Apple seeds Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D522 to testers

Apple has reportedly begun seeding Build 10D522 of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to a limited set of developers, marking the first official beta version of the third maintenance release for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, MacRumors informs.

Apple has addressed approximately 225 issues in the update, which reportedly weighs in at roughly 666 MB. The company is asking developers to focus their efforts on around 90 system components.

Somewhere on the Internet we picked up the seed note which warns of four unresolved known issues:

- Applications may not be updated if they had been moved from the default location.
- Displays Preferences may show duplicate profile entries.
- iTunes may hang when playing a web stream.
- The ColorSync Utility Filters tab may cause unexpected results.

Focus Areas (Changes in 10D522):

Account Preferences
- Fixes an Accounts Preferences issue when there is more than one account.

Address Book
- Fixes an issue with Review Duplicates when updating cards.
- Resolves importing issues with vCards.
- Resolves an issue when resizing cards.
- Resolves finding people with birthdays via an automator action.

Address Book Framework
- Resolves crashes in Mail when using the Address Book Framework.
- Resolves a Mail issue where the wrong name is displayed.

AppKit
- Resolves a copy and paste issue.
- Resolves an NSFileWrapper issue.
- Fixes some AppKit crashes.
- Resolves an autocorrect spelling issue.
- Improvements to spellchecking.
- Resolves some graphics corruption issues when converting a PICT to a TIFF.

AppleWWANSupport
- Resolves some crashes in WWANd.
- Resolves some issues when establishing connections with a WWAN device.

Applescript
- Resolves a crash in Applescript when running in 32-bit mode.
- Resolves an issue with BBEdit recording of scripts.

Apple Software Restore
- Resolves an Apple Software Restore crash.

ATS
- Resolves Font issues after log-out or reboot.

CarbonCore
- Resolves an issue with applications with # or & symbols in its filename.
- Resolves coreservicesd crashes.
- Resolves TextEdit permissions issues.
- Performance improvements with save panels.

CFNetwork
- Addresses compatibility issues with Wiki Server.
- Resolves crashes related to canceling a request in progress.
- Cookie fixes to broken websites.
- Resolves Exchange account authentication issues.

ColorSync
- Resolves a crash when a PDF document uses DeviceRGB.
- Resolves an issue where Displays Pref with Color selected unexpectedly crashes.

configd
- Improvements to USB Ethernet adaptor behavior.

CoreAudio
- Resolves issues with AudioUnit metering.
- Resolves some CoreAudio crashes when opening AUNetSend in 64-bit mode.
- Resolves some crashes in SpectralBandReplication when playing HTTP live stream.

CoreData
- Resolves CoreData model-store mismatch issues.
- Resolves crashes in GarageBand.
- Fixes an issue in MPEG surround handler.

Core Foundation

- Resolves some Photo Booth, iChat, and Safari crashes.

CoreMedia
- Resolves issues with audio streaming.
- Resolves a number of crashes in CoreMedia.
- Resolves some playability issues of movies in Safari.
- Addresses compatibility issues with MTS formatted files.
- Addresses compatibility issues with MPEG4 files with AC3 tracks.
- Resolve export issues to .m4v movies.
- Resolve screen recording issues.
- Fix subtitle rendering issues with figplayL.
- Fixes an H264 decoder issue with video_range bit.
- Resolves an iMove image through built-in iSight stuttering/tearing issue.
- Improvements to CoreMedioIO graph topology.
- Resolves some display resolution and screen recording issues.

CorePDF
- Performance improvements when opening large PDF files in Preview.

CoreText
- Resolves some crashes with iMovie in CoreText.
- Resolves some crashes with PhotoBooth in CoreText.
- Addresses issues with variation font support.

CoreServices, CFNetwork
- Resolves a crash in CoreServicesUIAgent.
- Resolves a Safari issue with SSL certificates.

CoreVideo
- Resolves a crash when creating pixel buffers simultaneously.
- Resolves some crashes in CVPixelBuffer.

CUPS
- Resolves some cupsd crashes.
- Fixes an issue with the "Resume" button when printing.
- Resolves some supply levels crashes.
- Resolves some side-channel request issues.

Date & Time Pref
- Resolves an issue with clock ticking after daylight savings.
DataDetectors
- Resolves some crashes in DataDetectors.

Desktop Services
- Resolves hangs with NSOpenPanel in Desktop Services.
- Resolves a Flash CS4 hang when clicking the "browse" button.
- Resolves some hangs and crashes in Finder and Folder Actions Setup.
- Resolves home folder issues in the Go To window of the open/save panel.
- Resolves last opened folder issues.
- Resolves Spotlight query issues.
- Resolves Time Machine search issues.
- Resolves a copy file issue with error -36.
- Resolves an error -47 issue when user is doing a move replace of a bundle.
- Resolves UI layout issues for language specific settings.

Dictionary Application
- Resolves some crashes when using Dictionary.
- Resolves some Dictionary Panel issues.

Directory Service
- Resolves deadlock issues.

Disk Management
- Resolves some diskutil errors.
- Resolve diskutil unmount issues.

Disk Utility
- Resolves restoring disk image issue with checksum.
- Resolves a crash in Disk Utility with a missing external drive.

Dock
- Resolves momentum scrolling issues.
- Resolves some dock crashes.
- Resolves some Exposé notification issues.

eap8021x
- Resolves an auto-join issue with EAP-FAST/WPA2 network after sleeping.

FamilyControls
- Resolves a launch restriction issue.
- Resolves a Safari bookmark issue.

FileSync
- Fixes a number of crashes for Portable Home Directory users.
- Fixes an issue with Portable Home Directory on NetApp SMB.
- Fixes a performance issue with NFS logins.
- Resolves a SystemUIServer performance issue.
- Resolves a FileSyncAgent performance issue.

File Systems
- Fixes a corruption issue with m4a files.

Fonts, FontParser, PSFontSupport
- Resolves some crashes in FontParser.
- Fixes some font spacing issues.
- Improvements to embedded fonts and accented characters.
- Improvements to Traditional Chinese characters.
- Resolves some crashes in FontParser, PSFontSupport.

Foundation
- Resolves an issue with NSFileHandle.

GraphicsDrivers
- Resolves a panic in GraphicsDrivers.

HIServices
- Resolves crashes in HIServices.
- Improvements to GetIconFamilyData when accessing large icons.
- Resolves drag and drop issues.

HIToolbox
- Fixes an issue with horizontal slider thumb drawing.
- Resolves some crashes in HIToolbox.
- Resolves some incorrect blank menus issues.
- Resolves cocoa palette issues.
- Resolves issues with Dock Exposé.
- Resolves an issue with drag & drop between MLTE controls.
- Fixes candidate window issues.

iCal
- Resolves meeting location issues.
- Fixes to iCalServer issues.
- Improvements to performance on servers.
- Resolves meeting mismatch issues.
- Improvements to attendee availability issues.
- Resolves some iCal syncing issues.
- Fixes iCal changing timezone issues.
- Resolves an issue with saving events to Exchange calendars.
- Resolves some iCal crashes.

ImageCapture
- Resolves  issues reading LX3 .rw2 as raw.

ImageIO
- Fixes a DVD Studio Pro crash in libJPEG.dylib

Inkwell
- Improvements to Inkwell.

IOATAFamily
- Resolves some panics with ATA kexts.

IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport
- Resolves mounting issues with FireWire DVD drives.

IOSCSIArchitechtureModeFamily
- Resolves crashes while accessing files on Xsan volumes.

Kernel
- Resolves kernel panics due to locked buffers.

launchd
- Resolves some crashes in launchd.
- Resolves a race condition that causes the Dock to appear unresponsive.

LaunchServices
- Improvements to CompositeIconRef.

Libc
- Resolves an xlocale crash in multithreaded applications.

llvm
- Resolves segmentation faults.
- Resolves some compiler crashes.
- Improvements for OpenCL and OpenGL.

LoginWindow
- Performance improvements with loginwindow.

Mail
- Resolves some crashes in Mail.
- Improvements to Exchange Web Services.
- Performance improvements to Mail, when deleting and adding To Dos.
- Resolves junk folder filtering issues.
- Resolves an issue when renaming a mailbox resorts it alphabetically.
- Improvements to Mail Notes.

mDNSResponder
- Improvements to mDNSResponder.
- Resolves a buffer overflow issue.
- Resolves a deadlock hang issue.
- Resolves some DNS issues.
- Resolves sleep/wake issues.

MediaKit
- Fixes a crash in MediaKit.
- Fixes a corruption issue when resizing partitions.
- Allow asr to resolve images with highly fragmented catalogs.

MeshKit
- MeshKit framework improvements.

Migration
- Resolves Cisco VPN Client issues.

MobileMe, MobileMe Sync Manager
- Resolves some issues with MobleMe syncing.
- Resolves excessive memory consumption.
- Resolves ISyncSessionCancelled Mingler failures.
- Performance improvements to MobileMe syncing.

NavigationServices
- Resolves a crash in Navigation dialog.

Networking
- Resolves some panics in networking.
- Resolves some Back to My Mac wake from sleep issues.
- Resolves some PPP crashes.

OpenCL
- Resolves some OpenCL compiler issues.
- Resolves some OpenCL conversion issues.
- Fixes some OpenCL crashes.
- Resolves some  OpenCL Framework issues.

PDFKit
- Resolves hyperlinked text issues in Preview.

Photo Booth
- Resolves some issues when copying photos from Photo Booth.
- Resolves a Photo Booth crash.

Power Management
- Resolves some sleep/wake issues.

Printing
- Fixes a timestamp issue with supply levels in the Print window.
- Resolves some printing setup issues with print/fax devices.
- Improvements to printing memory of last printer used.
- Fixes some crashes in Printing.

python
- Resolves a crash in python.

QuartzComposer
- Resolves a crash in Mesh Filter.
- Resolves a performance issue in Quartz Composer.

QuickDraw
- Performance improvements when drawing short strings.

QuickTime Player
- Resolves some QuickTime Player crashes.
- Resolves screen recording issues.
- Resolves an HDCP movie audio issue.
- Resolves a filename issue.
- Fixes an issue when opening .mov files in either QuickTime Player 7 or Quicktime Player X.
- Improvements to QuickTime Player movie actions.
- Resolves issues with AAC streams in the movie inspector window.
- Resolves an issue with subtitles when movie layers are flipped.
- Implemented some performance improvements to QuickTime.
- Resolves some issues when importing Pro Res movies into iMovie.
- Resolves issues with optimizing videos.
- Resolves some QuickTime crashes.

RemotePrefs
- Fixes an issue with 802.1X System Profile export.

Rosetta
- Resolves a crash in Rosetta.
- Fixes a memory corruption in Rosetta.

ScreenSaverModules
- Resolves some crashes in Screen Saver.
- Resolves some issues when using iPhoto images with Screen Saver.

Screen Sharing
- Resolves some screen sharing crashes.
- Fixes a screen sharing issue in View when the display is detached during an active session.

SecureTransport
- Resolves some thread safety issues so that SSL clients can function more reliably.

scriptDevTools
- Resolves a crash in scripting Bridge.

Simplified Chinese Input Method
- Improves frequency order of dictionary contents.

SMB
- Resolves an issue with saving files via SMB.
- Resolves a filename case issue.
- Resolves clear text password issue.
- Resolves a hang when deleting SMB folders.

SoftwareUpdate
- Resolves crashes in Software Update.

Spell Checker
- Improvements to automatic spell correction.

Spotlight
- Fixes some crashes in Spotlight.
- Performance improvements with Spotlight.

Sync Services Engine
- Resolves crashes in Sync Services.
- Resolves MobileMe contact merge issue.
- Improvements to iCal and MobileMe syncing.

system_cmds
- Resolves a login crash.

SystemUIServer
- Resolves unmount issues at sleep.
- Resolves SystemUIServer crashes.

SystemMigration
- Resolves a panic in System Migration.

TCIM
- Update to the latest versions for Chinese Word Dictionary.

tcsh
- Resolves a SIG_TERM issue.


Terminal
- Resolves a printing issue with Terminal.

TextEdit
- Resolves a crash when using NSAttrString.

TimeZoneData
- Update time zone data.

Traditional Chinese Input Method
- Fixes space issues with Traditional Chinese Input Method.

Voice Over
- Improvements to VoiceOver.

XType
- Resolves an issue when activating fonts.
- Resolves an issue when duplicate fonts exist on a system.

xnu
- Resolves some issues with writing data to an external USB drive formatted in FAT32.
- Resolves some NFS hangs when new applications attempt to launch.
- Resolves some kernel panics.