Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7 Now Live! Let the Note Syncing Resume!

By Rene Ritchie
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Apple has just released Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7, and incremental update to their current desktop and laptop operating system (widely expected to be supplanted later this year by Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard).

Why does this matter for iPhone users? When iPhone 3.0 Beta 4 arrived, note syncing -- which worked fine under Betas 1-3 and OS X Leopard 10.5.6 -- was suddenly gone, replaced with a statement saying simply that OS X Leopard 10.5.7 would be required for note syncing from then on. Beta 5 arrived with nothing but the same warning. Hopefully with 10.5.7 now available, note sync -- still something of a sore spot having taken 2 years to deliver -- will be restored.

Apple has also been known to sneak other iPhone friendly features, like Google syncing, into previous updates -- and not so friendly bugs into others that made Jailbreaking more difficult -- so we always keep our fingers just a tiny bit crossed.

Mac users, let us know if you find anything!

(Thanks daveizzle and sil3ntrid3r11 )

Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie
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Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.