Apple 10.6.2 10C540 seed hits Apple TV, VMWare kernel, Airport on new iMacs

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 7:44pm — Cleve Nettles

Apple's got an interesting seed note with the latest 10.6.2 release (10C540). Under the GraphicsDrivers category, it says:

"Resolves an issue with plugging and unplugging to an Apple TV"

We're not quite sure what that means but it could be a strange way of saying that AppleTVs, when connected/disconnected to the MacOS, cause issues.

For the conspiracy theorists: The 27" iMac only takes Mini DisplayPort in, and the Apple TV only does Component and HDMI out. It isn't likely that AppleTV 3.0 was updated to a Snow Leopard kernel, is it?

Also, the kernel has been updated to be more compatible with VMWare and Airport drivers have been updated on the new iMacs. We heard earlier today that it was back to being compatible with Atom processors.

Other seed notes below:

Known Issues

None

Focus Areas (Changes in 10C540):

AFP

Resolves an AFP panic.

AirPort

Resolves a performance issue on new iMacs.

GraphicsDrivers

Fixes a system hang issue on some video cards.
Resolves a kernel panic on some video cards.
Resolves an issue with plugging and unplugging to an Apple TV.

Kernel

Resolves a VMWare issue.

USB

Resolves a panic with USB.

Updated Components in Mac OS X 10.6.2

AddressBook
AFP
apache
AppleBacklight
AppleDisplays
AppleScript
AppleWWANSupport
ApplicationFirewall
AppKit
Apache Portable Runtime
ASR
ATS
ATSUI
Battery Menu Extra
BezelServices
Bluetooth
CarbonCore
CFNetwork
CFPropertyList
CFRunLoop
CFURL
ColorSync
Component Manager
configd
Core Chinese Engine
Core Media
Core Animation
Core Applications
CoreAudio
CoreData Framework
CoreData Predicates
CoreFoundation
CoreGraphics
CoreImage
CoreMedia
CorePDF
CoreServicesUIAgent
CoreText
CoreTypes
CoreUI
CoreVideo
CrashCatcher
Date Time Prefs
Dictionary Application
Dock
ExchangeWebServices
Expose
Family Controls
Fax
FileSync
FileURL
Finder
Fonts
Foundation
Front Row
Garbage Collection
GraphicsDrivers
GPU Compute
Help Viewer
HFS
High Level Toolbox
iCal
iCal Exchange
iChat Audio/Video/BuddyList/Jabber/Menu/Pref
ICU
iDisk Syncing
Image Capture
ImageIO
ImageKit
Inkwell
InstallCmds
IOAHCIBlockStorage
IOAHCIFamily
IOHIDFamily
IOPlatformPluginFamily
IONetworkingFamily
IOKit Kernel
iPhoto
IPSec
Japanese Analysis
Kerberos
Kernel
- KeyboardPref
KeychainAccess
Kotoeri Dictionary Trainer
Language Analysis
Latent Semantic Mapping
LaunchServices
libdispatch
LibInfo
libpcap
libsecurity
libxml2
LoginWindowUI
Mail
mDNSResponder
Migration
MobileMe
Mosaic Screen Saver
network_cmds
Networking
Network Pref Pane
NTFS
Objective C
OpenCL
OpenGL
OSInstaller
PackageKit
Parental Controls
Persistence
Phone Conduit Sync
Photo Booth
Preview
Printing
Quartz Composer
QuartzCore
QuickLook Office
QuickTime
QuickDraw Manager
QuickTime Player
Screen Saver
Screen Sharing
securityd
security_certificates
SecurityAgent
Software Update
Spaces
Speech Recognition
Spell Checker
Spotlight
Sync Services
System Prefs
System Configuration
System UI Server
Text Checking
Time Machine
Time Zone Data
Traditional Chinese Input Method
Translation Widget
Universal Access Pref Pane
URLMount
USB
Voice Over
VPN
Weather Widget
WebDAVFS
xQuery
xType

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Comments

I think I would put the fact

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:11pm — tmichaeldolan (not verified)

I think I would put the fact that the 27 inch has display port in, the Apple TV will be updated with display port out, and your mac will become an office/bedroom/kitchen pc and tv combo.

Sound unreasonable?

Why would you need a Apple TV

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:25pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Why would you need a Apple TV in the same room as an iMac? With Front Row you basically have the same thing. All the other stuff the Apple TV does can simply just be done from the iMac itself.

Not to me. I can think of no

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:28pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Not to me. I can think of no advantage to running an AppleTV into an iMac. The solution there would be to port the Backrow interface for use in the iMac in place of Frontrow.

My AppleTV is disconnecting

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:29pm — arturo (not verified)

I am having issues with AppleTV and 10.6.1 ---- After not using my AppleTV for a while I have to manually re-sync in iTunes on my iMac (not the newer one)... is this what they are addressing?

My AppleTV is disconnecting

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:29pm — arturo (not verified)

I am having issues with AppleTV and 10.6.1 ---- After not using my AppleTV for a while I have to manually re-sync in iTunes on my iMac (not the newer one)... is this what they are addressing?

no magic mouse

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:18pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

no magic mouse update....bastards

Magic Mouse updates are

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:26pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Magic Mouse updates are included.

Now all we need is the

Thu, 11/05/2009 - 12:58am — Sylvester Malus (not verified)

Now all we need is the availability of the Magic Mouse in Europe

Oh and, Seth? It's becoming harder and harder to read and use your site in an iPhone..

Magic Mouse will be available

Thu, 11/05/2009 - 2:46am — elminno (not verified)

Magic Mouse will be available in my store in Slovakia today.

It is clear that most of you

Thu, 11/05/2009 - 4:08am — Jerry Withers (not verified)

It is clear that most of you do not understand the AppleTV.

I am sure it has everything to do with the AppleTV connecting and disconnecting itself from itunes (over ethernet or wifi) and nothing to do with the mini display port.

It is clear that most of you

Thu, 11/05/2009 - 4:08am — Jerry Withers (not verified)

It is clear that most of you do not understand the AppleTV.

I am sure it has everything to do with the AppleTV connecting and disconnecting itself from itunes (over ethernet or wifi) and nothing to do with the mini display port.

Abandonware

Thu, 11/05/2009 - 5:01am — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

It's clear from the apple tv update that Apple doesn't care.

It's still tiger based, and the gui is very inconsistent now, just a mix of old and new, you don't know whether to arrow down or right.

Also, under their "featured" page is the apple keynote podcast, which contains all of the apple keynotes. Well, guess what, the latest one doesn't play on the apple tv. It's listed there but you get an error when you try to play it.

apple tv

Thu, 11/05/2009 - 11:31am — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Apple TV plugs into monitors and TV's. When they say there is an issue with graphics drivers and you need them to communicate with all the different models out there, my assumption is that it resolves issues with connecting to TV's and such. Since I used to work for Apple technical support and did some time supporting Apple TV, that would be my guess. I hope this helps with the confusion.