OS X 10.5.3 testing begins in earnest


Earlier this month, IGM repeated a rumor that posited that OS X 10.5.3 would arrive soon. However, that's obviously not going to happen as the first of likely many pre-release developer seeds has just been rolled out by Apple.

AppleInsider reports that OS X 10.5.3 Build 9D10 has been seeded widely to developers and testers.

Generically, 9D10 includes 75 bug fixes and code corrections, but specifically is said to deliver the following updated components: AddressBook, AppleScript, Audio, Back To My Mac, Dashboard, the Dock, DVD Player, Finder, Graphics, iCal, Mail, Portable Home Directories, Printing, Rosetta, Spaces, Spotlight, Time Machine and VoiceOver.

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Of particular note is the correction of two critical memory leaks within CoreAnimation and iCal.

AppleInsider says that OS X 10.5.3 will be released sometime in April or May.

Editor's note: I've got no major beefs with OS X 10.5.2, which corrected a number of longstanding issues (ie slow graphics, browser slowdowns, etc). What do you want fixed and / or improved in the Apple's third Leopard update?

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