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Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D571 to Developers

The train of Mac OS X 10.6.3 developer seeds continues today, with Apple pushing out Build 10D571 to developers for testing. iPhone in Canada offers the details, which include a request that developers focus their testing on Graphics Drivers, iChat, QuickTime, and Fonts. Additional changes in the latest update include:

- Issues addressed that caused background message colors to display incorrectly in Mail when scrolling
- Issue resolved that caused machines using BTMM and the Bonjour Sleep Proxy to wake unexpectedly

The seed notes also apparently document one known issue involving Software Update reoffering last week's Safari 4.0.5 update after upgrading to the new build.

The last developer build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 was seeded 11 days ago, and we continue to expect Apple to release a final version to the public in the relatively near future. Apple's release schedule is difficult to predict, however, as it seeks to polish each release to address both documented and publicly undocumented issues in its builds.

Mac OS X 10.6.2 was released in early November, and Apple began seeding versions of 10.6.3 to developers in early January.

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25 months ago
Gah, I wish it'd come out already!
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25 months ago
The final 10.6.3 will come out before any new hardware I'm sure.
It would make sense to me. Or has apple released a x.x.1 build release with new hardware same-day in the past?
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25 months ago
*Awaits new kexts for new MacBook Pro's and Mac Pro's*
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25 months ago
Take your time, Apple.
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25 months ago

*Awaits new kexts for new MacBook Pro's and Mac Pro's*


It's getting really tiring now...when is new hardware coming? I've already given up waiting for new machines to come for a soon-to-be switcher friend of mine...I told him he should order the current MBPs and be done with it.
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25 months ago
Loads in the pipeline!
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25 months ago
I was hoping for some Firewall fixes as I'm having issues with that with regards to CD/DVD Sharing and apps not recognizing that an application is put in the "safe" zone.
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25 months ago

The final 10.6.3 will come out before any new hardware I'm sure.
It would make sense to me. Or has apple released a x.x.1 build release with new hardware same-day in the past?

The maintenance release might coincide with some sort of software release (maybe one of the pro applications, like Final Cut) or prior to hardware, but a same-day release with hardware shouldn't have any interdependencies due to the length of the manufacturing ramp.
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25 months ago
i like that every time this comes up it says near future. it been 2 months i dont think its the near future :p
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25 months ago
count me as someone waiting for MacBook Pro updates. Either a significant bump and I'll buy a spankin' new one or if nothing major then I'll snag a refurb and save some $$. Can't wait to upgrade from my 12" 1.33 GHz Powerbook. Yes, i still use it daily.

i would speculate that 10.6.3 includes some hooks for the next h/w revision.
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