Apple released a new security update today which includes several security improvements for the following components:

AFP Client, AirPort, CarbonCore, diskdev_cmds, fetchmail, ftpd, gnutar, Help Viewer, HID Family, Installer, Kerberos, Libinfo, Login Window, network_cmds, SMB, System Configuration, URLMount, Video Conference, WebDAV

To update a hackint0sh you should backup LoginWindow.app and CorbonCore.framework before updating and then reboot, any problems afterwards you may need to replace LoginWindow.app and for AMD users, CarbonCore.framework too.

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Apple has made public the source code for their latest Tiger update, Mac OS X 10.4.9, on their website. You can find all the available sources here. This means that the 8.9.1 kernel source is now available under the name xnu-792.18.15. This will allow for integration of SpeedStep capabilities now in the future. Sources for both x86 and PPC available.

Semthex also declared his departure from the OSx86 scene today and will be greatly missed. As many of you know he is one of the foremost kernel builders that has allowed for 8.8.1 and 8.9.1 to be made Hackint0sh compatible. Having passed on his knowledge he feels that his work is done. Many thanks to him and I encourage those of you that can to donate.

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Semthex has done it again and brought SSE2 users on OS X 10.4.8 a kernel with full SpeedStep support. Of course this is most beneficial to Pentium M users but should prove useful for other mobile users. The kernel is of version 8.8.1 and is built from the open-source code and as such means no 8.9.1 is planned yet. You can find this in the #Kernel channel on the irc.moofspeak.net server.

Note: this will only bring SpeedStep functionality to supported CPUs, so if you are a Celeron M user for example and do not experience this feature usually you still won't get it.

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Users with AMD based systems now have a fully functional update available to them courtesy of Myzar. This will update their systems to 10.4.9 if they have an SSE3 processor with the new 8.9.1 kernel from Netkas. The kernel features auto FSB detection and comes in the form of a Delta update for upgrading 10.4.8 systems. The update is available on the Pirate Bay in this torrent.

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The latest beta build of Leopard has appeared on the ADC site and weighs in at a whopping great 5.3GB DMG image. As usual changes are listed below:

• Terminal
  – Profiles have been renamed as "Window Settings" and workspaces have been renamed as "Window Groups"
  – Window Settings can be configured through the "Window Settings" tab of the Terminal preferences or by invoking the Inspector
  – Window Settings are not saved automatically. You can save settings through the 'Shell' menu
• Miscellaneous
  – If you have valid .Mac credentials in the .Mac Preference Pane iDisk syncing will now be enabled by default unless you have explicitly disabled it
  – OpenSSL 0.9.6 (which includes libcrypto and libssl) will be included in Leopard as PPC only, not universal. OpenSSL 0.9.7 will still ship in Leopard as a universal library. If you only require SSL consider the Secure Transport framework as an alternative. If you only require cryptographic hash functions consider CommonCrypto
  – PCSC framework has been updated. This will continue to work with Tiger reader drivers, although tokends written for Tiger should be retested under Leopard.
  – Developer release notes for AppKit and Foundation frameworks have been updated recently

And the known issues:

• Installing
  – Migrating or archiving user data from previous Leopard seeds and is not supported. Migrating and archiving from Tiger is fully supported.
  – Unable to restore from recent backups when installing
  – Unable to use Bluetooth mouse/keyboard in the OS Installer
  – Some PPC machines shutdown after installation
• iChat
  – Video & pictures in iChat theatre sometimes may initially display incorrectly
  – Screen Sharing and Internet Sharing checkbox in the Sharing Preference Pane is disabled
• PhotoBooth
  – Backdrop effects are not functional in PhotoBooth
  – If you using PhotoBooth on a machine with a Built In iSight camera then the image will initially be black. Click on another application or the desktop and then click on PhotoBooth again to workaround this. External iSights work properly.
• Printing
  – Newly added printers may not appear in the Print & Fax System Preference window
  – Deleting a printer from the CUPS admin page at 127.0.0.1:631 will stop all apps from launching
• QuickTime
  – QT Player may crash when playing certain movie types
  – QT Player may crash when capturing new movies
• Third Party Applications
  – Microsoft Word and Excel's Save dialog may not display correctly
• Graphics Hardware
  – Mac Pros with two video cards may boot to a black screen. Remove one of the cards to workaround
  – Graphics corruption has been seen on some systems with NVIDIA GeForce5200 graphics cards
  – Graphics corruption and kernel panics have been reported by some users on systems with NVIDIA GeForce2 graphics cards
• Miscellaneous
  – iCal Syncing is disabled
  – iDisk syncing occasionally crashes
  – The DirectoryService daemon will crash when enabling Active Directory
  – VoiceOver is broken in this build
  – Menu extras may not display after clicking on them until you move the mouse
  – ImageCapture crashes on PPC machines
  – Videos purchased from the iTunes Store do not play
  – Intel systems may occasionally hangs when waking from sleep
  – Safari may not load web pages in certain situations. Delete "~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/__CFURLCacheDefault.db" to workaround this
  – Links in plaintext Mail messages may not be displayed as clickable URL's
  – The warning dialog that appears when downloading an application from Safari does not appear
  – No users listed when enabling sharing for Windows accounts
  – Machines may hang during reboot with FileVault enabled
  – Cmd-` may not work for toggling through application windows
  – Unable to use Screen Sharing with Guest accounts
  – Blue focus rings are not drawing for some fields
  – IconComposer is disabled in this build. Icons created with previous versions of IconComposer may have visual glitches that are not shipping quality and will need to be regenerated in the next seed of IconComposer
  – Hi-Resolution artwork for controls and various widgets are not being displayed at non-1.0 scale factors
  – emacs crashes on launch

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