Mac OS X 10.6.1 build 10B504 seeded to developers

The InterWebs were buzzing last evening with word that Build 10B504 of Mac OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard had been seeded to developers. This build appeared about a week after the initial 10.6.1 seed, which was allegedly seeded to developers only three or four days after 10.6 hit the streets.

What's interesting about this build is that it addresses only two documented issues — the occasional crashing of Desktop Services in Finder, and excessive "dyld shared cache" messages in the Console.

Many issues that Mac users have experienced since installing Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard can be attributed to third-party software incompatibilities, but there is common agreement that there are other bugs that need to be addressed in the OS.

So, when will the new Snow Leopard cub actually hit our Macs? Mac OS X 10.5.1 was released 21 days after Leopard's first leap, and Mac OS X 10.4.1 squeaked out the doors at Cupertino a mere 17 days after Tiger first growled. It wouldn't be surprising, then, to see the first "dot-release" of Snow Leopard showing up in Software Update in the next week.

Whenever it happens, we'll be sure to let you know.

[via MacRumors]