Apple has seeded a beta build of the upcoming 10.5.3 update for Leopard to developers. This release outlines 75 distinct bug fixes and includes fixes for memory leaks, stability issues and addresses issues with Dashboard, Parental controls and iCal among others. There are a few outstanding issues recorded with this build.

Update: Netkas states that there is now Radeon 3650 and 34×0 support with this build as well as two new OpenGL engines. Read.

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JaS has returned after a much needed break and with it he comes bearing a new ISO in beta form at the moment. He decided that it would be fun to make a Leopard install DVD and is currently testing an SSE3 and SSE2 Intel DVD. Expect a release after thorough testing of 10.5.2. Keep an eye on the thread here.
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Apple have released updates to Airport and Timemachine allowing Airport Extreme users to make Timemachine backups to their AirDisks. Stability and performance improvements are also reported especially with Time Capsule.

This update breaks hackintoshes due to a new mach_kernel (9.2.2) and system.kext so do not update via Software Update. Updating is fine on vanilla EFI hackintoshes. Other hackintosh users must hold off for now.

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Apple has released Security Update 2008-002 for OS X. This incorporates previous security fixes and can be found via Software Update. Reports indicate this is safe for hackintosh users.

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