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The first seed of Mac OS X 10.4.4 fell into developers' hands late Sunday, offering an early glimpse of what's in store. Build 8G7 delivers about 30 fixes and improvements, according to seed notes accompanying the update.
Several bugs related to Quartz Composer have been corrected with the build, while DVD playback is also said to have been improved. Other bugs addressed include GarageBand and USB/FireWire audio.
All in all Mac OS X 10.4.4 appears to be a far less substantial update than the recently delivered 10.4.3, which packed more than 500 bug fixes. Version 10.4.4 will primarily address issues that persisted with Mac OS X 10.4.3 and were not deemed a high enough priority then to address, sources said.
A release date is unknown at this early stage of development.