10.6.8 Update

feriso · 24 Jun 2011 at 16:54

A heads up for you'll out there

Combo here 1.1GB

Update here 475MB

D/L now

iMacMart · 24 Jun 2011 at 16:57

Any change logs?

feriso · 24 Jun 2011 at 16:59

Not a lot, mainly prep for Lion afaik.

The 10.6.8 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:

Enhance the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion
Resolve an issue that may cause Preview to unexpectedly quit
Improve support for IPv6
Improve VPN reliability
Identify and remove known variants of Mac Defender

TriedandTested · 24 Jun 2011 at 17:36

Cheers OP

Combat Fighter · 25 Jun 2011 at 13:00

Fragil1ty · 26 Jun 2011 at 08:29

Minor Annoyance.

Be downloading this ASAP.

Feek · 26 Jun 2011 at 11:04

It's fixed the minor Spotlight issue I had where certain files weren't being found.

IceBus · 26 Jun 2011 at 14:15

Things feel a little nippier to me. Anyone else experiencing this?

K1LLSW1TCH · 26 Jun 2011 at 14:26

IceBus said:
Things feel a little nippier to me. Anyone else experiencing this?

Negatory. Feels about the same to me, though it's more than likely my ageing hardware, I'm due a re-install of OSX at some point when I can be bothered.

MagicBoy · 26 Jun 2011 at 14:29

IceBus said:
Things feel a little nippier to me. Anyone else experiencing this?

Nah. My MacBook was a bit slow after the first boot, but perked up after I rebooted it again. The Mac mini was fine.

PaulyD · 27 Jun 2011 at 08:26

Read that it seemed to improve graphics performance for a lot of people here

Rameses · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:12

TRIM support is now active for all!

Emlyn_Dewar · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:43

Hmm, if I have had the previous hit & miss TRIM patch applied before this update, should I now go and disable it though the application, or would that then ruin the 10.6.8 enabling of TRIM?

I should have thought of this.

Currently says TRIM isn't supported... Gah!

Rameses · 28 Jun 2011 at 00:38

Emlyn_Dewar said:
Hmm, if I have had the previous hit & miss TRIM patch applied before this update, should I now go and disable it though the application, or would that then ruin the 10.6.8 enabling of TRIM?

I should have thought of this.
Currently says TRIM isn't supported... Gah!

To be honest, a ball ache is might be but...I'd be tempted to do a fresh wipe and a fresh install of SL with the combo 10.6.8 update in one hit!

The question remains though if TRIM actually adds to performance or just does what it says on the tin and helps keep the drive storage health going longer.

MagicBoy · 28 Jun 2011 at 00:41

I've run into an issue with Parallels 6 tonight where it shafts the dock which starts stealing all your CPU cycles.

Workaround here : http://kb.parallels.com/en/111541

PaulyD · 28 Jun 2011 at 08:33

AmTechFox said:
TRIM support is now active for all!

I read somewhere (i can't remember where exactly) that this only enabled TRIM on all Apple supplied SSDs and not any 3rd party ones. Previously a slightly modified version 10.6.6 came with an SSD built Mac which enabled TRIM by default but upgrading would remove this. 10.6.8 fixes that but again only on Apple supplied SSDs

hartgeh3 · 28 Jun 2011 at 09:55

Since doing this update, my MBP was running like a dog no idea why until I read this thread about TRIM. It was disabled as I had previously enabled it before on some website (running OCZ 2SE). Just re enabled it with that Trim enabler and its sped up.

Rameses · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:14

PaulyD said:
I read somewhere (i can't remember where exactly) that this only enabled TRIM on all Apple supplied SSDs and not any 3rd party ones. Previously a slightly modified version 10.6.6 came with an SSD built Mac which enabled TRIM by default but upgrading would remove this. 10.6.8 fixes that but again only on Apple supplied SSDs

Ah I see, well that would make sense then since I knew they'd modified the 10.6.6, still though it should help give a health boost to those drives, especially in MB Air's new/old. I'm intrigued to see if there is an performance boost.

hartgeh3 said:
Since doing this update, my MBP was running like a dog no idea why until I read this thread about TRIM. It was disabled as I had previously enabled it before on some website (running OCZ 2SE). Just re enabled it with that Trim enabler and its sped up.

Hmmm well probably the case above that Apple are doing it for their own SSD's.

We need some stats, did you run a test before and after TRIM on your custom SSD?