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Mac OS X 10.5.7 progressing towards release

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Developers are still being asked to focus their testing on data synchronisation as well as networking, graphics drivers, Mail, printing and more.

Only two known issues are listed: the Safari 4 beta still cannot be installed on 10.5.7, and there's a problem with CoreRAIDServer crashing.

The apparent progress being made by Apple's team suggests 10.5.7 could be out in a matter of weeks.

Further support for that idea can be found in the Apple Store.

The "ATI Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro (Early 2009 or Early 2008)" is scheduled to ship in 5-7 weeks. Although the product description says the card requires "Mac OS X v10.5.6 or later", it is known that the driver for this family of graphics chips are part of 10.5.7.

While Apple could theoretically uncouple the driver from the OS update, that's not the way things usually work - except for new computer models which do from time to time ship with special builds of an existing OS release that have been augmented with hardware-specific features.

So will the Easter Bunny bring 10.5.7 along with the chocolate eggs? We'll have to wait and see.