Get it from your software update menu.

This is a new trend it seems, most of the everyday application Mac lovers use have been updated to be Snow Leopard compatible through beta versions; as a result you won’t be notified of these released through your applications’ update menus.

For instance, Xtorrent has been released to a 2.0 beta v80, and CoverSutra to a 2.2 beta 5.
Even Appfresh won’t notify you of these updates. Solution? Visit developers’ blogs/sites.

1. Not all third party softwares will be supported: Many rumors said Adobe CS3 won’t be supported, but it seems according to many beta tester it does work as well as many other applications.
2. Invisible changes: do not expect for graphical improvement, this update is a performing boost taking all advantages of 64 bits. That means all apps included with Snow Leopard have been rewritten for 64-bit processors. Apps coded by third-party developers who opt to rewrite their software with 64-bit support will also be snappier.
3. End of PPC: As you can see in this post, the PPC platform won’t be supported in this release.

As an additional reading, take a look at the Engadget review here.

Updated to OS 10.5.8 through the combo update? You may get a lot of permissions repaired every time you run disk utility. Some of them are “scaring” I must admit…
That’s the reason why I made some investigations to find a solution on how to fix them.
And the solution is easy but annoying: install the combo update twice in a row with no permission repairs in between.
Worked great on my Macs.

The best operating system in the world has just been updated to version 6 (Mac OS 10.5.6) for both Intel & PPC platforms, it seems Apple still hasn’t abandoned (but it will happen very soon) the PPC users of Leopard. Both updates are the same size 190 mb, and for the first time, both are displayed the same way in the Software Update list of updates (usually a (PPC) is written for the PPC update and an (Intel) for the latest Intel based Macintosh computers).

Read more about OS 10.5.6.

Apple just released this update for Safari through the Mac OS X Software Update. The latest version of Safari provides improved security as well as protection from phishing websites

Apple has released iTunes 7.7.1, a minor update to the media playback/purchase and iPhone/iPod sync tool, through Software Update. Apple’s release notes state only that the update ” includes fixes to improve stability and performance.”

Typical problems after iTunes updates include:

• iTunes cannot locate music files, fixes When the issue manifests, any attempts to play some songs are met with error messages indicating that iTunes cannot find a specified file.
• Freezes when connecting an iPod/iPhone If this problem manifests, try deleting the following files from ~~/Library/Preferences/ (your user library preferences folder):

com.apple.iTunes.eq.plist
com.apple.iTunesHelper.plist
com.apple.iTunes.plist

A new version for the all in one Media Player for Mac OS X is out.
VLC 0.8.6i is a bugfix release. VLC media player 0.8.6h and earlier versions suffer from security vulnerabilities in the WAV demuxer.
This release also includes improved audio visualizations on FreeBSD and miscellaneous bug fixes in multiple modules.

Download VLC 0.8.6i for Mac, PC, Linux etc….