Snow Leopard Build 10A286 Seeded to Developers
QuickTime Player
The new QuickTime Player has a new minimal UI and is focused on playback.
Finder
Finder includes a new Cocoa Desktop, Info Window and Contextual Menu
Safari
Safari 4 beta is included in the seed as the default browser.
Snow Leopard is due for release sometime in 2009, and Apple has been making steady progress on the new operating system, as demonstrated by consistent releases of new builds to developers. Apple has said that they are focusing on quality and performance in Snow Leopard rather than introducing significant numbers of new features.
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The last build was 10A261(?)
Wonders if any new tweaks are added to this build.
10a261 was the previous build.
I'm just reading the seed notes, and forgive me for not compromising the NDA... but there are still quite a lot of "known issues"...
But, there are some new stuff.... not least in the Finder!
When I get home this evening, I will try it out :)
Less than a month after the last seed of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Seed notes) Apple has released another major build. Build 10A286 packs three main important changes. Build 10A286 of Snow Leopard is said to contain a new QuickTime with a “minimal UI”, in addition the Finder has now been replaced with a Cocoa version and finally Safari 4 Beta is now included in the build.
The accompanying notes also pointed towards a major shift to 64-bit, with all developers being encouraged to run Mac OS X Snow Leopard in 64-bit mode.
The unusually short seed notes can be seen below.
New Content
This seed contains some major new changes in the following areas:
QuickTime Player
The new QuickTime Player has a new minimal UI and is focused on playback.
Finder
Finder includes a new Cocoa Desktop, Info Window and Contextual Menu
Safari
Safari 4 beta is included in the seed as the default browser.
Known Issues
Remote Installs over Airport may cause panics (A workaround is to install via Ethernet or DVD.)
Booting from the install DVD can take a long time
Some settings are not migrated from the previous system when upgrading, including file sharing, sharing name and energy saver settings.
Finder issues: Icon previews will not appear on the Desktop, selecting Clean Up does not change icon placement on the Desktop. Sometimes the Finder and Desktop will stop responding to input. A workaround is to restart Finder.
iTunes will sometimes lock up when an iPhone is connected. A workaround is to rename or delete ~/Library/Lockdown)
Microsoft Office 2004 applications can hang when using the File->Open menu. A workaround is to open the file by opening it in Finder.)
On newer MacBook Pros, the screen’s backlight will not come on when booting into the installer if the brightness is set below 6.
Hibernation is not working on machines with Nvidia graphics cards and will result in a frozen machine.
The Time Machine UI cannot be activated in Finder and Mail in some cases.
The linker creates a bad image when the minimum OS target is set to Mac OS X 10.5 and weak external symbols are used. (A workaround is to set Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.6 as the minimum OS target.)
Xcode often crashes when navigating in documentation using the navigation buttons.
We do not recommended installing this seed on the Nehalem Mac Pros.
Anyway, replacing Carbon stuff by Cocoa is good, especially on things that are as essential as the Finder.
Anyone think that March 24 Event might have to do with Snow Leopard?
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