Apple today released Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update which is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.
What’s new in Mac OS X 10.5.3:
General
• Fixes a font issue that could result in Helvetica Narrow being used in applications instead of Helvetica.
• Addresses an issue with stuttering video and audio playback in certain USB devices.
• Resolves stability issues with Word of the Day, iTunes Artwork, and Slideshow screen savers.
• Fixes an issue in which certain attached hard drives may not show up in the Finder.
• Addresses an issue with .Mac syncing of Dashboard widgets over multiple Macs that use different screen resolutions.
• Includes additional RAW image support for several cameras.
• Improves the accuracy of the Software Update progress bar indicator.
• Addresses an issue in which Finder may not be available if the computer name is blank in Sharing preferences.
• Improves Active Directory binding and login.
• Eliminates a delay when logging in as an Active Directory user in a .local domain.
• Improves Spotlight searches on a AFP file server volumes.
• Clients can now change their password at the login window when bound to a Mac OS X 10.4 Open Directory server.
• Improves Safari reliability when connecting to the Internet through a Microsoft ISA proxy.
Address Book
• Addresses reliability issues when searching for contacts using built-in search.
• Resolves issues with mapping addresses that contain an ampersand character (&).
AirPort
• Improves 802.1X behavior and reliability.
• Improves reliability when using Time Capsule.
Automator
• Addresses an issue in which some actions may not work with the “Show When Run” option enabled.
• Resolves an issue in which the “New iCal Event” action may not work.
• Resolves an issue that prevents workflows from being saved in the Finder’s contextual menu.
• Fixes reliability issues for Automator scripts that search for files by date.
• Resolves an issue that prevents workflows from being saved in the Finder’s contextual menu.
• Addresses an issue in which Automator workflows as Finder plugins do not work when the workflow begins with the “Get Selected Finder Items” action.
• Fixes an issue in which the “Copy Files” action does not reliably work when added from Automator’s warning dialog.
iCal
• Addresses potential privacy issues by allowing events to be marked as private.
• Resolves an issue in which the inspector does not show capacity and availability info for conference rooms within a building.
• Addresses an issue in which the current day could appear in the left-most column of the weekly view.
• Addresses reliability issues with meeting alarms, invitations and attachments.
• Resolves issues with reliability when restoring from iCal backups.
• Fixes accuracy issues with auto-completion, availability data and location names.
• Resolves an issue in which iCal may send cancellation notices for events in the past after a calendar is deleted.
• Fixes reliability issues with iCal syncing.
iChat
• Addresses reliability issues with screen sharing.
• Resolves an issue in which saved chat transcripts may reported as “still in use” after opening and closing them in iChat.
• Resolves an issue with group chats not being indexed in Spotlight.
• Only the last 250 messages of an active chat are saved. Fixed to save unlimited number of lines.
• Addresses issues with echo cancellation that may occur on portable Macs.
Mail
• Resolves an issue in which Mail may prevent idle sleep when set to automatically check for new messages every minute.
• Addresses stability issues that may be encountered when dragging large attachments into an email message.
• Fixes an issue that could occur if two compose windows are open when dragging a file to the Mail icon in the Dock.
• Addresses reliability issues when changes are made to a mailbox while offline.
• Resolves wrapping issues that may be found with consecutive spaces in plain text.
• Fixes issues with certain web pages appearing garbled when emailed from Safari.
• Fixes an issue in which the Sent, Drafts, and Outbox mailboxes incorrectly list the “cc” recipients in the “To” column.
• Addresses reliability issues with attachments added to plain text notes.
• Fixes reliability issues with authenticated RSS feeds.
• Resolves an issue in which attaching an alias to an email message may not send the actual file.
Parental Controls
• Addresses reliability issues with application logging and time limits.
• Resolves an issue in which Parental Controls may prevent forced sleep.
• Addresses performance issues with web content filters.
• Fixes an issue with managed accounts in which iChat transcripts may not be created.
• Addresses issues with 4-byte files and whitelist.
Spaces
• Resolves an issue in which switching to a different space and returning back to the original space may reorder the application windows with a different active window.
• Resolves an issue in which activating an application from the Dock switches to a different space, even if there is a window for that application in the current space.
• Fixes an issue in which Command-Tab may incorrectly switch to a new space.
• Addresses reliability issues with Spaces when syncing preferences over .Mac.
Time Machine
• Includes fixes for Time Machine compatibility with Time Capsule.
• Resolves certain issues when backing up a portable Mac that is on battery power.
• Addresses compatibility issues with Aperture 2.
• Addresses reliability issues when performing a full restore from a Time Machine backup.
• Fixes an issue in which certain function keys may be disabled after using Time Machine.
• Fixes a possible alert message that incorrectly states a backup volume does not have enough space.
• Updates Time Machine to reliably restore attachments and messages in Mail.
VoiceOver
• Includes Braille Update 1.0 which enables GW Micro, HandyTech, HIMS, Nippon, and Papenmeier Refreshable Braille displays.
• Addresses an issue with Braille dot 7 and 8 underlining.
• Fixes an issue in which HTML page anchors may be ignored by the VoiceOver cursor.
• Fixes an issue that prevented Hot Spots from being used in text areas.
• Resolves an issue with spell checking in which VoiceOver may only announce the first misspelled word if there are multiple words spelled incorrectly.
Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update is available via Software Update and also as standalone installers.
More info and download links:
• Mac OS X 10.5.3 Combo Update – 536 MB
• Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update – 420MB
Yippee!!
Let the gnashing of teeth, beating of breasts, and pulling of hair begin!
“And a great cry of woe emanated from the throng . . .” as yet another opportunity for lamentation reared is fearsome spectre.
damn snappy newz
*cue snappy comments*
Methinks I perceive enhanced snappiness.
maybe now my mbp will connect to my home and work networks without any voodoo.
i got my fingers crossed, but i’m not throwing away the chicken bones and gypsy tears yet.
Sweetness!!! Now hopefully 10.5.2 will be released in retail form. I’ve been patiently waiting for 10.5.2 to become retail so I can finally upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. Now maybe I’ll finally get the chance in the next few weeks. Great News!
Queue George Ou’s tirade that this proves Apple’s security is fundamentally botched.
I wonder what he’s up to these days anyway… Oh.
P.S. – For a those who want to laugh a little and cry a little, read the responses to his farewell post.
420 MBs? Kinda big.
How big is the Combo?
10.5.2 is already snappy on my 15.4 MacBook Pro. Could it get any snappier?
Sweetness!!! Now hopefully 10.5.2 will be released in retail form. I’ve been patiently waiting for 10.5.2 to become retail so I can finally upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. Now maybe I’ll finally get the chance in the next few weeks. Great News!
What’s stopped you from installing Leopard and running combo updater previously?
…says something genuinely funny and awesome- and then a ton of douchebag losers who can’t be funny on their own so they repeat that comedian ad nauseam thinking they can be somewhat as funny?
That’s the chode you’ve become when you bust out snappy jokes.
speaking of snapper….. errr…. snappier, do i have to wait for time capsule to fill up and then start self deleting? Or, can i delete days myself?
@ Sarasota… the update on my MBP running 10.5.2 is weighing in at 198 MB.
@ El Bandito… what sort of issues have you had? I have had no trouble getting on my home or work networks.
wow, look jarrett, Apple has a +/- button under preference > option. If not for my ignorance, my stupidity would be without a companion.
Install on MacPro (Quad, 3 GHz) was 20 minutes, no issues so far.
Install in MacBook about 30 minutes. Long blue screens. A little nerve-wracking. Wouldn’t boot with iPod Shuffle connected.
Seems fine now.
What’s the difference between fixing and resolving an issue?
One thing I always don’t understand. We all know we can go to Apple support for all different types of things, but we come to this site and others because the response is pretty immediate, and there seems to be quite a bit of knowledge here. If any of us having questions really wanted the all in all technical information surely we would call Apple support.
And don’t give me the new people to the platform don’t know. They have been dealing with Windows for so long they know all about phone support, web support, depression support, alcoholism support….. hell, even gambler’s anon since the took that bet “Windows” and crapped out.
iMac CoreDuo 2 Ghz, download took 3 minutes, and install took all of 8 minutes.
@ January 24, 1984
How much info is on your system, or have you not done spring cleaning yet?
Updates Time Machine to reliably restore attachments and messages in Mail.
Guess el Rushbo (Limbaugh) had a little something to do with that.
(let the political rants begin).
@Willie G
may i direct your attention to the apple support forums…
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1153
read all the threads about wireless problems. then feel bad for me and my 2000 dollar laptop.
🙁
I hope it fixed the Kernal panic any time a DVD is inserted and DVD player is the auto program.
@ M.X.N.T.4.1.
Fixing means that you never could pinpoint why the problem was occurring, but while you were trying to figure it out, something you futzed with made the problem go away. Problem fixed.
Resolving an issue means that you were actually able to identify the poorly-written code that was causing the problem, and you replaced it with a new chunk of code that is hopefully less bug-ridden than the previous bad code. For the time being… problem resolved.
And I bet it boots faster, the finder is faster and it has a nice beat that’s easy to dance too
@ Big Mac!
What in the world are you talking about? Buy 10.5 and run Software Update. That’s the way it’s done.