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Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Build 9A500n

Apple has seeded a new version of Mac OS X Leopard (9A500n) to developers today.

The latest update arrived through Mac OS X's built in Software Update and reportedly improves stability and provides general fixes. It is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard 9A499. Previous seeds have introduced visual tweaks. There have been no reports yet about any visual enhancements in the latest build.

Apple recently requested feedback on the previous build (9A499) to all developers. The final consumer release of Mac OS X Leopard is due in October.

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59 months ago
I can not wait until October :)
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59 months ago
Went over to the InsanelyMac forums and a user there posted that it's much more stable and "WAAAY faster". Woohoo!
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59 months ago
I'm getting this gut feeling you're not going to have to wait till October.
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59 months ago

I can not wait until October :)


me two! :)

let's hope this is a sign of it being right on schedule ;)
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59 months ago
wonder if they fixed that awful menubar
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59 months ago
Man, I wish it could come out sooner and I hope the menubar transparency is controlled by a toggle somewhere in the preferences. Though, maybe it'll grow on me.
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59 months ago
do we have any more details about this? Is there a changelog?
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59 months ago
I don't mean to be negative, but I suspect 10.5 is not the upgrade Steve was hoping for.

I think the fall of Vista combined with the resource constraints of iPhone, et al., has pushed Apple to do a less ambitious upgrade.

I worry that they are looking for developer feedback at this stage. (not just bug reporting) I worry that the state of development is still far off. Bugs are everywhere.

And this is supposed to be released in late October?

Beyond 10.5, I would love to see some more innovation from Apple. e.g. Where is the ability to use your Mac as a virtual headset for your iPhone. This one little feature could be killer...
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59 months ago

I'm getting this gut feeling you're not going to have to wait till October.


I'm getting the same gut feeling.
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59 months ago
Glad to see that things are getting fixed, hope the launch in October goes well. Should be getting a new Mac early next year methinks, after a couple of point releases.
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