688 MB. I chose to use the combo update after reading about various problems and it worked fine for me.