World of Apple is reporting that OS X 10.5.7 build 9J34 has been seeded to developers with only one remaining issue: Safari 4 beta will only install in 10.5.6. WOA posted a lengthly list of fixes and enhancements that the latest (and previous) seeds address.

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Apple has released an update to QuickTime bringing it to version 7.6. Apple states: “QuickTime 7.6 includes changes that increase reliability, improve compatibility and enhance security. This release is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.” The update includes:

• Video:

Improves single-pass H.264 encoding quality

Increases the playback reliability of Motion JPEG media

• Audio:

Improves AAC encoding fidelity

Audio tracks from MPEG video files now export consistently

• Application Support:

Improves compatibility with iChat and Photo Booth

• Security:

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

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AppleInsider is running a very interesting series of articles on Snow Leopard (Apple's next version of OS X) and 64-bit computing. The series is a good read and although a bit technical, it's written in a fashion that even us non-technical types can sort of understand what's going on. The gist of the article posted today is that with 64-bit Snow Leopard apps should run significantly faster. I'm all for faster. You can never be too fast can you?

I wasn't all that excited about the upcoming Snow Leopard because Apple has stated that there will be no new and interesting features and that they're just focusing on improving Leopard. I'm now a little more excited and I bet Apple will include some new features and technologies despite what they've already stated.

So, bring on the SnoCat!

Joe Henry

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