OS X 10.5.7 Build 9J47 Seeded to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple has continued its pattern of nearly-weekly seeds of OS X 10.5.7 builds to developers, this time releasing Build 9J47. World of Apple again publishes the seed notes, revealing a continued decrease in the number of fixes since the previous seed.

Build 9J47 of Mac OS X 10.5.7 includes only three new fixes but Apple has also increased the number of focus areas in the build.

Mac OS X 10.5.7 entered developer testing in late February and developers have seen seven builds over the testing period.

The inability to install the Safari 4 beta remains the only documented known issue, while the three fixes are related to the SystemLoginItems proprerty list, Ethernet on Mac Pros, and a CFURLCache compatibility issue. Apple has also added Help Viewer to the list of general focus areas upon which developers are asked to concentrate their testing.

Article Link: OS X 10.5.7 Build 9J47 Seeded to Developers

 

[Schtumple]

Jeez they're dragging this one out a bit eh?

 

[flopticalcube]

Damn you Safari 4. Holding everyone up.

 

[johnsingh06]

Just Hurry The **** Up And Release!:d

 

[justflie]

Meh. I'm just guessing that a new build of the Safari beta (which IS stable) will accompany the release of 10.5.7.

 

[Eric S.]

Jeez they're dragging this one out a bit eh?

Really! If the Safari issue were really holding it up it would have been fixed by now. That can't be the reason. This thing must be ready to go.

 

[SailorTom]

Sounds like Apple really want to squash any last bugs in leopard before releasing SL. At least they don't leave those who forgo the SL upgrade with a stable system

Of course there are always bugs to be found I doubt Apple will get away with this as the last update for leopard.

 

[jgbhardy]

Getting more frequent with the seeds, this is looking good. Maybe finished by the end of April then at the latest?

 

[Stevamundo]

Just Hurry The **** Up And Release!:d

Apple just can't win!

People complain that Apple is taking too long with their “fix updates."

If Apple hurries their “fix updates” if it's buggy then people would really complain then INCLUDING ME!

I would rather see Apple take their sweet time to improve 10.5.7 and make it REALLY stable.

To me, 10.5.6 is already stable. So let's see if Apple can make Leopard even more stable than it already is before Snow Leopard comes.

 

[zhell]

About Safari 4...

... my guess is that they don't really care too much. Aside from the new GUI stuff, which obviously does not depend on anything not available in 10.5.6 (duh!), the rest is WebKit, and its nightly builds run on 10.5.5 and probably even earlier releases, just with the old GUI.

They just seem to want to limit the distribution scope of the Safari beta.

 

[Schtumple]

... my guess is that they don't really care too much. Aside from the new GUI stuff, which obviously does not depend on anything not available in 10.5.6 (duh!), the rest is WebKit, and its nightly builds run on 10.5.5 and probably even earlier releases, just with the old GUI.

They just seem to want to limit the distribution scope of the Safari beta.

Swing and a miss...

*puts on conspiracy cap* Why would they want to limit the distribution of Safari, Apple wants in on the browser marketshare wars...

 

[motulist]

Sounds like Apple really want to squash any last bugs in leopard before releasing SL. At least they don't leave those who forgo the SL upgrade with a stable system

They darn well better be doing that! Snow Leopard is very likely to abandon a lot of older Apple computers that people are still using. If OS X is gonna stop supporting these still-in-use machines then Apple darn well better make sure that the final operating system they're able to run is as bug-free an OS as possible.

 

[MarkSTi04]

As its told, Safari 4 is just a Beta. I like it alot after I installed it finaly last friday. I will say though, maybe just maybe Apple is working on something with the final cut of Safari 4 that they will release with 10.5.7.

I will say that I would want 10.5.7 to be as stable as possible, especially now because of MS and there Bashing of Apple as of late. I really hope Apple will fire a good blow to MS and take some more market share away from MS....

 

[kk1ro]

Damn you Safari 4. Holding everyone up.

I think the reason why they're not allowing devs to install the Safari 4 Beta on 10.5.7 is that, probably, the final 10.5.7 will be released alongside the final Safari 4. So there's really no use in testing the Beta with 10.5.7.

 

[flopticalcube]

They darn well better be doing that! Snow Leopard is very likely to abandon a lot of older Apple computers that people are still using. If OS X is gonna stop supporting these still-in-use machines then Apple darn well better make sure that the final operating system they're able to run is as bug-free an OS as possible.

Yes, this may very well be the last stop for those still in PPC-land.

 

[michael.lauden]

Meh. I'm just guessing that a new build of the Safari beta (which IS stable) will accompany the release of 10.5.7.

ya think?

 

[DaBrain]

Apple just can't win!

People complain that Apple is taking too long with their “fix updates."

If Apple hurries their “fix updates” if it's buggy then people would really complain then INCLUDING ME!

I would rather see Apple take their sweet time to improve 10.5.7 and make it REALLY stable.

To me, 10.5.6 is already stable. So let's see if Apple can make Leopard even more stable than it already is before Snow Leopard comes.

I agree! What's the rush? If people want faster updates ALL the time switch to windoz and you'll be sure to get a ton of them!--)))

In the meantime many of us will stick with OSX TYVM!

 

[Eric S.]

They darn well better be doing that! Snow Leopard is very likely to abandon a lot of older Apple computers that people are still using. If OS X is gonna stop supporting these still-in-use machines then Apple darn well better make sure that the final operating system they're able to run is as bug-free an OS as possible.

Or?

Of course Apple would prefer those users to move to new hardware.

Yes, this may very well be the last stop for those still in PPC-land.

I expect there will be at least one and probably two more updates before Snow Leopard's release. Maybe more, if it is delayed beyond September.

 

[Shookster]

I think Apple's taking its time because, as many people have stated, 10.5.6 is pretty darn stable. It's not like this patch is urgently needed.

So they can afford to wait and tie it in with some other announcement - probably the full version of Safari 4.

 

[MalibuMatt98]

Can't wait for it to come...these updates are always exciting, it's like getting a new version of Leopard every time.

 

[rhett7660]

This is good news. Lets hope that it comes out by the end of the month. Heck at this rate, SL will be here. June is only what 8 or so weeks away.

Or is this maybe a huge cover up... this is actually SL builds under the Leopard name??!!!?!!?!

 

[Akzel]

GraphicDrivers they say?

MAYBE we'll see some fixes for the games-crashing-MBP bug that torments many of us!

 

[wizard]

Safari beta buggy as hell.

Maybe we need to consider that Apple is working on another Safari betathat kills some of the bugs in Safari. I have the beta istalled and frankly it has problems to the point that I often run Firefox.

I've seen things such as hang ups, refusals to reload a page to a number of other glitches. Safari simply isn't ready for prime time. It is what one would expect from a beta but hopefully we will have a new beta with the next update.

I like some of Safaris features like zoom, I just hope they smooth it out in the next beta. That is the response to a pinch on my MBPs track pad is way to course. Old age gas made that zoom capability very important. Some of the other features are nice too, so let's hope that a final stable isn't far off.



Dave

 

[ruinfx]

but i want it nooooooowwww

 

[Stevamundo]

I think Apple's taking its time because, as many people have stated, 10.5.6 is pretty darn stable. It's not like this patch is urgently needed.

Exactly. I consider 10.x.6 or higher that Apple has gotten pretty much all of the major bugs out of the OS.

Now just let Apple take their time to make Leopard as stable and bug free as possible before Snow Leopard comes out.

Especially If Snow Leopard costs the usual $129. To me Snow Leopard just isn't worth $129 for just mainly “under the hood” changes that mainly effects computer programmers. Well I'm not a computer programmer.

To be perfectly honest, I'm more than satisfied with 10.5.6. It's very stable and pretty much bug free if you ask me.