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Apple has released the client and server versions of the OS X 10.5.6 update, which includes a range of bug fixes and security patches. OS X 10.5.6 shores up the performance of Airport WLAN connections and specifically addresses issues that Intel based Mac users were having while roaming in large wireless networks. The update also addresses issues with Apple’s MobileMe, and ensures that contacts, calendars and bookmarks on a Mac automatically synchronize within a minute of the change being made on PCs, devices, or online at me.com, according to the release notes.

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This post was written by Mary Joseff

Apple has released 40 patches to security vulnerabilities in more than 25 different components and applications bundled with Mac OS X, including Flash Player, iCal and Apache. The year’s third update fixed fewer than half as many flaws as the previous collection, which Apple issued two months ago to plug nearly 90 holes. According to the Security Update 2008-003 advisory, the most-patched components by vulnerability count were Apple’s version of the Apache open-source Web server (eight bugs fixed) and the version of Adobe’s Flash Player that Apple tucks into Mac OS X (seven flaws patched).

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