Less than a week after Apple launched its first native
64-bit OS X, Snow Leopard, the company has already announced plans to release
its first software update to address some minor grievances.
AppleInsider recently stated that Cupertino is already hard
at work on the first revision of its $29 dollar operating system. Developers
participating in the invitation-only AppleSeed program received copies of Snow
Leopard 10.6.1 on September 1st.
Since the release is very limited, not much is known about
the fine details of the update other than the fact that it will address some
critical security bugs and will implement minor stability fixes. Out of the
most notable fixes, it should work to achieve compatibility with some Sierra
Wireless 3G modems, it should address an item removal bug in the system Dock,
and it should address an issue that might cause DVD playback to stop
unexpectedly.
The Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.1 update (build 10B503) will
be released at under 72MB in size. Current speculation suggests that it will be
released within a few weeks at most.