OS X 10.6.4 released for public consumption

By on Jun 15, 2010 at 4:51 PM
Breaking June 15, 2010

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Alright, Apple fans. Time to drop everything and rush to your Mac of choice, as Apple has just released OS X 10.6.4. Ranging in size from 314MB to 641MB, the update brings forth a bunch of assorted fixes that “enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.” We’re not expecting any surprises with this one, but if we spot anything you know we’ll be back. Hit the jump for the official changelog.

The 10.6.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It includes Safari 5 and general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

  • resolve an issue that causes the keyboard or trackpad to become unresponsive
  • resolve an issue that may prevent some Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications from opening
  • address issues copying, renaming, or deleting files on SMB file servers
  • improve reliability of VPN connections
  • resolve a playback issue in DVD Player when using Good Quality deinterlacing
  • resolve an issue editing photos with iPhoto or Aperture in full screen view
  • improve compatibility with some braille displays
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  • David

    First!

  • tbyron

    300+Mb for that list? Since 10.6 has come out, I believe they are well over 1gb in updates without very much in the way of visible changes. Should they not have started calling this 10.7.x by now?

  • Kevin

    My update is 961 MB. Fun stuff!

  • http://OKsoIamsimple... Lawrence

    Upgrades Apple mail to 4.3 (1081) breaking Growlmail 1.2.1. Otherwise seems OK

  • Red

    It seems, so far, to have fixed the issue from 10.6.3 that logs you out of websites very prematurely. I should know for sure either later this evening or by tomorrow morning. I hope so. I don’t feel like going back to 10.6.2 again.

    • SKINNI

      I was wondering about that. That shit gets on my nerves so it would be nice to see it fixed!

  • Jarrett

    My update was just over 315 MB. Why are the updates varied. My update is for a MacBook Pro 13″.

    • Jarrett

      I guess that Safari update last week was part of it.

  • MZ

    Yea…. My software update was778.4 MB… Anyone else have a huge file like mine?

  • JakeyBoy

    any word on better MBA performance?

  • nico De Zeeuw

    my update was only 121 MB

  • bucketmouse

    Seems to be a new ‘Art’ category in default wallpaper as well as a few new ones in the other categories.

  • Linus

    FYI and To Whom It May Be Useful (TWIMBU)

    Mac OS X 10.6.4 has a single update to its OpenGL feature set.

    Under OpenGL 3.1 the GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float item is now supported under 10.6.4. This increases the 3.0 level of support from 91% – 21/23 to 95% 22/23. only the Shading language version: 1.30 is lacking for completion of 3.0.

    Now, before I present the test results, remember I am just a user, so these are not pristine comparisons. I did the 10.6.3 tests on one partition and the 10.6.4 on another. There may have been a difference in what processes were running. All these tests were run on an Early 2008 15″ 2.5GHz Macbook Pro with 6GB RAm and a 640GB WD hard drive as well as 7200 rpm Firewire 800 drive attached. That being said, here are the results:

    10.6.3

    Test# ….. 10.6.3 fps …. 10.6.4 fps .. % change
    ==== .. ====== … ====== .. ======
    1.1 ………… 1501 ………… 1250 ………. – 16.7
    1.2 ………… 1512 ………… 1525 ………. + 0.8
    1.3 ………… 1492 ………… 1517 ………. + 1.6
    1.4 ………… 1418 ………… 1438 ………. + 1.4
    1.5 ………… 1423 ………… 1425 ………. + 0.1
    2.0 ………… 1167 ………… 1263 ………. + 8.2
    2.1 ………….. 129. …………. 124 ……….. – 4.0
    3.0 ……….. Failed ……….. Failed

    I hope this is useful.. PLEASE add your comments and experiences as I am NOT an expert at this.

    Mac OS X 10.6.3 lists 120 extension and 10.6.4 lists 122 extensions. The following extensions were added… GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float and GL_ARB_instanced_arrays.

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