Apple today released Mac OS X v10.6.3 Update which is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:
• improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X
• address compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications
• address an issue that causes background message colors to display incorrectly in Mail
• resolve an issue that prevented files with the # or & characters in their names from opening in Rosetta applications
• resolve an issue that prevented files from copying to Windows file servers
• improve performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode
• improve sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand
• address a color issue in iMovie with HD content
• improve printing reliability
• resolve issues with recurring events in iCal when connected to an Exchange server
• improve the reliability of 3rd party USB input devices
• fix glowing, stuck, or dark pixels when viewing video from the iMac (Late 2009) built-in iSight camera
Mac OS X 10.6.3 is available via Software Update and also via standalone installers.
More info and download links here.
ok, SNAPPY…
Installed on MacPro and 13″ MacBook, no issues.
I’m already pissed. When is 10.6.4 coming out? It better be soon!
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Except if you watch or are part of the Fox News channel……then you don’t get it…..
I hope it fixes whatever has been making Dictionary crash all the time. System Preferences crashes about every other I launch it, too. Really annoying. Has anyone else been having these issues with Snow Leopard?
eeeee! Man this update is huge.
… every other TIME I launch it. Oops. Bad proofing on my part
@spj:
I’ve never had any crashing issues with Snow Leopard, nor have I heard of any widespread complaints. Would advise downloading the 10.6.3 combo updater from the Apple website and installing manually rather than relying on Software Update.
Overall the last version has been super slow for me. Constant spinning beachball, Safari crashes daily, even after clearing cache.
SPJ
had a similar problem. Was a font conflict. Do a search on this issue and you should find the solution.
@spj:
Ditto with never having crashing issues with Snow Leopard, particularly with Dictionary and System Preferences. Could it be a font problem with Dictionary, and have you validated fonts with FontBook? (Just guessing.) The only thing I could imagine messing with System Preferences is a corrupted preferencepane, maybe a third-party one, though I’ve got several (FlipForMac WMV, Glimmer Blocker, Growl, Perian and SizzlingKeys) and I’ve still never had it crash on me.
@spj…
what alansky said…
Going off my experience running 12 macs at work, there are no problems with SL unless you migrate from an old machine to new one – you are better starting afresh with the new one.
Yeah, what the faster typist Barry said…
update complete
smooth sailing (as usual)
Thanks Apple!
alansky: Thanks for your comment. These Dictionary and System Preferences crashes are the only ones I’ve ever had with Snow Leopard, and they have only been occurring within the past few weeks. I’ll try updating the slow way this time, though, as per your suggestion, albeit not for a day or two. Just like I’m not a x.0 kind of person, I also generally wait a couple days before doing any OS update just to make sure no widespread problems have been reported.
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I hadn’t thought it might be font-related, so will check that.
Again, your ideas are much appreciated.
Snappy indeed! Smooth install from Software Update and restart was comparatively quick apart from the previous updates. Good news here!
Still nothing with Mail’s problems with 3rd party IMAP’s and POP’s asking for password all the time
Rich Apple person: Still nothing with Mail’s problems with 3rd party IMAP’s and POP’s asking for password all the time
The problem is with your mail provider – the remote server is declining your stored passwords (and usually it’s the server’s fault).
I agree that there should be an option “I know the server has just screwed up – ignore & retry” instead of having to input the password again and again…
It was imminent that it would be.
I ran Validate Fonts in FontBook and it found 37 “minor” problems. Would this automatically mean I should delete all of them? I can certainly live without a few of them, but most of them are standard (and often Web-safe) fonts like Ariel, Verdana, Times New Roman, etc. I don’t want to delete those. Any suggestions on how I should proceed?
Again, I appreciate all the advice.
so… installed the 10.6.3 update, all went well – rebooted my Mac Pro and now my second monitor doesn’t work at all. gets no input from the second DVI port on my video card. i’m pissed, have TONS of work to do today and can’t be bothered trying to troubleshoot this ridiculous issue.
anyone else have this problem? anything i can try? i’ve tried rebooting, removing the re-inserting the video card, switching monitor cables – both monitors work just fine, but only one at a time, and only from the first DVI port on my video card.
any help would be appreciated…. dual monitor users, BEWARE before updating to 10.6.3.
Run FontDoctor.
@Rich Apple person…
Which email provider are you using? I’ve used IMAP/POP3 in Mail.app for years across several providers and never experienced the problem you’re describing.
mine won’t install
Installed on both my MacPro and MBP 15 Unibody – no problems… in fact, several issues are now gone:
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dictionary disappearing, System Preferences no longer crashes, my teeth are whiter and the girl next door is now smiling a me – again. Maybe she removed that restraining order!!! (Just kidding about the last two)
Update seems effortless – best to D/L the combo – works better for most people.
Cheers from Downunder.
I did my 2008 MacPro (8 cores; 3 Ghz) with dual monitors and had no problems…. sorry. I have the ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card. One monitor is hooked up via mini-display port and the other via DVI.
But, despite my “first post” I do note that my “Back To My Mac” links to my home computers (which use to work fine) are now gone from both computers that I’ve updated (MacPro and MacBook). I’ll have to see if, once I do the update at home, they come back.
Canada Mark
I wish I felt as snappy as my MBP does now…
@Rich Apple person: Is it Hotmail your using per chance? That’s what I use, and what your describing happens frequently, but that’s down to MIcrosoft’s poor quality of service more than anything.
Combo Updater available here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1017
@ PFjellman
How did you prepare to run the update?
Or did you just let Software Update run?
1. Download COMBO Updater
2. Run ONYX or Cocktail
3. Run Disk Warrior or Disk Utility
I might even clone my hard drive before running the Updater, just in case.
4. THEN run the Combo Updater
With an Update of this magnitude, it’s best to be careful and take some time to prepare:
thx , the combo worked
one thing i do notice is harper graphic quality on my mp from 07 w x1900
everything looks much brighter and sharper !
wonder if it cures my multiple Macs’ CVL (constant variable logout) problem. If we were talking Windows it would be big news demanding a solution. As a Mac user, despite a long running issue on forums for over a year – sufferers are deemed unlucky!
bad show!
I just installed Mac OS X 10.6.3 and it ate my dog!
I loved that dog…
it turns off anti aliasing , oh dear
I always clone my HD before an OS update. Saves tons of time if anything goes awry. Learned that lesson (of course) the hard way.
Also, I repair permissions after the update, just in case.
Snow Leopard’s font issues usually involve duplicate fonts.
Oh yeah…installed combo update – no problems.
Update for my MBP via Software update was about 450mb; 700+ for combo.
No OS here, but if I am off the VPN and delete an Exchange email from my Inbox then Mail quits every time. I am hoping this is fixed now.
@spj
Just circling back and saw your question about FontBook. I’ve successfully ignored minor issues that FontBook found without any ill effects that I’ve noticed. I’ve only worried about major problems in the past. I would try turning off duplicate fonts as “It’s About Time” mentioned.
Fried my computer. My login is gone old users have reappeared and I have no idea how to fix it.
Installed fine on my MacBook 3,1
I have a TON of quality fonts installed and usually FontBook was a nightmare to launch. Now it launches INSTANTLY and displays the selected font, with no delays whatever while switching to other fonts. I’ve noticed they’ve reworked the interface slightly too. Very grateful for this update of FontBook. Sweetness and snappiness!
I’m experiencing video corruption when detaching tabs from Safari. Firefox is unaffected though.
Everything seems to be working fine with 10.6.3, on both of the Macs here that run Snow Leopard. Previously, I had an issue with Safari chewing up memory over time, when running it without quitting for a long time, such as two or three days; quitting Safari immediately released all the RAM it was hogging. It may have been related to the Flash plugin, but I’m not sure, since it seemed more noticeable when viewing a lot of videos (such as on YouTube or Hulu). Anyways, although I’ve only been using 10.6.3 for about six hours at this point, this issue (if it’s still present) seems less noticeable.
CS 3 crash on startup!!!!
any ideas?
That’s after the security holes plugged with the recent Safari update. 88 as in 8×11. So much for rock solid security….
Photoshop CS 3 Quits on start-up. Many others reporting the same issue. Crippled.
Not fixed is the Times New Roman font rendering issue for PDF files.
ran the update and ran into a whole bunch of font conflicts. ran the resolve duplicates command in font book and things seem to be up and running…
found it. Font fuxxOr3d. Run fontbook, remove fonts with minor errors (Arial I’m looking at you). Resolve duplicates. Log out, log in. Or reboot. Ta da!
used system update to get 10.6.3 and as soon as every thing was installed and restarted.. my second screen (i use a 42″ LG HD CLD TV) the colour and every thing is all messed up.. dark and stuff.. and the brightness button on my main monitor doesnt make any dif to the second screen(it did before with no probs) tried all kinds of things to fix it .. tv works fine and every thing else seams fine.. but cant work out what is going on…
if any one can help me that would be greatly appreciated
downloading the Combo Update and gonna see if that fixes stuff..
After updating, all of my Adobe CS3 applications crash and are unusable. (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
I have a MacBook Pro that has been serviced a couple of times under the AppleCare Warranty. Apparently, when this happens the System Serial number (the one under the battery case) is replaced with a generic text reading “SystemSerialNumb”,
It’s my current understanding that CS3 is crashing whenever the serial number is longer than 12 characters AND/OR when CS3 applications search for the serial number and encounter the text “SystemSerialNumb”.
There’s a great deal of passing the buck back and forth between Apple and Adobe, but meanwhile the only way I can access the CS3 applications are to revert to 10.6.2 and do an uninstall. An option to shut off the Rosetta option is mentioned, but this doesn’t apply to me.
After updating my MacBook Pro to 10.6.3 all of my Adobe Creative Suite 3 programs crash…pretty much the same as JHC mentions