OS X : Snow Leopard 10.6.3 has been released.

[Feek]

Get it from Software Update or if you prefer, the Combo Update is here.

About Mac OS X v10.6.3 Update (Combo)

The 10.6.3 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 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

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4014.

I've just grabbed the combo and had decent download speeds unlike when 10.6.2 was released and it took hours to download.

[leowyatt]

cheers Feekles will update the mini later on tonight

[Del Lardo]

4 minutes to download and 8 minutes to install.

[Feek]

I'd be very interested if anyone does an Xbench before and after, specifically the OpenGL settings. Both my MBP and Mac Mini reported significant speed increases after the 10.6.3 update. I can't comment on the Mac Pro because I didn't check before.

[Blighter]

Originally Posted by Feek

I'd be very interested if anyone does an Xbench before and after, specifically the OpenGL settings. Both my MBP and Mac Mini reported significant speed increases after the 10.6.3 update. I can't comment on the Mac Pro because I didn't check before.

I'll do it You'll have to wait til later tonight before I reset and apply the 10.6.3 update though!

Before:

Results 85.32
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.2 (10C540)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model MacBookPro5,4
Drive Type FUJITSU MJA2250BH FFS G1
CPU Test 151.13
GCD Loop 291.81 15.38 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 101.64 2.42 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 115.88 3.82 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 218.72 38.09 Mops/sec
Thread Test 291.45
Computation 377.73 7.65 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 237.25 10.21 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 132.80
System 156.78
Allocate 346.13 1.27 Malloc/sec
Fill 144.40 7021.23 MB/sec
Copy 107.29 2216.02 MB/sec
Stream 115.18
Copy 107.08 2211.60 MB/sec
Scale 107.73 2225.61 MB/sec
Add 126.92 2703.60 MB/sec
Triad 121.53 2599.78 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 121.75
Line 98.31 6.54 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 142.42 42.52 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 120.90 9.85 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 140.84 3.55 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 117.61 7.36 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 63.99
Spinning Squares 63.99 81.18 frames/sec
User Interface Test 67.61
Elements 67.61 310.28 refresh/sec
Disk Test 38.72
Sequential 67.75
Uncached Write 64.72 39.74 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 52.92 29.94 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 62.14 18.19 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 116.31 58.46 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 27.10
Uncached Write 9.09 0.96 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 84.54 27.06 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 60.46 0.43 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 108.44 20.12 MB/sec [256K blocks]