Apple has seeded Mac OS X for Intel build 8B1027 to Apple Developer Platform owners. This build includes new tactics to prevent piracy of Mac OS X for Intel.
“First and foremost, software built with 8B1027 will not run on previous Intel builds. Meaning, software built with 10.4.2 on Intel will not run on the current pirated copies. It is likely Apple will continue this procedure until the final candidate stage of Mac OS X for Intel,” Christopher Price reports for Twin Mac. “In addition, future updates for Xcode for PowerPC Macs will likely prevent running software on older pre-release Intel builds.”
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