The Inquisitr » Mac OS X v10.5 http://www.inquisitr.com The Better Mix Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 OS X 10.5.5 first impressions: all good http://www.inquisitr.com/3214/os-x-1055-first-impressions-all-good/ http://www.inquisitr.com/3214/os-x-1055-first-impressions-all-good/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:36:02 +0000 Duncan Riley http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=3214 Apple has released an update to its Leopard operating system, 10.5.5 that addresses a number of performance issues.

Highlights from the release include (via MacRumors)

- Addresses stability issues with video playback, processor core idling, and remote disc sharing for MacBook Air.
- Improves Spotlight indexing performance.
- Improves iPhone sync reliability with iCal and Address Book.
- In MobileMe: improves overall sync and Back to My Mac reliability.
- Improves Time Machine reliability with Time Capsule.

I’ve only just installed it now, and first impressions are all good. The biggest difference I can see immediately is that finally Spotlight has been fixed. For me, it meant often waiting as long as 4-5 seconds for Spotlight to find a program or document after I’d typed the word. With 10.5.5, Spotlight starts showing choices from the moment I type the first letter, and the whole word isn’t required, or if it is, the result is immediately available.

A full list of the changes are available on the Apple website here.

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