New Mac OS X 10.5.7 build

Another new build of the Mac OS X 10.5.7 update has been seeded to developers, say sources alleged to be involved with the subject. Labeled 9J44, the build may signal a rapidly-approaching conclusion to the update's development, with only five new bugs having been fixed for a total of 104. Among these is a glitch which caused problems with rendering fonts in PDF files. The smallest download of v10.5.7 is expected to be 442MB, while a combo update for all versions of Leopard should measure 730MB.

Apple is separately said to be asking security experts to scrutinize a new security release, Security Update 2009-002. Little is known about the patch, as a result of Apple keeping vulnerabilities quiet and asking testers to simply attack any openings they can find. Only a Tiger version is said to exist however, and it is rumored to address a hole in networking.

by MacNN Staff