Mac OS X 10.4.5 development

**fryke** · January 25th, 2006, 06:26 PM

Apple has apparently started development of Mac OS X 10.4.5. Build 8H5 has been seeded.

-> http://haligon.blogspot.com/2006/01/...velopment.html
-> http://haligon.blogspot.com/2006/01/...-8h5-more.html
-> http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1491

**Mikuro** · January 25th, 2006, 08:28 PM

I don't find the "5" in place of the final "4" of the current version quite enough to inspire awe.

They're not wasting any time getting it into beta stages, and I guess that's a good sign. Core Graphics improvements are always welcome. But there's not a whole lot of info to sink my teeth into yet.

Is it normal for them to start seeding new versions to developers so soon after an official update?

**fryke** · January 25th, 2006, 09:47 PM

With Tiger, it's been like that since the beginning, more or less. Not much info 'bout it yet. But the thread can die or grow, can't it...

**Stridder44** · January 26th, 2006, 11:04 PM

My guess, based on years of experience, is that 10.4.5 will bring improvements in OS X.

**Veljo** · January 27th, 2006, 05:46 AM

This is good, I really like Apple's regular updates.

10.4.4 seems almost perfect to me, so all I'd really be after would be a bit of a speed bump for Safari displaying some content.

**fryke** · January 28th, 2006, 03:53 PM

I've been wondering again... Does Apple intend to reach 10.4.9 by (more or less) regular updates every one to two months? Or do they only work on updates for specific targets? Stridder: Your comment made me laugh, because Apple always includes the line "general system usability & reliability" or something like that _whenever_ they release an update to anything, basically.

**Veljo** · January 30th, 2006, 04:37 PM

The updates are coming very slow this time compared with Panther. I'm thinking that Apple might only make it to 10.4.7 or so before Leopard comes out.

**fryke** · January 30th, 2006, 05:16 PM

I think the cycle is similar to Panther's... -> http://www.robservatory.com/archives...release-dates/ ... Sure, it's not the exact _same_ cycle, but I don't think it's so much different either.