Apple Seeds First Developer Build of Mac OS X 10.6.6
In a rather unusual move, Apple today seeded the first developer version of Mac OS X 10.6.6, known as Build 10J521, even before the company has publicly released Mac OS X 10.6.5.
As 9 to 5 Mac notes, there are no documented known issues in the build and the seed notes mention a focus on support for the forthcoming Mac App Store.
- Contains developer support for fetching and renewing App Store receipts. See "Validating App Store Receipts" for more details.
Interestingly, the Mac OS X 10.6.6 update is only 3.7 MB in size, suggesting only very minor tweaks at this point.The unusual early seeding of Mac OS X 10.6.6 relative to its predecessor and the apparent requirement of Mac OS X 10.6.6 for certain Mac App Store functions suggest that Apple is likely fast-tracking the operating system update for release in the not-so-distant future.
Apple announced during its October 20th media event that the Mac App Store would launch on Mac OS X Snow Leopard within 90 days, and just yesterday the company began accepting submissions from developers for inclusion in the Mac App Store.
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20 months ago
This is the first time I can remember Apple put the next point update beta in their developer connection before the previous one is released.
10.6.6 Delta Update (10J521) is up on ADC. It's only 3 MB's in size though.
10.6.6 Delta Update (10J521) is up on ADC. It's only 3 MB's in size though.
20 months ago
10.6.6 must be focused on the new Mac App Store.
And it means 10.6.5... imminent.
And it means 10.6.5... imminent.
20 months ago
That is really weird. The last time Apple was advancing versions that quickly was from iTunes 4 to 5 I think, where they released version 4, the DRM was hacked, and they released version 5 like a week later. :confused:
20 months ago
From the release:
- Contains developer support for fetching and renewing App Store receipts. See “Validating App Store Receipts” for more details.
- Contains developer support for fetching and renewing App Store receipts. See “Validating App Store Receipts” for more details.
20 months ago
So much closer to 10.7 and The Mac App store it's an exciting time for Mac users :)
20 months ago
Well I still hope a trackpad update comes out soon. Its getting annoying having to deal with a stuck trackpad.
20 months ago
Thus endeth the unreasonable speculation that 10.6.5 will be the last Snow Leopard update.
20 months ago
Sounds like 10.6.6 will be a requirement for the Mac App Store?
Thats my guess. I also think Will want the App Store running before the holidays.... so they can get a nice profit.
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