OS X 10.5.5 update available for download
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Sep 16th 2008 1:02AM
posted Sep 16th 2008 1:02AM
Apple's latest OS update -- 10.5.5 -- is now up and dancing in Software Update. It includes the latest batch of security updates, Address Book, Spotlight, and iPhone sync enhancements, and iCal, eMail, MobileMe and Time Machine performance tweaks. In other words, it's a biggie. Full release notes just beyond that read link.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Safari feels snappier!
Screw safari, go firefox.
Too bad you can't say go "chrome"
Screw Firefox, go Opera.
opera 9.5 ftw!
Opera is my fave browser!
I like Coca Cola but what's this little taste test got to do with 10.5.5?
@Totalfixation: have you actually used Chrome? I have for a couple of days on a daily basis even decided to test some of the web apps that we are working on. Well not only is it nowhere near complete but it actually feels more like and alpha release than a beta. But then again I am one of the people who still remember that a beta is a software with all of it's features that needs a removal of some bugs and maybe trimming of features that are too broken to fix in a timely manner.
On the other hand you have Safari which is definitely a final release and a heck of a lot more stable.
So why exactly do you think that I would miss being able to use Chrome, you adolescent fanboy?
@oneofmany
I think he was referring to the term "chroming," and that it's too bad you can't say "go chrome" because it would be interpreted as telling someone to go and sniff paint.
So chill...
oh and here ya go: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chroming
Chrome is on OS X? Last time I checked, the Google guys said that it would take a few months to port.
i notice the "graphics update" too! window minimizing and things of that sort are much smoother!
Screw Safari, Firefox, and Opera...
Go Lynx
wow ooooold news engadget.
btw werent they supposed to release safari 4 with this update?
I think it's going to come out when Snow Leopard does, or soon after/before it, for Leopard users at least.
Well, thats on MacWorld Expo 09. SnowLeopard release with Safari 4. And Leopard 10.5.7 with security updates and Safari 4.
Leopard 10.5.6 will release within 2 months. Thats by November end.
Old news, and also news that isn't related to gadgets. It's software news.
Addresses an issue in which some Macs could unexpectedly power on at the same time each day.
...???
I will check and see if you have set up a auto startup.
Go to the Apple icon > System Pref > Energy Saver > Schedule
Happens to me every day at 2.00 a.m. :). Let's see what will happen tonight !
Wow you guys really aren't with it today huh?
wow amazing gadget.
Just installed... working fine.
Yeah iclarified.com posted this hours and hours ago
Finally, my damn Mac has been turning its self on around 5:00 everyday for some time now... I've obviously never been able to figure out what was going on.
Yeah, mine was downloading porn through bittorrent as well, tens of gigabytes of the stuff.....
@Dyranios thanks for that. Almost made me spit out my coffee.
oh my...
Silly readers... You complain when there is TOO much Apple news, but berate Engadget when they are HOURS late on a routine OSX update???
I really don't get you guys.
I promised myself I'd stop reading the comments...
"Bad Boy! Bad Boy! Go to a corner now."
Absolute silence on Chrome because engadget is supposedly returning to its focus on gadgets and gadgets alone, but an OS X update qualifies as news? That wouldn't have anything to do with OS X being an Apple product now, would it?
wah wah who cares - its something to read about computers and stuff, good enough for me.
10.5.5 update = update for gadget
chrome update = update for software
Here's more for Apple fan-boys... to STFU that is:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/articles/core-ipod-invented-by-furniture-salesman/2008/09/10/1220857618764.html
....and they glorify Steve Jobs?? Douches.
quertyone: So can I take that to mean you didn't see all the Zune 3.0 updates on Engadget today too? I don't see how that would qualify as an Apple product, so your complaint is null and void, thanks for playing.
Cerberus: Kramer invented a digital music player, not an iPod. If you aren't a total idiot, you will recall that other digital music players existed before the iPod did, so this has nothing to do with Apple.
Does this include any fixes for iChat? I've been having major issues with mine crashing lately, especially when video chatting. Also has anyone running Firefox 3 on OSX having issues with it crashing after being open for a long period of time?
Working just fine on my Hackintosh and my MacBook. Good stuff.
I recommend this update it does everything that it says though you'll never know, cause I've never encountered any of the problems...
If only Microsoft released updates like these for Windows XP, then we'd be in business...
This shit belongs on tuaw.
And the Zune 3.0 updates belong on MS blogs and not here. Right?
@Zak
The Zune is a gadget? a Mac is a computer?
the operative word of gadget in engadget kinda leads me to believe the zune has a place here, wheras mac sofware should go to a mac blog.
Zak was referring to the software updates, which are just software. So what place do they have here?
Isn't exposè running a tad bit slower than before the update?
For a Company (and old school fan base) with The Unbearable Lightness of Smugness about its computers, OS and software, Apple certainly does seem to be capable of pumping out regular (and massive) Updates to its users.
It certainly makes Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesdays' look pretty incidental - but you're unlikely to see that ever advertised in the 'Hi, I'm a Mac. Hi, I'm a PC' commercials....
Its a disappointment, of course - suggesting that OSX (and their own software) is just as sketchy and open to hacker challenges as Vista - but its also time for Stevo and his traditional Macoyltes to accept that they're 'not in Kansas anymore' and their products have challenges.
You're right, Apple shouldn't fix bugs. They should just ignore them instead, that makes much more sense. Oh wait, I see what the problem is - you're a moron. That explains it.
I don't get it. So you're saying that Apple has said that it's all stable etc yet it still releases updates, hence making it rather hypocritical?
Oh puhlease. OS X was designed by humans, for humans. It's bound to have bugs and shit in it. With every fix you make, more bugs pop up. This is the case with nearly all major forms of software. 10.4 had updates, 10.3 updates, XP, Vista, Word, whatever! They all had updates, even if it was small, itty bitty ones.
Keep us posted on how it holds up....and I know you will.
Just installed from 10.5.4 through software update and said it could not load from the media.
Now computer won't boot.
Installed yesterday and since then its running fine. Haven't had any problems. This update does to the 'double restart' thing, where it will restart and while restarting it restarts again.
Help! My MacBook isnt updating, it says to contact vendor?
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB31.008E.B02
SMC Version: 1.24f2
What are the graphic updates?
I can't seem to update from 10.5.4 to 10.5.5... every time I try I get an error message about how the update cannot be saved as there is no internet connection, when I am definitely connected. Any tips?