Apple Seeds First Build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to Developers

Apple has seeded the first build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to developers for testing. The updated labeled 10D522 is 666MB in size and contains over 200 fixes and enhancements.

You can take a look at the seed notes below thanks to World of Apple.

Known Issues
* Applications may not be updated if they had been moved from the default location.
* Displays Preferences may show duplicate profile entries.
* iTunes may hang when playing a web stream.
* The ColorSync Utility Filters tab may cause unexpected results.


Focus Areas (Changes in 10D522):
Account Preferences
- Fixes an Accounts Preferences issue when there is more than one account.

Address Book
- Fixes an issue with Review Duplicates when updating cards.
- Resolves importing issues with vCards.
- Resolves an issue when resizing cards.
- Resolves finding people with birthdays via an automator action.

Address Book Framework
- Resolves crashes in Mail when using the Address Book Framework.
- Resolves a Mail issue where the wrong name is displayed.

AppKit
- Resolves a copy and paste issue.
- Resolves an NSFileWrapper issue.
- Fixes some AppKit crashes.
- Resolves an autocorrect spelling issue.
- Improvements to spellchecking.
- Resolves some graphics corruption issues when converting a PICT to a TIFF.


AppleWWANSupport
- Resolves some crashes in WWANd.
- Resolves some issues when establishing connections with a WWAN device.

Applescript
- Resolves a crash in Applescript when running in 32-bit mode.
- Resolves an issue with BBEdit recording of scripts.

Apple Software Restore
- Resolves an Apple Software Restore crash.

ATS
- Resolves Font issues after log-out or reboot.

CarbonCore
- Resolves an issue with applications with # or & symbols in its filename.
- Resolves coreservicesd crashes.
- Resolves TextEdit permissions issues.
- Performance improvements with save panels.

CFNetwork
- Addresses compatibility issues with Wiki Server.
- Resolves crashes related to canceling a request in progress.
- Cookie fixes to broken websites.
- Resolves Exchange account authentication issues.

ColorSync
- Resolves a crash when a PDF document uses DeviceRGB.
- Resolves an issue where Displays Pref with Color selected unexpectedly crashes.

configd
- Improvements to USB Ethernet adaptor behavior.

CoreAudio
- Resolves issues with AudioUnit metering.
- Resolves some CoreAudio crashes when opening AUNetSend in 64-bit mode.
- Resolves some crashes in SpectralBandReplication when playing HTTP live stream.

CoreData
- Resolves CoreData model-store mismatch issues.
- Resolves crashes in GarageBand.
- Fixes an issue in MPEG surround handler.

Core Foundation
- Resolves some Photo Booth, iChat, and Safari crashes.

CoreMedia
- Resolves issues with audio streaming.
- Resolves a number of crashes in CoreMedia.
- Resolves some playability issues of movies in Safari.
- Addresses compatibility issues with MTS formatted files.
- Addresses compatibility issues with MPEG4 files with AC3 tracks.
- Resolve export issues to .m4v movies.
- Resolve screen recording issues.
- Fix subtitle rendering issues with figplayL.
- Fixes an H264 decoder issue with video_range bit.
- Resolves an iMove image through built-in iSight stuttering/tearing issue.
- Improvements to CoreMedioIO graph topology.
- Resolves some display resolution and screen recording issues.

CorePDF
- Performance improvements when opening large PDF files in Preview.

CoreText
- Resolves some crashes with iMovie in CoreText.
- Resolves some crashes with PhotoBooth in CoreText.
- Addresses issues with variation font support.

CoreServices, CFNetwork
- Resolves a crash in CoreServicesUIAgent.
- Resolves a Safari issue with SSL certificates.

CoreVideo
- Resolves a crash when creating pixel buffers simultaneously.
- Resolves some crashes in CVPixelBuffer.

CUPS
- Resolves some cupsd crashes.
- Fixes an issue with the “Resume” button when printing.
- Resolves some supply levels crashes.
- Resolves some side-channel request issues.

Date & Time Pref
- Resolves an issue with clock ticking after daylight savings.

DataDetectors
- Resolves some crashes in DataDetectors.

Desktop Services
- Resolves hangs with NSOpenPanel in Desktop Services.
- Resolves a Flash CS4 hang when clicking the “browse” button.
- Resolves some hangs and crashes in Finder and Folder Actions Setup.
- Resolves home folder issues in the Go To window of the open/save panel.
- Resolves last opened folder issues.
- Resolves Spotlight query issues.
- Resolves Time Machine search issues.
- Resolves a copy file issue with error -36.
- Resolves an error -47 issue when user is doing a move replace of a bundle.
- Resolves UI layout issues for language specific settings.

Dictionary Application
- Resolves some crashes when using Dictionary.
- Resolves some Dictionary Panel issues.

Directory Service
- Resolves deadlock issues.

Disk Management
- Resolves some diskutil errors.
- Resolve diskutil unmount issues.

Disk Utility
- Resolves restoring disk image issue with checksum.
- Resolves a crash in Disk Utility with a missing external drive.

Dock
- Resolves momentum scrolling issues.
- Resolves some dock crashes.
- Resolves some Exposé notification issues.

eap8021x
- Resolves an auto-join issue with EAP-FAST/WPA2 network after sleeping.

FamilyControls
- Resolves a launch restriction issue.
- Resolves a Safari bookmark issue.

FileSync
- Fixes a number of crashes for Portable Home Directory users.
- Fixes an issue with Portable Home Directory on NetApp SMB.
- Fixes a performance issue with NFS logins.
- Resolves a SystemUIServer performance issue.
- Resolves a FileSyncAgent performance issue.

File Systems
- Fixes a corruption issue with m4a files.

Fonts, FontParser, PSFontSupport
- Resolves some crashes in FontParser.
- Fixes some font spacing issues.
- Improvements to embedded fonts and accented characters.
- Improvements to Traditional Chinese characters.
- Resolves some crashes in FontParser, PSFontSupport.

Foundation
- Resolves an issue with NSFileHandle.

GraphicsDrivers
- Resolves a panic in GraphicsDrivers.

HIServices
- Resolves crashes in HIServices.
- Improvements to GetIconFamilyData when accessing large icons.
- Resolves drag and drop issues.

HIToolbox
- Fixes an issue with horizontal slider thumb drawing.
- Resolves some crashes in HIToolbox.
- Resolves some incorrect blank menus issues.
- Resolves cocoa palette issues.
- Resolves issues with Dock Exposé.
- Resolves an issue with drag & drop between MLTE controls.
- Fixes candidate window issues.

iCal
- Resolves meeting location issues.
- Fixes to iCalServer issues.
- Improvements to performance on servers.
- Resolves meeting mismatch issues.
- Improvements to attendee availability issues.
- Resolves some iCal syncing issues.
- Fixes iCal changing timezone issues.
- Resolves an issue with saving events to Exchange calendars.
- Resolves some iCal crashes.

ImageCapture
- Resolves issues reading LX3 .rw2 as raw.

ImageIO
- Fixes a DVD Studio Pro crash in libJPEG.dylib

Inkwell
- Improvements to Inkwell.

IOATAFamily
- Resolves some panics with ATA kexts.

IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport
- Resolves mounting issues with FireWire DVD drives.

IOSCSIArchitechtureModeFamily
- Resolves crashes while accessing files on Xsan volumes.

Kernel
- Resolves kernel panics due to locked buffers.

launchd
- Resolves some crashes in launchd.
- Resolves a race condition that causes the Dock to appear unresponsive.

LaunchServices
- Improvements to CompositeIconRef.

Libc
- Resolves an xlocale crash in multithreaded applications.

llvm
- Resolves segmentation faults.
- Resolves some compiler crashes.
- Improvements for OpenCL and OpenGL.

LoginWindow
- Performance improvements with loginwindow.

Mail
- Resolves some crashes in Mail.
- Improvements to Exchange Web Services.
- Performance improvements to Mail, when deleting and adding To Dos.
- Resolves junk folder filtering issues.
- Resolves an issue when renaming a mailbox resorts it alphabetically.
- Improvements to Mail Notes.

mDNSResponder
- Improvements to mDNSResponder.
- Resolves a buffer overflow issue.
- Resolves a deadlock hang issue.
- Resolves some DNS issues.
- Resolves sleep/wake issues.

MediaKit
- Fixes a crash in MediaKit.
- Fixes a corruption issue when resizing partitions.
- Allow asr to resolve images with highly fragmented catalogs.

MeshKit
- MeshKit framework improvements.

Migration
- Resolves Cisco VPN Client issues.

MobileMe, MobileMe Sync Manager
- Resolves some issues with MobleMe syncing.
- Resolves excessive memory consumption.
- Resolves ISyncSessionCancelled Mingler failures.
- Performance improvements to MobileMe syncing.

NavigationServices
- Resolves a crash in Navigation dialog.

Networking
- Resolves some panics in networking.
- Resolves some Back to My Mac wake from sleep issues.
- Resolves some PPP crashes.

OpenCL
- Resolves some OpenCL compiler issues.
- Resolves some OpenCL conversion issues.
- Fixes some OpenCL crashes.
- Resolves some OpenCL Framework issues.

PDFKit
- Resolves hyperlinked text issues in Preview.

Photo Booth
- Resolves some issues when copying photos from Photo Booth.
- Resolves a Photo Booth crash.

Power Management
- Resolves some sleep/wake issues.

Printing
- Fixes a timestamp issue with supply levels in the Print window.
- Resolves some printing setup issues with print/fax devices.
- Improvements to printing memory of last printer used.
- Fixes some crashes in Printing.

python
- Resolves a crash in python.

QuartzComposer
- Resolves a crash in Mesh Filter.
- Resolves a performance issue in Quartz Composer.

QuickDraw
- Performance improvements when drawing short strings.

QuickTime Player
- Resolves some QuickTime Player crashes.
- Resolves screen recording issues.
- Resolves an HDCP movie audio issue.
- Resolves a filename issue.
- Fixes an issue when opening .mov files in either QuickTime Player 7 or Quicktime Player X.
- Improvements to QuickTime Player movie actions.
- Resolves issues with AAC streams in the movie inspector window.
- Resolves an issue with subtitles when movie layers are flipped.
- Implemented some performance improvements to QuickTime.
- Resolves some issues when importing Pro Res movies into iMovie.
- Resolves issues with optimizing videos.
- Resolves some QuickTime crashes.

RemotePrefs
- Fixes an issue with 802.1X System Profile export.

Rosetta
- Resolves a crash in Rosetta.
- Fixes a memory corruption in Rosetta.

ScreenSaverModules
- Resolves some crashes in Screen Saver.
- Resolves some issues when using iPhoto images with Screen Saver.

Screen Sharing
- Resolves some screen sharing crashes.
- Fixes a screen sharing issue in View when the display is detached during an active session.

SecureTransport
- Resolves some thread safety issues so that SSL clients can function more reliably.

scriptDevTools
- Resolves a crash in scripting Bridge.

Simplified Chinese Input Method
- Improves frequency order of dictionary contents.

SMB
- Resolves an issue with saving files via SMB.
- Resolves a filename case issue.
- Resolves clear text password issue.
- Resolves a hang when deleting SMB folders.

SoftwareUpdate
- Resolves crashes in Software Update.

Spell Checker
- Improvements to automatic spell correction.

Spotlight
- Fixes some crashes in Spotlight.
- Performance improvements with Spotlight.

Sync Services Engine
- Resolves crashes in Sync Services.
- Resolves MobileMe contact merge issue.
- Improvements to iCal and MobileMe syncing.

system_cmds
- Resolves a login crash.

SystemUIServer
- Resolves unmount issues at sleep.
- Resolves SystemUIServer crashes.

SystemMigration
- Resolves a panic in System Migration.

TCIM
- Update to the latest versions for Chinese Word Dictionary.

tcsh
- Resolves a SIG_TERM issue.

Terminal
- Resolves a printing issue with Terminal.

TextEdit
- Resolves a crash when using NSAttrString.

TimeZoneData
- Update time zone data.

Traditional Chinese Input Method
- Fixes space issues with Traditional Chinese Input Method.

Voice Over
- Improvements to VoiceOver.

XType
- Resolves an issue when activating fonts.
- Resolves an issue when duplicate fonts exist on a system.

xnu
- Resolves some issues with writing data to an external USB drive formatted in FAT32.
- Resolves some NFS hangs when new applications attempt to launch.
- Resolves some kernel panics.