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Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build 10H574 Seeded to Developers

Monday November 8, 2010 5:11 pm PST by Eric Slivka

Apple continues to work on Mac OS X 10.6.5, issuing a new version known as Build 10H574 to developers today. Just this past Friday, Apple pushed out Build 10H571, with the build of increment of three since that time suggesting that Apple's engineers have likely been working through the weekend to prepare for a public release. No details on changes included in the latest build have yet been revealed.

The public release of Mac OS X 10.6.5 is expected to come nearly simultaneously with a release of iOS 4.2, as Mac OS X 10.6.5 is required to support certain aspects of the AirPrint functionality coming in iOS 4.2. The golden master of iOS 4.2 was issued to developers one week ago and is likely simply awaiting finalization of Mac OS X 10.6.5 before release.

Notably, Apple has already seeded its first developer build of Mac OS X 10.6.6 with hints that that version will be required for support of Apple's forthcoming Mac App Store. The early developer seed of Mac OS X 10.6.6 and the small file size (3.7 MB) suggest it will see only minor changes and may follow closely on the heels of Mac OS X 10.6.5.
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daneoni
20 months ago
...and the baking continues. Hopefully its just about done now.
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flopticalcube
20 months ago
So seed tonight, feedback tomorrow, release Wednesday?
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celticpride678
20 months ago
Seems like Apple wants to get this near-perfect before release.
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ouimetnick
20 months ago
Sure takes them a while.
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RayK
20 months ago
Better hurry up. Seems like this is holding up 4.2.
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asdf542
20 months ago
Hope this is released tomorrow. Could use some graphic driver improvements.
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Cynicalone
20 months ago
Seems very strange to keep working away at 10.6.5 when 10.6.6 is already out to developers.

Hopefully this will come soon followed closely by iTunes 10.1 and iOS 4.2.
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Menge
20 months ago
Wow I wonder what's up with these builds that they have no known issues, yet they keep on coming!

Can't wait till we get 10.6.5 and iTunes 10.1 so I can actually see AirPrint in action!
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nunes013
20 months ago
im guessing 10.6.5 tomorrow, followed by 4.2 and itunes 10.1 wednesday so apples servers aren't overloaded with downloads all in one day. or else download speeds will be slow as hell.



EDIT: Just in case anyone was wondering, i counted and this the 12th beta of 10.6.5.
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jent
20 months ago
Can anyone explain the versioning system for the developer seeds? Does the amount of bug fixes determine how much higher the build number gets between releases?
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