On Monday Apple released the Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard update. The update is 180 MB and can be downloaded from your Mac’s Software Update. Some key features of this update are[via MacRumors]:
- Airport: Improves connection reliability and stability
- Back to my Mac: Adds support for more third-party routers, as detailed in this article.
- Dock: Updates Stacks with a List view option, a Folder view option, and an updated background for Grid view.
- Desktop: Addresses legibility issues with the menu bar with an option to turn off transparency in Desktop & Screen Saver preferences.
- Desktop: Adjusts menus to be slightly-less translucent overall.
- iSync: Adds support for Samsung D600E and D900i phones.
- RAW Image: Adds RAW image support for several cameras, as detailed in this article.
- Safari: Addresses issues with Safari reliably resolving certain domains.
- Time Machine: Adds a menu bar option for accessing Time Machine features (the menu extra can be enabled in Time Machine preferences).
- Time Machine: Improves backup reliability when computer name contains slash or non-ASCII characters.
- Time Machine: Addresses issues in which some external drives are not recognized by Time Machine.
For full information about this update, please go to Apple.
Personally, I have updated both my Mac’s. PowerMac G5 and PowerBook G4, and so far they are running fine. I am now using WebKit, which is an open source web browser engine. Web Kit gives you nightly builds, and lets you see the future of the best browser for the Mac OS, Safari. As for other improvements, I like having things in my menu bar, and now, there is an icon for Time Machine in the menu bar. Only thing now, I need to re-format one of my external hard drives, and back-up regularly. I have not played with the new stacks feature, but I just updated on Monday, so I still need time to play.
