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Mac OS X 10.5.5 has been released and is available via the Software Update function.

The release notes outline updates to Address Book, Disk Utility and Directory Utility, iCal, Mobile Me, Mail, and Time Machine. Other general fixes are included.

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Now that the much anticipated Apple Let’s Rock event is only two days off, let’s talk Let’s Rock rumors. There are lots of possible goodies for the event, so let’s hope that Apple is up for the challenge and fulfills everyone’s hopes.

Read on for the full list of possibilities.

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Apple seems to be getting through builds of Mac OS X v10.5.5 pretty darn quick. Recent reports show that Apple has seeded two versions of the update, 9F25 and 9F29, within the last week. The same report shows that the number of fixes is rapidly decreasing, with only one remaining known bug.

The former of the two builds, 9F25, was rather insignificant, with no fixes and no known bugs. The second of the builds, in contrast, shows fixes having to do with issues with previously joined networks in AirPort, and issues with graphics frameworks. The only current known bug is an issue with searching messages in Mail.app.

More after the break.

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Apple has shoveled a bunch more coal onto the fire that is the mythical Apple tablet by filing for another patent published for “Gestures for Touch Sensitive Input Devices.”

The patent is clearly for a device with a screen larger than that of the iPhone or the iPod Touch, but small enough to be portable. That’s a long way of saying the MacBook Touch, or at least that’s what I’m going to call it.

Details after the break.

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With another new chapter in the Psystar saga, things aren’t all dandy over in Cupertino. The nasty stuff’s about to hit the proverbial fan, so Apple may want to consider their options. But, it looks like Cult of Mac writer Leigh McMullen took care of the thinking, and came up with a seemingly perfect solution.

Read on to hear all about how Apple can stop Psystar with ease.

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Psystar, the company that wouldn’t die, hasn’t just responded to Apple’s cease and desist with a defense. Oh, no it hasn’t. Psystar announced today that it will be suing Apple, citing that old, battered, anti-trust card. Bets on who will win?

The opponents weigh in after the break.

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While we were all busy updating our iPhones and iPod Touches to the iPhone firmware 2.0.2 on Monday, Apple seeded OS X 10.5.5 build 9F17 to developers.

According to AppleInsider, this build brings five new updates, pushing the grand total of code fixes to 120.

Problems addressed include issues with iCal, Back to My Mac, Mail Syncing, and CoreAnimation.

This update is reported to have no known issues. This was also the case with the last update, build 9F15. So, it seems that Apple is tying up loose ends and preparing to release the update to us all. You can expect the release of Mac OS X 10.5.5 to happen in the next few weeks.

Via [AppleInsider]

With Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F9) seeded to developers, it’s only natural you’re wondering what fixes it puts in place. There are many, many fixes so far, but none appear to be that big, as there aren’t any huge issues with 10.5.4 as it stands.

Currently the only known issue is Aperture related: Aperture is known to crash on some larger images under this build of 10.5.5.

The focus of fixes in 10.5.5 is very broad, covering many major areas of OS X: AirPort, Address Book, AppKit, Directory Services, FileSync and Portable Home Directories, Finder, Fonts, Graphics Drivers, Help Viewer, iCal, iChat, ImageIO, Kerberos, mDNSResponder, Networking, Printing, Screen Sharing, SMB, Spotlight, Text Services, Time Machine, Traditional Chinese Input Method, USB & Express Card Modems, and X11.

Fixes the general public might be interested in include the syncing issue with newly created contacts and Address Book being resolved, dropping a file on the Mail.app Dock icon now working correctly, fixing the issue with Mail and displaying IMAP messages, and fixing the issue with Mail IMAP and out-of-order replies.

Full List [World of Apple]

It is being reported that developers may receive their first seeds of pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.5.5 as soon as this weekend; Apple’s calling it a “maintenance and security update.” The OS X 10.5.5 Leopard update could provide support for new Apple notebooks that have been speculated about for a while now.

Learn more after the break.

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When Psystar started shipping their Open Computer in April, most in the tech industry thought it wasn’t a matter of if, but when, Apple would sue them. Apple has always been very protective of their license that only allows Mac OS X to be run on Apple hardware, and will argue in court that the Open Computer, which can run Mac OS X, is in direct violation of that license agreement.

Read the report after the break.

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