Apple Speeds up Mac OS X Snow Leopard with 10.6.3 Update

By Nick Mokey March 30, 2010

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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