Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update Released Today

Apple released the newest update for Mac OSX Leopard, version OS X 10.5.5 today. The update is available via Apple “Software Update” on your Mac.

Here is a complete list of updates and bug fixes include in OS x 10.5.5

General Features

• All New security updates included
• Video Playback stability issues been fixed
• Processor Code idling fixed
• Improved Remote Disc Sharing for MacBook Air
• Improves Speech Dictionary
• Includes extensive graphics enhancements
• Spotlight Indexing performance has been improved
• Color palette crash in TextEdit been fixed
• A fix for some Macs which automatically power on at the same time each day
• Syncing contacts with PalmOS-based devices is fixed
• Improvements to Active Directory
• Better iPhone sync reliability with iCal and Address Book
• Kerberos authentication issues for Mac OS X 10.5 clients been fixed

Address Book Fixes

• Stability issue with Smart Groups been fixed
• Printing issue fixed with address cards containing data on multiple pages

iCal Fixes

• Improved handling for repeating events
• Performance improvements when selecting meeting attendees
• Issues with read-only been fixed
• Published calender syncing bugs are fixed
• Fixed for “Refresh All” option as it stays dimmed for certain calenders
• Issue that prevents an invitee from moving an event to a different calendar has bow been corrected

Mail Fixes

• IMAP message display performance been improved
• Temporary RSS Feed disappearance been corrected
• Reliability fixes for when saving drafts with attachments
• Performance improvements for sending messages
• Bug regarding SMTP settings for AIM, Compuserve, Hanmail, Yahoo!, and Time Warner Road Runner email accounts is now been fixed
• stability issues that may occur when dragging a file to the Mail icon in the Dock been fixed
• Organized by Thread view bug been fixed

Disk Utility and Directory Utility

• Reliability fixes for rebuilding a software mirror RAID volume
• Corrected server status display in Directory Utility

MobileMe

• Overall Syncing is improved. Now much more stable.
• Reliability fix for Back to My Mac

Time Machine

• Reliability fixes for Time Machine when using Time Capsule
• Performances fixes for initial and in-progress backups
• Ability to back up iPhone backups on your Mac, as well as items in (~/Library/Application Support) folder
• Incorrect “Not enough free space” alert has been fixed