Update Mac OS X 10.5.8 is almost ready for release

In May of this year, Apple presented OS major update to Mac OS X version 10.5.7, but the next "patch" is coming soon.

According to the data MacNN1 July this year, developers have the assembly updates Mac OS X 10.5.8 version of the 9L22, while the previous build - 9L20 - was taken five days earlier. Steel short periods between release test builds an update saying that its output is a matter of few weeks. In the release version of the 9L20 and 9L22 Apple asked developers to pay special attention to the graphics display subsystem, I / O and other basic operating structure.

Compared with the previous, in the final assembly of updates Mac OS X there are only four patches on problems of sound through the USB output power of devices connected to a FireWire port, and some difficulties with Bluetooth-printers. Only one of the noted shortcomings associated with the stored on the hard drive e-mails (the problem is not described in detail).

It is expected that the updated Mac OS X version 10.5.8 will be the last before the release

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow LeopardWhich will take place in September this year. However, as in the case of Mac OS X Tiger, you can expect further support for Mac OS X Leopard, even after entering the market of the new OS.