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OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update released
APPLE HAS RELEASED the second major update to its Snow Leopard operating system with OSX 10.6.2. The release is said to improve the operating system's stability, security and compatibility with third party software and peripherals and is recommended for all 10.6.X users.
The download, which is best installed using Apple's Software Update, is anywhere in size from 157MB to a whopping 479MB depending on the current state of your system.
Early installers have reported problems with audio output but it seems that the update simply changed the default system setting to the internal speakers in most cases and the problem can resolved by choosing the correct setting in the Sound pane of System Preferences.
Bug fixes include the elimination a rare but serious problem where guest user accounts were randomly and permanently deleted, improvements to video playback on some systems, unexpected logouts and problems setting up Exchange servers in Mail.
The update also fixes problems with font handling, connecting monitors using the DVI and Mini Displayport adaptors, and a whole raft of issues with Mail and Mobile Me, Apple's cloud service.
There are also general reliability fixes for a number of core Apple applications including Iwork, Ilife, Aperture and Final Cut Studio.
58 security vulnerabilities have been plugged in this release, including a number of flaws that could allow the execution of arbitrary code or allow brute force attacks that would not be detected by a firewall.
As reported by the INQUIRER last week, the update removes support for Intel's Atom processors. Whether this is a deliberate move on Apple's part to throw a spanner into the works of the Hackintosh community, or is simply pruning unnecessary code from what was always intended to be a slimmed down OS, we will never know.
What we do know is that less than 24 hours after the official release, some Hackintosh users are reporting a workaround that allows 10.6.2 to operate using a 10.6.1 kernel. That didn't take long. µ
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First of all, I'm a ling-time reader and I understand that the Inq' takes generous advantage of 'poetic license'. That being said, this article has a couple of basic grammar errors that make it less than pleasant to read. The errors are not clever, they are just plain old mistakes.
Now, on to the good stuff: this is an anti-trust violation at it's finest. Phystar's longevity seems to have established the fact that users who buy a legal copy of a Mac OS can put it on any computer it will install on. If Apple was truly pruning unneeded code, it would have taken out all the eye candy.
Please take over from Nick Farrell.
You are much better.
I second that, this guy (Stewart Meagher) actually writes a nice piece.
Thanks for your comments Mike. Perhaps you should check your own grammar before complaining about others.
"First of all, I'm a ling-time reader" Nuff said
"this is an anti-trust violation at it's finest" no apostrophe required.
"Phystar's longevity" Psystar shurely?
"users who buy a legal copy of a Mac OS can put it on any computer it will install on." A split infinitive of the finest order.
Pot kettle kettle pot
I rest my case m'lud...
479MB update, yeah that sounds about right.
I'm downloading the update on two different machines (Mac Pro & MacBook Pro) and in both cases it is 499.9 MB.
@ Meagher's #1: Twist it dude, make 'em squirm.
So far the wee issue with safari is sorted and FPS in games has went up quite a bit and now run smoother(there was a issue with the old nvidea drivers causing stuttering)
What is it about Apple updates that means they turn out so large? My rubbish old iMac G4 wants to download a safari update that's 80MB in size. The whole of IE is only 16ish MB. What's going on? What's in that 80MB that I need or want? Precious little I suspect. Frankly I can't be arsed, all the machine needs to be able to do is dish up the recipe (why does no one do an angle poise monitor anymore?) for a Singapore Sling cocktail for those rare occassions I can't remember it off the top of my head...
I might be an old git, but this is just another symptom of how the entire software ecosystem has forgotten about efficiency now that the average user has enough horsepower not to notice the wasted cycles and MBytes.
I have to disagree with a lot of you about this author taking over all Apple stories as opposed to Nick. This is indeed a well-written article, but one of the reasons that I appreciate the INQ so much is for the blatant anti-Apple slant and ridiculous-at-time Linux support.
A little disclaimer: I like what Apple produces--they have a solid OS, but it's good to see some Apple hate once and a while to offset all the media Apple worship that is always happening.
I just think Nick's bias is hilarious, just don't take it all as truth.
Amen dude. But you forgot to mention the really entertaining way that he gets the Mac fanboys in such a tizzy. It makes my day to come home after a long day at work to read nick's articles and see all the faithful that have drunk the Jobs kool-aid worked up into a fervor.
Nice to see someone else actually gets it.
Fed up of settling for 10.6.2.3.5.8.44...
We have 10.7 in 18 months time, Version 11 may never come and you may not be aware but Windows is currently version 6.1 marketed as Windows 7 as Apple market a 10.x as a big cat name.
I don't know what is the reason to have this bad experience. I updated from 10.6.1 to 10.6.2 and the system crashed. "Invalid node structure" is shown. I don't know how to fix it yet "so if any one can help I will appreciate it". But what I want to say make ur backup and update it with hope not to be a common problem.