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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.3 and Security Update 2010-002


Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.3, the third maintenance update for Snow Leopard, via Software Update and the company's software downloads page. The update offers several hundred fixes implemented since the release of Mac OS X 10.6.2 last November and an interim security update issued in January.

The 10.6.3 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

- improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X
- address compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications
- address an issue that causes background message colors to display incorrectly in Mail
- resolve an issue that prevented files with the # or & characters in their names from opening in Rosetta applications
- resolve an issue that prevented files from copying to Windows file servers
- improve performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode
- improve sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand
- address a color issue in iMovie with HD content
- improve printing reliability
- resolve issues with recurring events in iCal when connected to an Exchange server
- improve the reliability of 3rd party USB input devices
- fix glowing, stuck, or dark pixels when viewing video from the iMac (Late 2009) built-in iSight camera

Full details on the update are available in Apple's associated support document.

Developer builds of Mac OS X 10.6.3 were seeded with increasingly frequency in recent weeks, with the most recent, Build 10D573, appearing just last Wednesday.

- Mac OS X v10.6.3 Update (719.23 MB)
- Mac OS X v10.6.3 Update (Combo) (784 MB)
- Mac OS X Server v10.6.3 Update (831.31 MB)
- Mac OS X Server v10.6.3 Update (Combo) (897.32 MB)

Apple has also released Security Update 2010-002 for users on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

- Security Update 2010-002 (Leopard-Client) (78.39 MB)
- Security Update 2010-002 (Leopard-Server) (361.40 MB)

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25 months ago
Any brave souls want to try this out first?
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25 months ago
OMG! Its finally out.

Hope 10.6.3 solves people's existing issues.
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25 months ago
About time, although everything works for me already with 10.6.2.
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25 months ago
Hopefully this heralds new Macbooks running 10.6.3 tomorrow.
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25 months ago
Still not upgrading - 10.5.8 works fine. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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25 months ago
About time!
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25 months ago
FINALLY.

But where is TRIM support for SSD drives?
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25 months ago

Still not upgrading - 10.5.8 works fine. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.


Thats fine if you don't want to upgrade. I understand your point of view so don't jump down my throat after you read this,

But if everyone had that philosophy then nobody would have any new tech and innovation would be incredibly slow as no one would want to try new stuff.
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25 months ago
Arrandale macbook pros tomorrow!!!
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25 months ago

Any brave souls want to try this out first?

not me. ;)

Still not upgrading - 10.5.8 works fine. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

what he said.
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