Mac OS X 10.5.3 update brings dozens of minor fixes

By Nate Mook | Published May 28, 2008, 3:45 PM

Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.3, the third major update to Leopard that brings dozens of fixes to the operating system, many of which are quite minor. The biggest changes in the 420MB upgrade involve reliability of Time Machine backups and Spaces, along with a handful of corrected issues in Mail.

No specific security fixes are mentioned on Apple's list of changes, but the company does say 10.5.3 "includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac." The update is available now from Apple's download site or through Leopard's built in Software Update feature.

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Rotten Apple Crap OS X sucks, Vista is much better and sleeker than this piglet

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Uh huh. Stop trying to make internet life miserable for the rest of us because your OS blows.

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Dude, seriously. Stop.

It's pathetic.

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420mb? People are complaining when a fresh installation of XP require 200 megs download. Now a 420 mb is alright?

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^This^

420MB of patches? Bloody hell.

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"when a fresh installation of XP require 200 megs download"

LOLZ, send me some of those things you are smoking :)

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Pay for another version? These (.)dot versions are all free. Research before slander, please.

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Just a reason to say another version and get people to pay money for the update. The same changes that are on OS X 10.5.3 would be free for Windows as a SP.

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It is free.

It's about time, too. I've been waiting since November for a fully functional operating system. It doesn't seem as all the performance issues have been addressed but stability solutions are far more important right now.

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Yep, that along with Macs using different sized CD-R's and no right click is why I will not switch.

/sarcasm

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No.. it's only enhancement Security and enhanced fixes.. Just for the record there are NO security issues or problems.. Fix's are enhancements.. no need to fix something that is perfect!! (And if there was an error it was FreeBSD's problem!!)

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Dude, help me out here, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. If you're being sarcastic, I'm LMAO. If not, you're retarded and that's the dumbest thing I have ever heard. LOL

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lol

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Same here.

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why would it bee a FreeBSD problem when FreeBSD is another OS based on Darwin kernel which Mac OS uses?? explain to us why

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You obviously don't understand the relationship to what Apple has done relative to FreeBSD...
Find out what the Mach kernel is!

Then post.

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OSX has security problems? Say it isn't so oh noes!

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Quick! Disconnect your internet, here comes another trojan!

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