Latest Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Builds Still Have Work to be Done
AppleInsider reports that new seeds of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard were recently distributed to developers.
The newest seed of Mac OS X 10.6 is said to offer new additions to Grand Central, which provides developers an easier way to harness the power of multiple processor cores. Apple's efforts to convert many of its existing apps to Cocoa are still underway but with much still left to be done on Font Book. Other areas that are undergoing ongoing revisions include power management for notebooks and 64-bit support.
While there had been some hints that Mac OS X 10.6 might arrive in the first quarter of 2009, Apple's official timeframe was "about a year" from this past June.
Update: Seed notes posted.
The newest seed of Mac OS X 10.6 is said to offer new additions to Grand Central, which provides developers an easier way to harness the power of multiple processor cores. Apple's efforts to convert many of its existing apps to Cocoa are still underway but with much still left to be done on Font Book. Other areas that are undergoing ongoing revisions include power management for notebooks and 64-bit support.
While there had been some hints that Mac OS X 10.6 might arrive in the first quarter of 2009, Apple's official timeframe was "about a year" from this past June.
Update: Seed notes posted.
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42 months ago
Apple is giving us the new Snow Leopard builds!!
:apple:
EDIT: tried a find, but couldn't find a thread on this topic.
:apple:
EDIT: tried a find, but couldn't find a thread on this topic.
42 months ago
Forgive me for not violating my NDA..... but reading the seed notes there still are MANY known issues...
Oh, and the Server requires an Intel with 2.0 GB of RAM. I'll give you that ;)
Oh, and the Server requires an Intel with 2.0 GB of RAM. I'll give you that ;)
42 months ago
I figured as much but thanks for the info. :)
Have you followed previous development cycles? If so how does this compare to previous OS X releases?
Have you followed previous development cycles? If so how does this compare to previous OS X releases?
42 months ago
I figured as much but thanks for the info. :)
Have you followed previous development cycles? If so how does this compare to previous OS X releases?
I am still downloading this build. I have installed the previous version, so I'm dying to find out if it feels different, faster, etc.
I am on a 12 Mb connection, and downloading them both at the same time (2 x 6.2 GB...) takes a couple of hours, I'm afraid. :o
EDIT: pic of downloading :)
42 months ago
I am still downloading this build. I have installed the previous version, so I'm dying to find out if it feels different, faster, etc.
I am on a 12 Mb connection, and downloading them both at the same time (2 x 6.2 GB...) takes a couple of hours, I'm afraid. :o
EDIT: pic of downloading :)
Sorry I meant in terms of 10.5, 10.4 etc. when referring to releases and development cycles.
42 months ago
Sorry I meant in terms of 10.5, 10.4 etc. when referring to releases and development cycles.
Ah, I see.
Yes, I have followed those betas too (actually, from Jaguar upwards), and TBO reading these seed notes it doesn't really look like the development is half way yet.
Don't want to sound pessimistic, but having 2 pages of "issues" (installation issues, Time Machine network backup issues, other issues, Developer issues, Third party issues) makes me think that Snow Leopard seems at least 6 months away from Release Candidate.
Also lots of ".... not fully functional"
But... Apple never ceases to amaze me... ;)
42 months ago
Yes! nice nice nice. Any new notes on Exchange?
Yep.
I'll say this: Apple is definitely working on it...
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