Mac OS X 10.5.7 9J60 Seeded to Developers

My guess is that the final version will be released on Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Just make it ASAP, new releases are always welcome :)

I just don't get it: why would Apple wanna release n Mac OS X update that doesn't allow Safari 4 Beta to be installed? Wouldn't that mean that anyone who has Safari 4 Beta already installed (like me) won't be able to update to 10.5.7? ...
If they really are gonna resolve the Safari 4 Beta issue.... I would assume that it takes more than a week to fix that problem. Otherwise they would've done that long ago. Unless, along with 10.5.7 there will be a new Safari 4 Beta update, too? :eek:

Back to 10.5.7, I have a feeling this will be released just before or near the iPhone 3.0 announcement as it is probably an important update to allow certain compatibilities to function properly. I don't expect this to be finalized till June.

Not likely, 3.0 is a few months off yet.

10.5.7 is already set to bring in most of the parts necessary for 3.0 to operate (note syncing for example) correctly and the new version of iTunes will fill in the rest.

Who came up with the ridiculous Friday idea? It will be released Tuesday, probably next week looking at this build.

I just don't get it: why would Apple wanna release n Mac OS X update that doesn't allow Safari 4 Beta to be installed? Wouldn't that mean that anyone who has Safari 4 Beta already installed (like me) won't be able to update to 10.5.7? ...
If they really are gonna resolve the Safari 4 Beta issue.... I would assume that it takes more than a week to fix that problem. Otherwise they would've done that long ago. Unless, along with 10.5.7 there will be a new Safari 4 Beta update, too? :eek:

This build is likely the final we'll see soon.

Safari 4 beta is not an OS problem, it's likely a Safari 4 problem that will be addressed soon with a Safari 4 update.

Actually, I'd put money the 10.5.7 update is waiting on the Safari 4 update to release.

Anyone think this is turning into the next Duke Nukem Forever?

[...]with seed notes reporting only on known issue: the Safari 4 Beta will not install on 10.5.7.

Seems a big enough issue that we wouldn't expect 9J60 to be the final release version of Mac OS X 10.5.7.

Does MacRumors even read what World of Apple wrote in their article?

It's an issue with the installer. The installer contains a version check and therefore denies to install on anything later then Mac OS X 10.5.6. World of Apple received numerous reports that the Safari 4 Beta works without any problem with 10.5.7, it just doesn't install when you didn't install it before.

That's not a showstopper at all. As many developers already noticed; this could be easily fixed by issuing a newer beta or just upgrade the current Safari 4 beta installer.

Does MacRumors even read what World of Apple wrote in their article?

It's an issue with the installer. The installer contains a version check and therefore denies to install on anything later then Mac OS X 10.5.6. World of Apple received numerous reports that the Safari 4 Beta works without any problem with 10.5.7, it just doesn't install when you didn't install it before.

That's not a showstopper at all. As many developers already noticed; this could be easy fixed by issuing a newer beta or just upgrade the current Safari 4 beta installer.

You dont even need to use a new installer, basically Apple are purposely blocking people from installing Safari 4 beta in 10.5.7 to stop 10.5.7 becoming too popular before its official release.

It's an issue with the installer. The installer contains a version check and therefore denies to install on anything later then Mac OS X 10.5.6. World of Apple received numerous reports that the Safari 4 Beta works without any problem with 10.5.7, it just doesn't install when you didn't install it before.

Yeah. I read it. And they don't say the issue is specifically a "version check". You either know that independently or made it up just now.

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