Another Mac OS X 10.6.2 developer build: Atom support returns

By Stephen Withers
Thursday, 05 November 2009 11:25

Opinion and Analysis

Hackintosh lovers rest easy: the removal of Atom support from Mac OS X 10.6.2 may just have been a temporary glitch. And there's news of more fixes that apply to the rest of us.

An uproar occurred following reports that Apple had rejigged Mac OS X 10.6.2 so it wouldn't run on Intel Atom processors.

Running Mac OS X on a netbook such as the Dell Mini 10v is popular among some people as a way of getting a lightweight 'Mac' at low cost.

Suspicious types thought this practice had been deliberately targeted by Apple.

But 'stellarola' - the blogger that first made the revelation - now says Atom support has returned in build 10C535.

However, there's no word yet on whether that reversal remains in build 10C540, which was released to developers this week. Even if it does, a cloud will remain overhead until 10.6.2 is released to users.

A range of fixes new to this build has been reported by AppleInsider. They reportedly address AirPort performance issues on the latest iMacs (which could possibly be related to poor Flash performance on those models if some observers are right), connection issues with Apple TV, VMware compatibility, and USB, AFP and video issues.