New programming frameworks, such as OpenCL, were created, allowing software developers to use graphics cards in their applications.
Much of the software in Mac OS X was extensively rewritten for this release in order to take full advantage of modern Macintosh hardware and software technologies ( 64-bit, Cocoa, etc.). Its name signified its goal to be a refinement of the previous OS X version, Leopard. Apple famously marketed Snow Leopard as having "zero new features". Unlike previous versions of Mac OS X, the goals of Snow Leopard were improved performance, greater efficiency and the reduction of its overall memory footprint. The release of Snow Leopard came nearly two years after the launch of Mac OS X Leopard, the second longest time span between successive Mac OS X releases (the time span between Tiger and Leopard was the longest). As a result of the low price, initial sales of Snow Leopard were significantly higher than that of its predecessors whose price started at US$129. On August 28, 2009, it was released worldwide, and was made available for purchase from Apple's website and retail stores at the price of US$29 for a single-user license. Snow Leopard was publicly unveiled on Jat Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Multiple memory corruption issues existed in libxml, all of which were addressed by updating libxml to version 2.9.0.Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) is the seventh major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. This issue was addressed by using an encrypted HTTPS connection to retrieve tutorials.”Īffecting only Windows customers, another flaw would allow a man-in-the-middle attack while browsing the iTunes Store via iTunes. An attacker with a privileged network position may inject arbitrary contents. “The contents of the iTunes Tutorials window are retrieved from the network using an unprotected HTTP connection. One such vulnerability was described as follows:
The update, released for Mac and Windows at that time, also improves support for Arabic and Hebrew, and “includes additional stability improvements,” according to the company.įor customers who haven’t updated in a while, this new version of iTunes further “resolves an issue where the equalizer may not work as expected and improves performance when switching views in large iTunes libraries,” according to Apple’s January changelog.Ī KB article posted at the time revealed that iTunes had been affected by a number of security issues.
ITunes 11.1.5 supersedes version 11.1.4, which Apple rolled out in late January, adding the ability to see your Wish List while viewing your iTunes library. Supported languages include Deutsch, English, Français, Español, Italiano, Nederlands, Dansk, Norsk Bokmål, Polski, Português, Português (Brasil), Pусский, Suomi, Svensk, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and others. The new build also goes onto 32-bit editions of Windows Vista or 32-bit editions of Windows 7 and Windows 8.
ITunes 11.1.5 weighs in at 232.7 MB on OS X computers, 137.7 MB on Windows 32-bit, and 148.9 MB on Windows 64-bit.Īlthough the update targets the latest version of Apple’s Mac operating system, it can be applied on all Macintosh computers with Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later installed.įor PC customers, Windows XP Service Pack 2 is the minimum spec.
The same problem that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit is also addressed on Windows. iTunes 11.1.5 is only the latest in a long string of updates released by the Cupertino computer giant this week.Īccording to the iTunes 11.1.5 documentation on Apple Support, “This update fixes a problem that may cause iTunes to quit unexpectedly when a device is connected and improves compatibility with iBooks for Mac on OS X Mavericks.”įor Windows customers, the same build delivers fixes for an issue with inputting Japanese text in iTunes Store text fields. A new version of iTunes is available for download onto Mac and Windows computers, courtesy of Apple.