Mac users keen to give Google’s Chrome a try have had to endure a long wait compared to Windows users who have had a public stable release available to them since December last year. The wait is finally over with Google publicly releasing an official developer preview but, although it seems stable enough for daily use, there are a few caveats that may make it a good idea for most users to wait a little longer before using Chrome on a day-to-day basis... Tags: Apple , Chrome , Google
Google released an update for Chrome to fix compatibility problems withSnow Leopard on Monday, which along with other fixes shows the gradually maturing state of the Mac OS X version of the browser. Chrome 4.0.203.4 for the Mac is only a couple notches up the version ladder than the version 4.0.203.2 it replaces, but there are some significant changes in the developer-preview software. For Snow Leopard compatibility, programmers fixed a garbled text bug, said Jonathan Conradt, a Chrome e
Developers who are actively testing the latest incarnation of Mac OS X were greeted with an update today. Build 10A421 of Mac OS X Snow Leopard comes just 10 days after the previous release and comes as a 741MB download. In the Software Update utility Apple describes the update as: This Snow Leopard Developer Preview Update is recommended for all users running the Snow Leopard Developer Preview Build 10A411 or later. This update includes general operating system fixes for stability,
Progress on Apple ‘s Snow Leopard continues to roll along, as the company has just released Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Developer Preview Update 10A421. Apple says that Snow Leopard 10A421 includes “general operating system fixes for stability, compatibility, and security.” We will report back when we find some more specifics on improvements in this one. Snow Leopard 10A421 is a 741.7 MB file, and is available now in Software Update if you happen to be running 10A411. Tag
Last week at WWDC attending developers were treated to what Apple is calling a “near-final” developer preview of Mac OS X Snow Leopard which will ship to consumers in September 2009. Several of the features demonstrated during the keynote such a Dock Exposé are not in build 10A380 which was given to developers. Very little has changed since the earlier builds of Snow Leopard which have all been covered in detail by World of Apple in the past. Below is a series of screenshots (and bonus v