Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.5

By Andrew Munchbach

Moments ago, Apple released its Mac OS X 10.6.5 update to its customer-base. Fixes in the point-upgrade include:

• improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers

• address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture

• address stability and performance of graphics applications and games

• resolve a delay between print jobs

• address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort Extreme

• resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal

• address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide

• resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary

• improve performance of MainStage on certain Mac systems

• resolve spacing issues with OpenType fonts

• improve reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays

• resolve a VoiceOver issue when browsing some web sites with Safari 5

The OS update is — purportedly — the first step in a three-stage software rollout due this week from Apple; iTunes 10.1 and iOS 4.2 are also supposed be released. Hit the "Software Update" section in OS X to get the new goodies. Enjoy.

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