Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update Comes With More Than 30 Fixes

Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.5 and Security Update 2008-006 today. The 157 MB update comes with more than 30 fixes for Address Book, Disk Utility, iCal, Mail, MobileMe, and Time Machine. The Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update is recommended for Mac OS X Leopard versions 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3 and 10.5.4.

The updates includes general OS (operating system) improvements that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.

General update includes recent Apple security updates; Addresses stability issues with video playback, processor core idling, and remote disc sharing for MacBook Air; Addresses an issue in which some Macs could unexpectedly power on at the same time each day; Resolves a stability issue in TextEdit that could be found when accessing the color palette; Improves Spotlight indexing performance; Fixes an issue in which contacts might not sync properly with PalmOS-based devices; Improves iPhone sync reliability with iCal and Address Book; Includes improvements to Active Directory (see this article for more information); Improves Speech Dictionary; Fixes Kerberos authentication issues for Mac OS X 10.5 clients that connect to certain Samba servers, such as Mac OS X Server version 10.4; Includes extensive graphics enhancements.

Address Book update addresses stability issues that may occur when creating a Smart Group and resolves a printing issue with address cards containing information that spans more than one page.

Disk Utility and Directory Utility update improves reliability when rebuilding a software mirror RAID volume in Disk Utility, as well as the reliability of server status displayed in Directory Utility.

iCal update updates iCal to more accurately handle repeating events; Improves performance when choosing meeting attendees; Resolves an issue in which the “Refresh All” option may be dimmed (”grayed out”) in the contextual menu for certain calendars; Fixes issues with read-only calendars; Addresses an issue that prevents an invitee from moving an event to a different calendar; Resolves an issue with syncing published calendars.

Mail update addresses performance issues related to displaying IMAP messages; Resolves an issue with SMTP settings for AIM, Compuserve, Hanmail, Yahoo!, and Time Warner Road Runner email accounts; Addresses stability issues that may occur when dragging a file to the Mail icon in the Dock; Addresses an issue with the “Organized by Thread” view in which the date does not appear when the thread is collapsed; Resolves an issue in which RSS feeds could temporarily disappear from the sidebar; Improves Mail robustness when sending messages; and Improves reliability when saving drafts that have attachments.

MobileMe update improves overall sync reliability as well as Back to My Mac reliability.

Time Machine update improves Time Machine reliability with Time Capsule; Addresses performance issues that may affect initial and in-progress backups and fixes an issue in which an incorrect alert message could appear stating that a backup volume does not have enough free space. Time Machine can now back up iPhone backups that are on your Mac, as well as other items in (~/Library/Application Support).

To update to Mac OS X 10.5.5, use Software Update or the standalone installer. You only need to use one of these methods to update your computer. Download Security Update 2008-006 for - Client (Intel) 157 MB, Client (PPC) 68 MB, Server (PPC) 118 MB, and Server (Universal) 118 MB.