Apple have released the latest update for Leopard in the form of OS X 10.5.4. This update adresses security issues aswell as issues with iCal, Safari, Spaces and adds support for additional RAW image formats. The most important feature of this update however is support for Apple's upcoming transition from the .Mac service to the new MobileMe aimed at the iPhone 2.0 update.

In other news JaS's upcoming 10.5.3 Leopard DVD for Intel SSE2/3 is now being beta tested internally.

Apple have released the update 10.5.3 for OS X Leopard systems. This update (build 9D34) includes many fixes and features including; additional RAW image support, addressing an issue with audio/video stuttering with certain USB devices, improved WiFi functionality with Time Capsule and several fixes for Time Machine/Time Capsule. Also the latest iPhone SDK requires this update for those of you using it.

As with all hackint0shes, be careful when updating. Vanialla systems work fine. A patched SSE3 kernel is available for Intel systems, update guide from Netkas here. SSE2 and AMD users need to wait for an available patched kernel to made.

Also JaS is working on his new DVD release which will incorporate the 10.5.3 update for Intel machines. Progress is going well and you can expect a release soon.

Team of Hackint0sh (ToH) have released the source code for patching the OS X xnu kernel source in order to allow developers to better develop SSE2 and sleep/wake patches. They have done so in order to encourage AMD64, speedstep and sleep support. The code is missing the infamous key from Apple to decrypt encrypted applications and must be added manually with removal of the #error line after it. This key can easily be found over the internet.

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Apple has seeded a beta build of the upcoming 10.5.3 update for Leopard to developers. This release outlines 75 distinct bug fixes and includes fixes for memory leaks, stability issues and addresses issues with Dashboard, Parental controls and iCal among others. There are a few outstanding issues recorded with this build.

Update: Netkas states that there is now Radeon 3650 and 34x0 support with this build as well as two new OpenGL engines. Read.

Apple have released updates to Airport and Timemachine allowing Airport Extreme users to make Timemachine backups to their AirDisks. Stability and performance improvements are also reported especially with Time Capsule.

This update breaks hackintoshes due to a new mach_kernel (9.2.2) and system.kext so do not update via Software Update. Updating is fine on vanilla EFI hackintoshes. Other hackintosh users must hold off for now.

Apple has released Security Update 2008-002 for OS X. This incorporates previous security fixes and can be found via Software Update. Reports indicate this is safe for hackintosh users.

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Netkas has been busy recently with Natiti with lots of support Radeon HD users. The following cards are now supported:

• 3870 X2
• 3870
• 3850
• 2600PRO
• 2600XT

The new natit can be found here. (Original Post) 2600PRO and 3850 users will need the white menu fix found in #radeonhd channel on IRC (irc.osx86.hu). The Radeon HD 3870 X2 will function as two cards if you have more than 2 DVI ports, else will appear as one, full package on IRC.

Don't forget PC-EFI is essential for this.

Netkas has updated the 9.2.0 kernel for OS X 10.5.2 Hackintoshes to fix the shutdown issue experienced by some. The new kernel is for Intel/AMD SSE2/SSE3 users and can be found as usual in the #10.5 irc channel.

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