Apple Computer this week began circulating the first external builds of Mac OS X 10.3.6 Update--an incremental revision to the company's maturing Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" operating system that will offer maintenance and performance fixes.

Early builds of the Panther update are members of the "7R" milestone, with the current version said to be Mac OS X 10.3.6 build 7R10.

According to reputable sources, the update will deliver improvements to Panther's web browsing, audio, USB, graphics card drivers, and OpenGL.

In addition to diagnosing new versions of its Safari web browser (1.2.4) and Calculator (3.2) applications, Apple is asking its developers to focus their testing efforts on audio applications, graphics, FireWire, USB, and OpenGL intensive games.

Mac OS X 10.3.6 will also reportedly include significant changes to the handling of optical media, such as CDs and DVDs. Likewise, Apple has encouraged its developers to experiment with disc recording and to report any anomalies.

The most recent Delta build of the Panther update weighs in at about 90 MB and is being distributed digitally as a 30.4 MB disk image. Most of its mass, sources say, is a result of accumulated framework and extension revisions.

Mac OS X 10.3.6 is on scheduled to be released before the end of the year and will likely be followed by successive Panther updates in 2005.

In related news, earlier this week Apple seeded build 7N141 of its Xsan network file system. The software is scheduled for its inaugural release later this fall.

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AppleInsider는 애플컴퓨터가 팬서(Mac OS X 10.3)의 최신 업그레이드 버전인 Mac OS X 10.3.6을 개발자들에게 배포하기 시작했다고 보도했습니다..

개발자들에게 배포되고 있는 업그레이드 버전은 개발자전용으로 'Mac OS X 10.3.6 Build 7R10'이라고 하네요.

Mac OS X Update 10.3.6에서는 웹 브라우징, 오디오, USB, 그래픽 카드 드라이버와 OpenGL 등이 개선되었으며, 사파리 웹브라우저(1.2.4)와 계산기(3.2) 애플리케이션의 새로운 버전이 포함되어 있있다고 하며,

'Mac OS X Update 10.3.6'은 연내에 발표될 예정라고 합니다.

10.3.5 가 마지막인줄 알았는데.. 하나더 나오려나...