The 10.6.8 update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac,

including fixes that:

• Enhance the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion
• Resolve an issue that may cause Preview to unexpectedly quit
• Improve support for IPv6
• Improve VPN reliability
• Identify and remove known variants of Mac Defender

Direct links for the various downloads on Apple’s support pages include:

• Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update (474.2 MB)
• Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo (1.09 GB)

Mac OS X 10.6.8 Released is a post from: My MacOS X

The problem in spotlight fix – If you are disabled the spotlight icon by modifying the Search.bundle in /System/Library/CoreServices

Here  instructions how to fix it:

• Replace Search.bundle from your backup in  /System/Library/CoreServices ( click here to download a default version ).
  Note: Maybe you have to delete a current file and then copy a new one.

  Launch Activity Monitor and kill the SystemUIServer.
  

• MacOS 10.6.2 Menu Bar is working again
  

10.6.2 Caused an Empty Menu Bar if Spotlight icon was disabled is a post from: My MacOS X

The 10.6.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes for:

- an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly
- a graphics distortion in Safari Top Sites
- Spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts
- a problem that prevented authenticating as an administrative user
- issues when using NTFS and WebDAV file servers
- the reliability of menu extras
- an issue with the 4-finger swipe gesture
- an issue that causes Mail to quit unexpectedly when setting up an Exchange server
- Address Book becoming unresponsive when editing
- a problem adding images to contacts in Address Book
- an issue that prevented opening files downloaded from the Internet
- Safari plug-in reliability
- general reliability improvements for iWork, iLife, Aperture, Final Cut Studio, MobileMe, and iDisk
- an issue that caused data to be deleted when using a guest account

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3874.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.2 is a post from: My MacOS X

Annoyingly, OS X doesn’t let me bind a key to activate the screensaver. There used to be a couple utilities that enabled this, but they haven’t been updated since 10.3.

The screensaver engine itself is an application, but we still need a convenient wayto activate it. Enter Quicksilver. Quicksilver’s Triggers let us bind Quicksilver actions (including, conveniently, opening Applications) to keypresses.

So, to create a key to activate your screensaver or lock your system with Quicksilver, follow these simple steps:

1. Create a Quicksilver trigger to open the screensaver engine. The engine is /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/
Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app
   

   QuickSilver Trigger Window

2. Bring up the Trigger’s info pane.
3. Set a key shortcut for the trigger. The combination of options I’ve got selected mean that the trigger only goes off if I hold the keys down for three seconds, and Quicksilver brings up a display window to let me know that I’m activating a trigger. Very handy!  Mine’s set to cmd-alt-ctrl-L)



4.  Don’t forget go to Leopard -> System Preferences -> Security -> General. And check the “require password” checkbox.

Instant Screensaver activation Key/Screen Lock Key is a post from: My MacOS X

source: osxdaily

Reveal location of recent items in the Finder is a post from: My MacOS X

Address Book, AppleScript, AppleScriptObjC, ATS, ColorSync, Component Manager, Core Animation, Core Audio, Core Chinese Engine, Core Data, Core Graphics, Core Text, File Manager, Garbage Collection, Graphic drivers, Help Viewer, ImageKit, IOHIDFamily, Networking, NS Image, OpenCL, OpenGL, OSA, QT Kit, Speech Recognition, Sync Services, and Xtype.

The seed notes reportedly include a caution that there is a known issue with optical drives: that they may not be recognized and the eject key may not eject the media, and that DVD Player may hang. As a result, not all developers may choose to install this build.
Note: Mac OS X 10.6.1 was released September 10.

Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build 10C514f to Developers is a post from: My MacOS X

Instead of just seeing the regular folder icon in Quick Look, the folder icon will be semi-transparent, with previews of the folder’s contents visible in the Quick Look window, as seen in the image at right. What’s more, the preview images will rotate automatically, moving through each item in the folder (click the image to see a movie of the animation).

To turn this on, quit the Finder (using Activity Monitor, Terminal, etc.), then open Terminal and enter this command:

$ defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders 1

Relaunch the Finder, and enjoy the new folder X-Ray mode in Quick Look. If you ever want to disable it again, quit the Finder, then repeat the above Terminal command, but change the 1 to a 0.

Source: Macosxhints

Snow/Leopard – Folder content previews in Quick Look is a post from: My MacOS X

Quickly way to change Input Sound Source is a post from: My MacOS X

if you click Control – or Right-click on a PDF preview and change the display option (e.g. from Single Page Continuous to Two Pages), this setting does not stick between launches. The next time you open a PDF, Preview reverts back to the original display setting.

However, if you change the display setting from the menu (View » PDF Display) the setting does stick, and becomes the new default for viewing PDFs in Preview.

Remember display options for PDF Preview is a post from: My MacOS X

file /System/Library/Extensions/*.kext/Contents/MacOS/* | perl -nle 'print $1 if /\((.*)\)/' | sort | uniq -c

Above  command will take a few seconds to run.

Comparison between 10.5.8 and 10.6.0.
10.5.8

109 for architecture i386
106 for architecture ppc
3 for architecture ppc7400


10.6.0

135 for architecture i386
38 for architecture ppc
127 for architecture x86_64


You can also look at “Extensions” in the “Software” section of the System Profiler utility. (Select Apple Menu->About This Mac and then click “More Info”). One of the columns shows whether the .kext is 64-bit capable. Only those extensions that are not 64-bit will show up with a “No” in that column.

Wondering how many 64-bit and 32-bit extensions in Snow Leopard is a post from: My MacOS X