Another Build… It Seems 10.5.7 update is delayed as it was expected to arrive this week. As earlier we reported that iTunes 8.2 requires 10.5.7 to Sync Notes to iPhone so it’s sure that 10.5.7 will hits your Software Updater within this month. Apple Seeded Developers another build of Juno tagged as build 9J58. Safari 4 Beta is still causing problems. The latest build corrects just a couple of issues — one related to iChat and the other Safari. Apple asks developers to focus on Bluetooth, MobileMe Synching, USB & Flash Drives, iDisk Synching and many more as the Seed Notes given below. The seed notes are as usually published by our favorite source WorldofApple. OSX86 community eagerly waiting for 10.5.7 update as the Juno supports ATI 48XX series Graphic Cards. Well Netkas managed to extract those kexts and made them available in the wild.

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                                              Seed Notes of Build 9J58

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Known Issues

• Safari 4 Beta only installs on Mac OS X 10.5.6.

General Focus Areas

• AFP
• AirPort
• Bluetooth
• Directory Services
• FileSync
• Flash Player
• GraphicsDrivers
• Help Viewer
• iCal
• iChat
• iDisk Synching
• Mail
• Managed Client
• MobileMe Synching
• Networking
• Parental Controls
• Perl
• Printing
• Safari
• Screen Sharing
• Sound
• Time Machine
• USB & Flash Drives
• VPN
• Widgets
• X11

Areas of Change

• CFNetwork, VPN and iChat compatibility fix
• CFNetwork and Safari compatibility fix

Apple has seeded yet another version of OS X 10.5.7, this one termed Build 9J44, to developers. The release comes a little more than a week since the last developer seed was released. World of Apple republishes the seed notes, again revealing that a lack of support for Safari 4 beta is the only known issue mentioned by Apple. In addition, the seed notes reveal five new fixes since the last developer seed, including a fix for PDF font rendering. Apple has also added Perl to its list of “general focus areas” upon which developers are asked to concentrate their testing. Almost all other issues are fixed. In the Seed Notes Apple Asked developers to focused on Bluetooth, MobileMe, Airport, Flash Player, USB Syncing and more.

Known Issues

• Safari 4 Beta only installs on Mac OS X 10.5.6.

General Focus Areas

• AFP
• AirPort
• Bluetooth
• Directory Services
• FileSync
• Flash Player
• GraphicsDrivers
• iCal
• iDisk Synching
• Mail
• Managed Client
• MobileMe Synching
• Networking
• Parental Controls
• Perl
• Printing
• Safari
• Screen Sharing
• Sound
• Time Machine
• USB & Flash Drives
• VPN
• Widgets
• X11

Areas of Change

• automountd at automountd: autofs_server issue fix
• CFNetwork compatibility fixes
• Fix issue with iCalExternalSync when a reminder is changed from relative to absolute
• Perl and Security 2009-001 update compatibility fix
• PDF font rendering fix

After almost one month Apple Seeded the latest build 10A314 of Snow Leopard 10.6 to Developers. Last time Apple Seeded developers build 10A286 on first week of March. In the latest build Apple ask developers to focus on 64-bit compatibility in their third party kernel extensions. Apple enabled the 64-bit kernel, for development purposes in early Mac Machines including Mac Pro 2008, MacBook 15/17, iMac 2008 and Unibody Mac Pro 15/17. While relatively few third party developers create kernel-level software, the new operating system won’t work in 64-bit if users lack 64-bit versions of the kernel extensions (kexts) they need. World of Apple again published the complete Seed Notes of build 10A314. There are many issues including Safari beta 4, 64 bit, iCal, Finder for more take a look at the seed notes given below. No wonder if build 10A314 will be available on Bit-Torrent sites in next 4 to 6 days. Almost every single build was leaked on bit-torrent for download.

Known Issues

• It may take 5-10 minutes to get to the Mac OS X Installer when using a DVD.
• Setup Assistant sometimes crashes when migrating users. Please reboot and try again if you encounter this.
• iCal, Mail or Safari may hang sometimes due to a backround process (configd) crashing. Please reboot if you encounter this.
• If multiple users are editing the same documenut simultaneously over an AFP connection it may result in data loss. Only 3rd party applications that support this behavior, such as database applications, will hit this. Editing files with Finder, for example, is OK.
• Finder may crash on 32-bit machines when viewing movie previews through QuickLook, Finder’s column view or the Get Info window.
• Changing SSL setting for a Microsoft Exchange 2007 account refetches all of your messages.
• Mac Mini’s with a Core Solo CPU will run very slowly.
• ‘Repair Permissions’ in Disk Utility reports spurious errors. 
• Portable Home Directory accounts cannot be created.
• Switching between Finder windows with Cmd-` does not work in this seed.
• The initial Welcome Page in Safari is blank.
• The contextual menu for the Finder icon in the Dock is missing some options.
• VoiceOver cannot be started in Setup Assistant using Cmd-F5. Workaround: 
  1) When you hear “Mac OS X has a built in Screen reader..” press escape. 
  2) Press the right arrow 13 times to get to the screen that reads “Congratulations, You have learned how to use..”.  
  Wait for this screen to finish reading and VoiceOver will launch.
  3) You can then press the right arrow or escape key to return to Setup Assistant with VoiceOver running.

Developer Notes

64-bit
We strongly encourage you to start developing and testing 64-bit versions of your KEXTs.  To help you along we’ve included the 64-bit transition guide with the seed.

• Launch Xcode in Snow Leopard
• Go to Help menu
• Select Documentation Viewer
• Search for “64-bit Transition Guide”

World of Apple confirms that Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.5.7 build 9J30 to dev’s. This is the third build seeded to developers. The first OS X 10.5.7 build 9J22 was seeded on 27 feb’09 and second build  was seeded on 7th of March’09 under the tag of build 9J27. The rapid development of Mac OS X 10.5.7 suggests a public release before the end of March.In the latest seed notes Apple asks developers to focused on new areas such as Flash Player, USB and Flash Drives, iCal and Widgets. Many bugs are fixed like Mobile me syncing, Address book syncing, iChat framerates  and file syncing and much more the complete seed notes are given below. The Seed notes are once again published by WorldofApple.

Seed Notes of Mac OS X Build 9J30 :

Known Issues

• Safari 4 Beta only installs on Mac OS X 10.5.6.

General Focus Areas

• AFP
• AirPort
• Bluetooth
• Directory Services
• FileSync
• Flash Player
• GraphicsDrivers
• iCal
• iDisk Synching
• Mail
• Managed Client
• MobileMe Synching
• Networking
• Parental Controls
• Printing
• Screen Sharing
• Sound
• Time Machine
• USB & Flash Drives
• VPN
• Widgets
• X11

Areas of Change

• Flash Player updated
• Fixed issue with CoreGraphics and screen zoom parameters
• Issue with iChat framerates fixed
• Fixed problem with HFS+ volumes and DVD media
• Resolved issue with iCal CalDAV and calendar refresh
• Issue with CPU Software and digital output fixed

Issues fixed in previous seeds:

• Resolved issue with launchd and LoginWindow capturing crash data
• Issue with LoginWindow and FileVault remote backups fixed
• Fixed problem with Time Capsule and sparse image backups
• Fixed issue with Print & Fax pref pane and managing settings
• Resolved crashing issue with Parental Controls and System Preferences
• Fixed problem with HFS and MBR partitioned volumes
• Fixed hanging issue with MobileMe Sync tab
• Fixed issue with iCalExternalSync and iCal Synchronization
• Issue with AC interrupts and Sleep/Wake resolved
• Fixed problem with Portable Home Directories and Login/Logout not syncing
• Resolved issue with Mail accounts and syncing
• Fixed issue with CoreAnimation and mouse movement between snapshots
• Fixed problem with System Profiler Plug-Ins and panic logs
• Resolved crashing issue with Help Viewer
• Resolved crashing issue with Preview Image
• Fixed issue with IOHIDPosteEvent()
• Fixed problem with MobileMe AOSNotification not sending JID
• Resolved issue with AddressBook Sync and Mail Addressing
• Fixed problem with NSOperationQueue and PThreads
• Fixed issue with LoginWindow UI and AirPort
• Issue with Virtual Memory and wired pages fixed
• Images are now retained when syncing between two Macs using Mail Sync
• Resolved issue with CFNetwork Host and AppStore loading delays
• Issue with Networking and TCP FIN resolved
• Issue with FPCatalog search and AFP X Client resolved
• File/Folder label changes over AFP now visible without unmounting/remounting
• Fixed problem with NSView and layer-backed views inside a scroll
• NSURLConnection now correctly notifies client before transmission
• Resolved NSinvalidSendPortExceptions with Sync Services Engine
• Fixed problem with CFNetwork Cookies and SAP cookie path
• Resolved issue with CFNetwork Cache and DF URL cache
• Fixed problem with iCal CalDAV and cancelled meetings still showing up for attendees
• Hanging issue with CFURLCache thread fixed
• Issue with MobileMe AOSNotification connection failures resolved
• Resolved issue with Safari and certain cookies not being accepted
• Fixed crashing issue with mdworker and signed messages
• Resolved issue with MCX Client and visible groups
• Resolved value issue with cupsBorderlessScalingFactor
• Issue with CoreData Framework and foreign key references resolved
• Fixed issue with Weather Widget and default city selection
• CoreData Framework now ensures cached statements are nulled out after being finalized in the event of an error
• Resolved issue with Desktop Services where desktop may not update correctly
• Fixed value issue with Unit Converter Widget
• Resolved issue with NSData and CoreData Framework
• Fixed issue with ImageCapture not recognizing certain CompactFlash card adapters
• Fixed issue with CUPS and Print & Fax Preference Pane
• Resolved issue with CoreData fetch and CoreData Framework
• Fixed issue where Stocks Widget was unresponsive in certain situations
• iCalExternalSync no longer wrongly clears the “original date” field of a detached Task
• Fixed issue where Preferences Sync would use excessive CPU cycles
• Fixed problem with delegate windows and multiple error messages with iCal DAV
• Issue with HICocoaView and mouse tracking resolved
• Fixed button issue with Energy Saver pref pane
• issue with Login window and MCX Client resolved
• Fixed issue with Netbooting and the Energy Saver pref pane
• Fixed problem with AMDocumentVersion and Automator Application
• Updated ICC Profiles in ColorSync Registry
• Issue with last modification date and Sync Services Engine resolved

It seems that Apple’s Leopard team is working hard at the work. Last week they seeded OS X 10.5.7 build 9J22 and today WorldofApple reported that the latest build 9J27 is floating between developers. The Build tag 9J27  – could change at any time. Snow Leopard 10.6 is expected sometime around mid-year, it is quite possible that 10.5.7 will be the last update to Leopard before 10.6 arrives. But we not mean there won’t be a 10.5.8  Those people familiar with the software also mentioned a significant focus on addressing syncing issues that have plagued many of Leopard’s standard, forward-facing apps, such as as Mail, AddressBook, and system preferences. According to World of Apple The latest build (9J27) asks for developers to focus on over 20 areas in the operating system including, AFP, AirPort, MobileMe Syncing, Printing, Screen Sharing, USB, X11 and more more. here we have the seed notes of build 9J27 as published by World Of Apple.

Seed Notes of Mac OS X 10.5.7 build 9J27 :

Known Issues

•  Safari 4 Beta only installs on Mac OS X 10.5.6.
•  CoreRAIDServer crashes once per restart

General Focus Areas

Areas of Change

•  Resolved issue with launchd and LoginWindow capturing crash data
•  Issue with LoginWindow and FileVault remote backups fixed
•  Fixed problem with Time Capsule and sparse image backups
•  Fixed issue with Print & Fax pref pane and managing settings
•  Resolved crashing issue with Parental Controls and System Preferences
•  Fixed problem with HFS and MBR partitioned volumes
•  Fixed hanging issue with MobileMe Sync tab
•  Fixed issue with iCalExternalSync and iCal Synchronization
•  Issue with AC interrupts and Sleep/Wake
•  Fixed problem with Portable Home Directories and Login/Logout not syncing

Issues fixed in previous seeds:

•  Resolved issue with Mail accounts and syncing
•  Fixed issue with CoreAnimation and mouse movement between snapshots
•  Fixed problem with System Profiler Plug-Ins and panic logs
•  Resolved crashing issue with Help Viewer
•  Resolved crashing issue with Preview Image
•  Fixed issue with IOHIDPosteEvent()
•  Fixed problem with MobileMe AOSNotification not sending JID
•  Resolved issue with AddressBook Sync and Mail Addressing
•  Fixed problem with NSOperationQueue and PThreads
•  Fixed issue with LoginWindow UI and AirPort
•  Issue with Virtual Memory and wired pages fixed
•  Images are now retained when syncing between two Macs using Mail Sync
•  Resolved issue with CFNetwork Host and AppStore loading delays
•  Issue with Networking and TCP FIN resolved
•  Issue with FPCatalog search and AFP X Client resolved
•  File/Folder label changes over AFP now visible without unmounting/remounting
•  Fixed problem with NSView and layer-backed views inside a scroll
•  NSURLConnection now correctly notifies client before transmission
•  Resolved NSinvalidSendPortExceptions with Sync Services Engine
•  Fixed problem with CFNetwork Cookies and SAP cookie path
•  Resolved issue with CFNetwork Cache and DF URL cache
•  Fixed problem with iCal CalDAV and cancelled meetings still showing up for attendees
•  Hanging issue with CFURLCache thread fixed
•  Issue with MobileMe AOSNotification connection failures resolved
•  Resolved issue with Safari and certain cookies not being accepted
•  Fixed crashing issue with mdworker and signed messages
•  Resolved issue with MCX Client and visible groups
•  Resolved value issue with cupsBorderlessScalingFactor
•  Issue with CoreData Framework and foreign key references resolved
•  Fixed issue with Weather Widget and default city selection
•  CoreData Framework now ensures cached statements are nulled out after being finalized in the event of an error
•  Resolved issue with Desktop Services where desktop may not update correctly
•  Fixed value issue with Unit Converter Widget
•  Resolved issue with NSData and CoreData Framework
•  Fixed issue with ImageCapture not recognizing certain CompactFlash card adapters
•  Fixed issue with CUPS and Print & Fax Preference Pane
•  Resolved issue with CoreData fetch and CoreData Framework
•  Fixed issue where Stocks Widget was unresponsive in certain situations
•  iCalExternalSync no longer wrongly clears the “original date” field of a detached Task
•  Fixed issue where Preferences Sync would use excessive CPU cycles
•  Fixed problem with delegate windows and multiple error messages with iCal DAV
•  Issue with HICocoaView and mouse tracking resolved
•  Fixed button issue with Energy Saver pref pane
•  issue with Login window and MCX Client resolved
•  Fixed issue with Netbooting and the Energy Saver pref pane
•  Fixed problem with AMDocumentVersion and Automator Application
•  Updated ICC Profiles in ColorSync Registry
•  Issue with last modification date and Sync Services Engine resolved
•  Resolved issue with NSSpellChecker and custom NSSpellServer servers
•  Fixed issue with Time Machine Preferences and previously used backup volumes
•  Fixed problem with DSADplugin and User vs Contact
•  Issue with Text Services Manager and Dvorak Keyboard layout fixed
•  Resolved crashing issue with NSTreeController
•  Fixed whitelist issue with Parental Controls
•  Resolved automatic iCal MobileMe sync issue with iCal Synchronization
•  Fixed crashing issue with HLTB Menus and status bar
•  Resolved issue with AFP X Client and AFP sessions not disconnecting after volumes are dismounted
•  Issue with AXUIElementPostKeyboardEvent and HLTB Accessibility fixed
•  Fixed USB tranfer issue with printing large PostScript files
•  Fixed movie title issue with Movie Widget
•  Resolved Non-Administrator issue with Energy Saver pref pane
•  Fixed issue with Bluetooth mouse and button settings after disconnect/reconnect
•  Fixed problem with XServe Netboot and launchd
•  Fixed issue with Text (AppKit) where enabling garbage collection would cause autocomplete popup to automatically close
•  Fixed image orientation issue with Image RAW
•  Issue with HLTB Menus and OpenSubmenu fixed
•  Issue with HLTB Windows and child windows fixed
•  Issue with FileSync and login/logout resolved
•  Resolved issue with Image RAW and image conversion

Yesterday Mac OS X 10.5.7 was buzzed by AppleInsider, now it’s confirmed that Apple has seeded build 9J22 to a special group of developers. The build number for this beta of Leopard is 9J22. In the current form it is a 440 MB file.Apple has requested that developers test twenty areas of this particular build. People familiar with build number 9J22 say it has about 70 changes, mostly based on syncing issues related to Mail, Address Book etc. and networking improvements. Quite a few preferences and widgets have been updated as well to boost the performance. Here we have the full seed notes for Mac OS X 10.5.7 Build 9J22 the Seed Notes are cracked once again by WorldofApple 

Seed Notes for Mac OS X 10.5.7 Build 9J22

Known Issues

• Installing 10.5.7 with the delta, make sure you have previously installed Safari 3.2.1
• Safari 4 Beta, released Feb 23, 2009, will not install on this build.

General Focus Areas

• AFP
• AirPort
• Bluetooth
• Directory Services
• FileSync
• Graphics Drivers
• iCal
• iDisk Synching
• Mail
• Managed Client
• MobileMe Synching
• Networking
• Parental Controls
• Printing
• Screen Sharing
• Sound
• Time Machine
• USB
• VPN
• Widgets
• X11

Areas of Change

• Resolved issue with Mail accounts and syncing
• Fixed issue with CoreAnimation and mouse movement between snapshots
• Fixed problem with System Profiler Plug-Ins and panic logs
• Resolved crashing issue with Help Viewer
• Resolved crashing issue with Preview Image
• Fixed issue with IOHIDPosteEvent()
• Fixed problem with MobileMe AOSNotification not sending JID
• Resolved issue with AddressBook Sync and Mail Addressing
• Fixed problem with NSOperationQueue and PThreads
• Fixed issue with LoginWindow UI and AirPort
• Issue with Virtual Memory and wired pages fixed
• Images are now retained when syncing between two Macs using Mail Sync
• Resolved issue with CFNetwork Host and AppStore loading delays
• Issue with Networking and TCP FIN resolved
• Issue with FPCatalog search and AFP X Client resolved
• File/Folder label changes over AFP now visible without unmounting/remounting
• Fixed problem with NSView and layer-backed views inside a scroll
• NSURLConnection now correctly notifies client before transmission
• Resolved NSinvalidSendPortExceptions with Sync Services Engine
• Fixed problem with CFNetwork Cookies and SAP cookie path
• Resolved issue with CFNetwork Cache and DF URL cache
• Fixed problem with iCal CalDAV and cancelled meetings still showing up for attendees
• Hanging issue with CFURLCache thread fixed
• Issue with MobileMe AOSNotification connection failures resolved
• Resolved issue with Safari and certain cookies not being accepted
• Fixed crashing issue with mdworker and signed messages
• Resolved issue with MCX Client and visible groups
• Resolved value issue with cupsBorderlessScalingFactor
• Issue with CoreData Framework and foreign key references resolved
• Fixed issue with Weather Widget and default city selection
• CoreData Framework now ensures cached statements are nulled out after being finalized in the event of an error
• Resolved issue with Desktop Services where desktop may not update correctly
• Fixed value issue with Unit Converter Widget
• Resolved issue with NSData and CoreData Framework
• Fixed issue with ImageCapture not recognizing certain CompactFlash card adapters
• Fixed issue with CUPS and Print & Fax Preference Pane
• Resolved issue with CoreData fetch and CoreData Framework
• Fixed issue where Stocks Widget was unresponsive in certain situations
• iCalExternalSync no longer wrongly clears the “original date” field of a detached Task
• Fixed issue where Preferences Sync would use excessive CPU cycles
• Fixed problem with delegate windows and multiple error messages with iCal DAV
• Issue with HICocoaView and mouse tracking resolved
• Fixed button issue with Energy Saver pref pane
• issue with Login window and MCX Client resolved
• Fixed issue with Netbooting and the Energy Saver pref pane
• Fixed problem with AMDocumentVersion and Automator Application
• Updated ICC Profiles in ColorSync Registry
• Issue with last modification date and Sync Services Engine resolved
• Resolved issue with NSSpellChecker and custom NSSpellServer servers
• Fixed issue with Time Machine Preferences and previously used backup volumes
• Fixed problem with DSADplugin and User vs Contact
• Issue with Text Services Manager and Dvorak Keyboard layout fixed
• Resolved crashing issue with NSTreeController
• Fixed whitelist issue with Parental Controls
• Resolved automatic iCal MobileMe sync issue with iCal Synchronization
• Fixed crashing issue with HLTB Menus and status bar
• Resolved issue with AFP X Client and AFP sessions not disconnecting after volumes are dismounted
• Issue with AXUIElementPostKeyboardEvent and HLTB Accessibility fixed
• Fixed USB tranfer issue with printing large PostScript files
• Fixed movie title issue with Movie Widget
• Resolved Non-Administrator issue with Energy Saver pref pane
• Fixed issue with Bluetooth mouse and button settings after disconnect/reconnect
• Fixed problem with XServe Netboot and launchd
• Fixed issue with Text (AppKit) where enabling garbage collection would cause autocomplete popup to automatically close
• Fixed image orientation issue with Image RAW
• Issue with HLTB Menus and OpenSubmenu fixed
• Issue with HLTB Windows and child windows fixed
• Issue with FileSync and login/logout resolved
• Resolved issue with Image RAW and image conversion

Last week we discussed here that Apple Seedded Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Build (10A261) Almost finished to developers.The news was leaked by Macitynet.it now the time is for WorldofApple to leak the Seed Notes of Apples most awaiting operating system Snow Leopard.The latest Seed notes asks developers to focus on Grand Central and OpenCL APIs. Also Apple warns that Snow Leopard no longer installs all print drivers during the install process.Additionally two new features that have appeared in the latest build. The Trash now offers the ability to “Put Back” a Trashed file, instead of simply restoring the file or folder it is returned to its original location. Stacks also now have the ability to move up the folder structure within Stacks, currently when navigating to a folder in Stacks a new Finder window opens with that folders content.

Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard build 10A261 Developer Seed Note

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is the next major release of Mac OS X.

Focus Areas

As great progress has been made in the Grand Central Dispatch (libdispatch) and OpenCL APIs, prompt feedback on those API sets would be appreciated.

Changes Since the Last Seed

• This seed includes the CoreLocation framework which lets you determine the current latitude and longitude of a computer. The framework uses the available hardware to triangulate the user?s position based on nearby signal information. Additional details can be found at /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreLocation.framework/Headers
  - Cocoa now includes APIs for using multi-touch features in the new MacBook and MacBook Pros. Details are available in the AppKit framework release notes.
• The WebObjects developer support package is not included in the Xcode Tools distributed with this seed of Snow Leopard. The package may be downloaded from ADC soon after the Snow Leopard seed has been made available.

Objective-C Garbage Collector
The garbage collector now features much faster root tracing. In particular, “info gc-roots” in gdb is now many times faster than before.

The collector also features a number of new environment variables that can be used to aid in debugging. Set AUTO_USE_GUARDS to “YES” or “true” to enable guard pages in the collector. If the process attempt to write beyond the end of an allocated chunk of memory, the collector will abort() the process. Like GuardMalloc, this can be a quick way to deduce heap corruption bugs.

Set AUTO_REFERENCE_COUNT_LOGGING to “YES” or “true” to log collector retain/release events via the malloc history mechanism.  Requires MallocStackLoggingNoCompact or MallocStackLogging to be enabled.

Set AUTO_RESURRECTION_ABORT to YES or true to catch cases where objects become valid after having been finalized. Resurrection will become a hard error before Snow Leopard is released, as it can lead to heap inconsistencies and difficult to diagnose crashes.

Printer Driver Changes
SnowLeopard no longer installs all printer drivers by default. Rather, the default behavior is to install only the drivers for attached USB printers, printers previously used by the old system, network printers visible on Bonjour, and popular printers.

If you add a printer for which no driver is installed, Mac OS X will now query the Software Update server and then offer to download and install a driver should one be available.

Microsoft Exchange Support

Setting Up Exchange
Mail includes an autodiscovery feature to streamline the configuration process:
1. Open Mail preferences and click the plus button to add a new account
2. Enter your Microsoft Exchange email address and password and click “Continue” 
3. Your server settings will be auto populated and you can choose to simultaneously configure Address Book and iCal for use with Microsoft Exchange as well
4. Verify the settings are correct and click “Create”

If the your server settings are not automatically configured, after step 2 you can select “Microsoft Exchange 2007″ as a new account type and manually enter your server settings. You will still be able to simultaneously configure Address Book and iCal for use with Microsoft Exchange.

Known Limitations in Microsoft Exchange Support

Mail

• Notes composed in Mail may not always appear on the Exchange server.
• Transferring messages between Exchange mailboxes does not always succeed.

Address Book

• Use of Address Book beyond basic viewing of Microsoft Exchange Contacts should be avoided in this seed.
• Changes made to contacts on the Exchange server may not be reflected in Address Book until it is relaunched.

Known Limitations

Installation Issues

• Some users have encountered errors while installing. A subsequent installation attempt to the same volume should result in a successful upgrade.
• Booting from the Mac OS X Installation DVD can take up to 10 minutes.
• When migrating your user, Setup Assistant may may not finish calculating the size of your content which prevents those items from migrating. If this occurs, quit Setup Assistant and reboot.

Developer Issues

• Using the Help system in Xcode may result in a crash. Please save your project before accessing Xcode Help.
• Selecting ‘SCM -> Diff With… -> Base’ in Xcode may lead to a hang.
• Script Editor fails to record Finder actions.
• When Automator is run in 32-bit mode stopping and then running a workflow results in a crash.
• Launching an application via Xcode’s Debug option sometimes fail. Relaunching Xcode, rebuilding the application and attempting to debug it again will workaround this.

Other Issues

• Adding a field to a Address Book contact through the ‘Card’ menu will result in the deletion of other data for that contact.
• There are known deadlocks in AppKit which can cause an application to hang. To confirm whether this is the source of a particular hang, run ’sample’ in Terminal on the hung application and confirm whether NSUIHeartBeat is in the call stack.
• Applications that access the system keychain may display password prompts or report incorrect user names or passwords even when the application has successfully authenticated.
• The warning for low batteries in an attached Bluetooth mouse causes the current user to be logged out.
• The date shown in the iCal Dock icon does not update correctly.
• Active Directory support may be unreliable.
• Certain mailboxes in Mail may not always display new messages. Quit and re-launch Mail to workaround this.
• By default all of your local disks will be in the exclusion list for Time Machine backups. You can remove a volume from the exclusion list, but will not be able to add it back to the exclusion list after that point.
• iDisk syncing sometimes leads to a crash in FileSyncAgent that prevents the sync from completing.
• The Microsoft Office 2004 installer hangs mid-way through. Drag the Office 2004 folder to your Applications folder to work around this.
• Adobe CS4 can be run as a universal binary, but will crash when opened in Rosetta.
• In Microsoft Office 2004 hitting Cmd-P to print to an HP printer will result in a crash. Select File->Print to work around this.
• Attempting to save an Adobe CS4 document after it has already been saved may result in an error.
  - Grayed out or disabled icons & images look extra dark.
• Front Row crashes when launched.
• Photo booth crashes when launched.
• Accessing the built in help system yields a blank window.
• iChat bubbles display minor graphics corruption.