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June 30, 2008

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10.5.4 hits store shelves…er, Software Updates

Posted Jun. 30, ’08, 3:07 PM PT by Dan Pourhadi
Category | Software » Updates

softwareupdate1.jpgOpen System Preferences. Click on Software Update.

Hit the Check Now button.

If you followed those Missing Manual-worthy instructions, you no doubt see that, among the other updates you have callously forgotten about over the months, is a new listing for Mac OS X Update 10.5.4, which Apple released today to hold us over until Snow Leopard viciously meows its way onto our Macs.

You’ll want to download it, too, because 10.5.4 is loaded: It includes a slew of fixes for minor issues with AirPort (two fixes), iCal (seven fixes!), Safari (two fixes), Spaces (two fixes), and Exposé (one fix). There are also a few non-specific updates, like improvements to L2TP VPN reliability, an X11 installer fix, more RAW image support for several cameras, and more.

Among the gems is a new checkbox in iCal that “enables information-only calendars to be transparent from free/busy lookups,” and a Spaces tweak that “addresses an issue in which switching from a space with a Finder window keeps the Finder as the active application instead of the application residing in the destination space.”

The 10.5.4 upgrade also includes a new security update, which is available as a separate download for users of OS X 10.4.11, and 10.5 users who aren’t upgrading to 10.5.4. (Doesn’t look like it addresses these issues, though.)

You can view the full deets of the update at the 10.5.4 Knowledge Base article, as well as at this easily-digestible Mothership piece. Download it from Software Update using the instructions above, or as a standalone installer from Apple’s site…once they post it. (We’ll update this post with the link when it’s available.)


2 Comments

Goobi said:

Update went through just fine. Not sure what to do now... :|

Although my friend did experience a Kernel Panic halfway through the update.

June 30, 2008 7:43 PM
Goobi said:

Okay an update on the update: Worst update ever. Three kernel panics already! Never had a kernel panic before and now this. I hope there's an update in the works...

July 2, 2008 7:36 AM

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