Apple seeds new Mac OS X 10.7.3 Build 11D46 to developers
The new gigabyte-sized delta version of the 11D46 build replaces last week's 11D42, three other builds released in December, and the initial developer build in November, all of which were designated as Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3.
The focus of these builds hasn't changed, underscoring the complexity of Apple's shift to iCloud, and the support for it required in both its new Documents & Data features open to third party developers and in basic messaging apps including Mail, iCal and Address Book.
While Apple already supports iCloud document features between its iPhone and iPad versions of iWork apps, its Mac version of iWork hasn't yet rolled out support for seamless cross-platform document editing.
Once publicly released, the new 10.7.3 build will extend official Mac support for Catalan, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian, Slovak, Thai and Ukrainian languages. The last update Apple released for Mac OS X Lion was 10.7.2 in October.
The new 10.3.7 build also incorporates fixes related to smart cards, directory services authentication, and Apple's homegrown Windows file sharing, which the company just began using in Mac OS X Lion after dumping SAMBA as the code it uses for working with Windows PCs over the network. Additionally, it includes drivers for new AMD (ATI) "Tahiti" graphics cards.
New Mac OS X Server build
The new build is accompanied by a parallel Mac OS X Lion Server 10.7.3 build that focuses on Apple's Address Book Server, Calendar & Contacts Server, WebDAV Sharing and Directory Utility, as well as tweaking the user interface of the Server Application related to Sharing, Web and VPN services.
The new server build also includes support for the Profile Manager (used to deploy and manage Macs and iOS devices), Webmail, adds iPad editing support in its Wiki Server and fixes elements of the Xsan file system Apple now ships for free within $50 Server app available in the Mac App Store.
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I'd give up all that and more just to have some of the glaring bugs and idiocies which Lion introduced into the Finder corrected.
I'd give up all that and more just to have some of the glaring bugs and idiocies which Lion introduced into the Finder corrected.
Such as??
The only thing I can think of would be the idiotic Cover Flow-esque sorting debacle.
Such as??
The only thing I can think of would be the idiotic Cover Flow-esque sorting debacle.
According to the blogs, Lion is less then ready for prime time for a multitude of reasons. I'm still holding off going there but would like to upgrade soon.
According to the blogs, Lion is less then ready for prime time for a multitude of reasons.
Been using it since DP1. Other than Safari, it has been pretty dang ready since even then.
My only issue? Get 10.7.3 out and fix this stupid Wi-Fi problem already!
We need more graphic drivers!