Apple released Mac OS 10.5.6 this evening to fix a host of problems.  Surprisingly Apple actually outlines them in much detail here.  When reading through the list there are several things I experience regularly that I was glad to see fixed:

• Resolves n issue in which pasting text from a Microsoft Office document could insert an image rather than text
• Addresses an issue that could prevent Mail from quitting. (Just addressed? Not resolved?)
• Contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on a Mac automatically sync within a minute of the change being made on the computer, another device, or the web at me.com. (Gone from not-push, to kinda push).
• Improves reliability and performance for AT&T 3G cards. (It cost me $60 a month, it better work).
• Improves Time Machine reliability with Time Capsule. (Good, it’s nice when the back up, backs up)
• Improves compatibility with web proxy servers. (Important if Facebooking from a government job).

But the one that really made me glad was:

• Improves the performance and reliability of Chess.

That’s what I was most waiting on.  Improved Chess.  I wonder what it’s like working in the Chess programming department…

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