Apple Speeds up Mac OS X Snow Leopard with 10.6.3 Update

March 30, 2010 By Nick Mokey

Apple's latest Mac OS X Snow Leopard update brings a number of improvements to speed, security, and compatibility.

Now that the snow on the ground last time Apple updated Mac OS X in November has finally begun to melt (if you’re somewhere Northerly, anyway), Apple has finally gotten around to releasing yet another Snow Leopard update. Version 1.6.3 brings a number of updates to speed, security and compatability for OS X users.

What will it do, exactly? Glad you asked. According to Apple, the 1.6.3 update will:

improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X
address compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications
address an issue that causes background message colors to display incorrectly in Mail
resolve an issue that prevented files with the # or & characters in their names from opening in Rosetta applications
resolve an issue that prevented files from copying to Windows file servers
improve performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode
improve sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand
address a color issue in iMovie with HD content
improve printing reliability
resolve issues with recurring events in iCal when connected to an Exchange server
improve the reliability of 3rd party USB input devices
fix glowing, stuck, or dark pixels when viewing video from the iMac (Late 2009) built-in iSight camera

Full information on the exact security fixes can be found on another Apple support document. The full update weighs in at a whopping 719MB.

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@jessiccarobertt at 12:08am 27th August 2010 I am thinking of trying out mac laptop. (never tried before). I would like to check the speed of apple power book G4 (1.33 Ghz, 1 GB ram)? What would it be equivalent to pc (Intel Pentium M, D or core duo)? I have hard time finding comparison between PC and mac config. I am quite familiar with PC configuration. But not at all sure about mac. And I don't want a slow computer. Free Gift
anitab2 at 5:15pm 3rd May 2010 I'm pretty embarrassed - after a second reboot, yahoo works fine.
dang at 11:05am 3rd May 2010 My mailbox on yahoo opens the email in the bottom pane of the mail client, does yours not do that? I tried in both OS X 10.6.3 and 10.5.8 using Safari. Is your email loading in a pop-up window?
anitab2 at 10:34am 3rd May 2010 I downloaded the 10.6.3 update last night.
This morning I am suddenly unable to access my Yahoo mail. (I do not wish to use Mail, I want to access my email on the internet.) I can go to the Yahoo site, and I can even see the subjects of my emails (by opening QuickView) but when I try in any way to actually get into my email, I get a message:

404 Not Found
The path '/dc/launch' was not found.

This happens whether I use Safari or Firefox. I am able to access email accounts I have in Gmail and Hotmail.
My husband can access my Yahoo email on his pc.

Suggestions??
smithevne at 1:36am 28th April 2010 I want outside parameters to dictate whether some fields get updated. The logic is like this:

if (parameter aa is not null) then update column a )
if (parameter bb is not 'turkey') then update column b)

Some code:

DECLARE @pwd varchar(100)
DECLARE @dd varchar(100)
SET @pwd ="#password#" //comes from outside
SET @dd="apple

UPDATE MY_COLUMN
IF @pwd = @blank
BEGIN
SET MY_COLUMN = '#password#'
WHERE MY_COLUMN = 1
END

Is the above good practice? Is it possible to use coldfusion <cfif> tags inside the <cfquery> tags? Should I use sql case expressions? I don't want to write multiple queries and would rather have some logic control what actually happens in the query. thanks.
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