Here is one for the freak incidence archives. A TUAW reader e-mailed us just after operating Software Update on his new two.8GHz i7 iMac very last night time. A thing odd popped up.
"I obtained a whole new 27-inch iMac earlier this week," he wrote. "Last evening I checked for updates and it commences 'Downloading **PRERELEASE** Mac OS X Update...' I figured what the heck and allow it go. Now my iMac is on 10.six.3 which as far as I'm sure isn't on hand nonetheless?! I'm not a developer or nearly anything so I'm unsure why this occurred."
Just in case you are pondering that Apple worker entry was to blame, here are some standard facts: The reader bought the iMac on-line from your Apple Retail outlet and was by no means in the retail retail outlet with it. The reader who sent us these display shots will not be an Apple worker nor does he have access to Apple's RSA Secure ID or VPN. He carried out his update in your house rather than at an Apple retail store.
This type of update doesn't typically seem while in the wild on Software Update. Prerelease, and particularly "**PRERELEASE**",
microsoft office Enterprise 2007 activation key, updates refer to Apple-internal builds distributed to any Apple employee that has access to Apple's VPN. A **PRERELEASE** build is traditionally seeded to staff 24 to 48 hrs previously the form goes public through Software system Update.
The pre-release weighs in at a whopping 1.19GB. The "About This Mac" screen shots he sent us (see beneath) notice the develop as 10D527 – a build up that was reportedly released to developers today, only two days right after the final construct. Builds that come close with each other generally indicate a public release is imminent. It shouldn't be clear why this pre-release showed up around the TUAW reader's iMac.