Mac OS X 10.5.4 makes reliability and security the main issues

by Stephen Withers

Tuesday, 01 July 2008

Page 1 of 2 ! Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.4. with reliability, performance and security being the main attractions. A fix for a file corruption issue affecting Adobe Creative Suite 3 users when saving documents to a server is a key feature, among some other important tweaks. While the underlying problem with CS3 had been around for some time, the release of Mac OS X 10.5.3 appeared to make it a more widespread cause for concern among Photoshop users. According to Apple officials, the operating system update released overnight "resolves" the issue. Mac OS X 10.5.4 delivers a relatively small number of changes. Multiple iCal issues are fixed, including "overall reliability", user interface problems, and privacy-related matters. Safari gets a tweak or two to provide potentially faster loading of secure web pages and the use of client certificates stored on smart cards. Changes to AirPort are supposed to address reliability issues with 5GHz networks and performance problems with Logic Studio and MainStage. A small number of user interface quirks in Spaces and Exposé - such as a tendency for Exposé to fail to display every window - have been set right. RAW image support has been extended to a larger range of cameras, the reliability of the L2TP VPN client has been improved, and an X11 installation issue repaired. (X11 is required by some applications that have been ported from Linux without being modified to use the Mac's native Aqua windowing system.) And there's also a stack of security fixes - please read on. << First page <   1 2 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

 

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