Leopard 10.5.2 Installed. Nothing Blew Up.

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In case you haven’t read yet, today Apple released Leopard 10.5.2. The update weighed in at 180mb on my Intel MacBook Pro. I spurned common sense and didn’t bother with the combo updater and instead just did the automatic update. I’ve been running it a few hours now with no problems. Apple has a long list of updates. A few of them are of note to me and deserve comment.

Back to my Mac – Adds support for more third-party routers.

I am very curious to see how much this sorts out Back to My Mac. I’ve never quite got it working and not had time to figure it out. Actually, I keep waiting for the Macbreak Tech guys to set me straight on it.

Dock – Updates Stacks with a List view option, a Folder view option, and an updated background for Grid view.

Amen! I actually have gotten used to the new system but I know this was driving a lot of people crazy.

Desktop – Addresses legibility issues with the menu bar with an option to turn off transparency in Desktop & Screen Saver preferences.

This is another one that wasn’t bothering me so much. Nevertheless, it is definitely less transparent now.

Mail – Mail now automatically disables the (unsupported) third-party plugin GrowlMail version 1.1.2 or earlier to avoid issues.

Mail has been a little wonky for me lately. I suspected Growl and turned it off but it still hasn’t been as stable as before. I’m hoping 10.5.2 fixes that. So far so good.

15 Comments Leopard 10.5.2 Installed. Nothing Blew Up.

  1. tenex@tesco.net

    Did you re-run Software Update after the 10.5.2 update? There’s a “Leopard Graphics Update” available which needs 10.5.2 to be installed first. HTH

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  2. tenex@tesco.net

    Did you re-run Software Update after the 10.5.2 update? There’s a “Leopard Graphics Update” available which needs 10.5.2 to be installed first. HTH

    Reply
  3. tenex@tesco.net

    Did you re-run Software Update after the 10.5.2 update? There’s a “Leopard Graphics Update” available which needs 10.5.2 to be installed first. HTH

    Reply
  4. tenex@tesco.net

    Did you re-run Software Update after the 10.5.2 update? There’s a “Leopard Graphics Update” available which needs 10.5.2 to be installed first. HTH

    Reply
  5. tenex@tesco.net

    Did you re-run Software Update after the 10.5.2 update? There’s a “Leopard Graphics Update” available which needs 10.5.2 to be installed first. HTH

    Reply

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