OS X 10.6.5 is out...

I updated both my 11.6" MBA and my wife's 13.3" late 2009 MB without any issues...


"Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.5, the fifth maintenance update for Snow Leopard, via Software Update. The update offers a number of fixes implemented since the release of Mac OS X 10.6.4 in mid-June.
The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

- improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers
- address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture
- address stability and performance of graphics applications and games
- resolve a delay between print jobs
- address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort Extreme
- resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal
- address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide
- resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary
- improve performance of MainStage on certain Mac systems
- resolve spacing issues with OpenType fonts
- improve reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays
- resolve a VoiceOver issue when browsing some web sites with Safari 5

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4250.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222."

 

Seems that this update made Firefox trigger discrete graphics anytime a flash video or image is on the webpage... the only way to make Firefox revert back to the IGP is to close and reopen it or set it to the IGP in gfxCardStatus.

One step forward, two steps back... I wish Apple would just let people have a whitelist to set preferences, or undo whatever they did to screw Firefox users.

 

Well at least they fixed the delay between print jobs (and really it wasn't a delay, it was a print, power cycle the printer or unplug/replug it, then print, repeat).

now if they can fix all the other issues with Samsung, HP, and Epson printers. All will be well

 

loaded it on my MBA 13" and don't notice any issues yet.

 

No issues here.......

 

Didn't Mozilla release Firefox 4 recently? And are you using it? If you are it may be the Firefox update causing it... just saying...

 

After I installed this and rebooted, my Macbook was sluggish for about 5 minutes. After that its a fine. Probably just indexing or something.

 

I guess there's some issues with N wifi signals.

Apple - Support - Discussions - Mac 10.6.5 not picking up 802.11n ...

 

Im using wireless N and its working fine.

 

I'm using 802.11n on 5ghz and WPA2 on an Apple Airport base station right now... running 10.6.5 with no problems.

 

I think I have same problem. When I watch youtube videos on firefox 3.6.12 my cpu spikes to 90%. For safari its only 30%-38% watching youtube.

 

I get CPU spikes in Firefox 4 beta 7 as well. something I didn't get in Firefox before, so I'm not sure if its the update or the Beta. either way, it's frustrating to have to micromanage my fans to compensate for flash. I had the same problem with Chrome, which is why I stopped using it.

Safari seems unaffected.

on a happier note, the update did fix my long-standing selection problem. sometimes OSX would stop responding to me entering text or selecting areas. I'd have to double click the top bar of whatever window I'm using to get it to go back to normal. I've been dealing with that for months and was on the verge of formatting & reloading.

everything is perfect. I'm now just hoping for Firefox 4 + flash to get along better. maybe the issue is the flash plug-in. I don't know. but this CPU spiking is frustrating.

 

hopefully apple does something about the cpu spike. Do you know if this is affecting google chrome?

 

it was affecting Chrome with regards to flash BEFORE the update. so I assume it's affecting it now as well.

 

I figured out a partial fix for Firefox 4 Beta 7 triggering discrete graphics just by being launched. It turns out that by default FF 4 Beta 7 enables hardware acceleration for everything.

Follow these steps to disable having hardware acceleration enabled on everything instead of only enabling it when needed:

(1) In the address bar type: about:config, click the "I'll be careful button" to proceed.
(2) In the Filter bar, type layers.accelerate-all
(3) Double click layers.accelerate-all that comes up so that the value changes from "True" to "False".
(4) Close all tabs and restart Firefox. Enjoy not triggering discrete graphics just by launching Firefox.

Note: This doesn't fix the youtube/flash issue where if you go to a page that has flash content, it'll automatically trigger the discrete graphics, even if you're not in full-screen mode. The only way that I know of how to fix that is by using gfxcardstatus or restarting Firefox.

 

I got sick of flash player and uninstalled it. my mbp is much cooler now xD. HTML5 FTW. Download youtube5. watch youtube videos without flash. Perfect for MBA

 

Or you can install ClickToFlash and chose the flash content you see by simply clicking on it...

 

gaming performance has improved tremdendously with the new update. omg the difference is night and day. not just the the framerate but the unusual hiccups and pauses are gone. stability is rock solid now as well.

 

what games were you having problems with that you don't know?

 

every source engine game. night and day difference i kid you not.

 

sweet. I'll give TF2 a run.

 

Ive noticed HL2 runs a bit smoother with this update. It used to lag in certain parts on my MBP 13 but since updating its been less laggy.

Does anybody know how to show the framerate in HL2?

 

There are two ways:

(1) Type cl_showfps 1 in console
(2) Type net_graph # (replace # with 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5)

The second option shows a lot more than just fps, listing data going in/out, choke, etc.