Mac OS X v10.5.8 Ready For Download

mysqlbytes writes "Apple has posted an anticipated v10.5.8 patch for Mac OS X, updating a number of components in the operating system, one of their last updates to Leopard. The update brings improvements to Safari, Airport, Bluetooth, among others and rolls out the latest OS X security fixes." Worth glancing at are some of the security-related notes on the update.

Comments

Bad Summary... sigh

[RedK]

Why link only the 750 MB Combo update ? People who already have 10.5.7 don't need it, they can just get the 275 MB Update : http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Update

Re:Bad Summary... sigh

[king wilson]

I would really recommend that everyone use the Combo updater, whether you need it or not....

    Every time Apple releases an update, there are a bunch of small problems that occur to a minority of users, that are fixed by re-applying the Combo updater.

    This has been standard procedure among Mac Techs for a number of years.

Re:Bad Summary... sigh

[jpmorgan]

C-C-C-C-C-C-COMBO UPDATER

Last Updates - Hardly

[Hungus]

Sure it is likely the last major update BEFORE Snow Leopard but it is certainly not the last update for leopard.

Also to the person who asked why link to the combo update as opposed to the smaller incremental: In my personal deployment experience the combo updates are much less likely to cause any problems when updating.

BIND vulnerability not fixed?

[HSpirit]

I can't see any reference to the latest BIND vulnerability being fixed by Apple in the Mac OS X Server. It's vulnerable and has been fixed by other vendors so why not?

Re:nothing broke yet

[Penguinshit]

I did. Now he follows me around singing "It's not easy being green" and complaining that his dick smells like pork.

Re:nothing broke yet

[ElKry]

My wife's Macbook (MB881LL/A, white, early 2009) updated earlier today (from software updates), and froze mid-installation of the update. When restarted, it would kernel panic saying the kernel signature didn't match the CPU.

I had to restart the mac with the shift key pressed (safe mode) and after aprox. 15 minutes of gray screen with the spinning circle, it restarted itself again and booted up correctly, saying that all is well and 10.5.8 is installed. I am still wary of what might have messed up in the process, but at least this may work for anyone else with the same problem.

One must wonder,

[WiiVault]

if Leopard will have a long support life since it is the final revision to support Power PC. As an owner of a a few G5's I sure hope so.

Re:One must wonder,

[rsmith-mac]

I'd expect it to be like any other OS X release: Full support as long as it's the leading version, followed by limited support (just security updates) when it's the previous version, and finally all support is dropped when it's two versions back. So its support life would be as long as 10.6 is the leading version.

Re:nothing broke yet

[ElKry]

Of course. I have never seen a Windows update causing BSODs that forced me to boot in safe mode and actually go around the drivers/services/etc looking for the reason the OS won't start. That's just science fiction.

Re:nothing broke yet

[Zarel]

Unfortunately, it looks like nothing important was fixed, either. The OpenGL bug on NVIDIA graphics cards is still there. :/

Re:nothing broke yet

[mkiwi]

You need to download the 10.5.8 standalone installer and try it again. On some of the updates (10.5.6, 10.5.7?) your computer is supposed to restart once or twice before it boots up normally. I rarely, if ever, have problems with the standalone installers (the only issue is that they are big downloads).

-HTH

outstanding work, Apple!

[commodoresloat]

Everything is running without a hitch, and using the computer even feels a lot snappier!

And I haven't even installed the update yet!