Here is a single for the freak incidence archives. A TUAW reader e-mailed us right after running Application Update on his new 2.8GHz i7 iMac last night time. Something odd popped up.
"I received a whole new 27-inch iMac earlier this week,
microsoft office 2007 Enterprise serial key," he wrote. "Last night time I checked for updates and it starts 'Downloading **PRERELEASE** Mac OS X Update...' I figured what the heck and let it go. Now my iMac is on ten.six.three which as far as I am aware isn't on hand however?! I'm not a developer or nearly anything so I am unsure why this transpired."
Just just in case you happen to be considering that Apple employee accessibility was to blame, right here are some basic details: The reader acquired the iMac on-line from the Apple Keep and was by no means inside of a retail store with it. The reader who sent us these display shots just isn't an Apple worker nor does he have access to Apple's RSA Safe ID or VPN. He carried out his update in your own home and not at an Apple retail retail store.
This kind of update does not usually seem inside wild on Application Update. Prerelease, and specially "**PRERELEASE**", updates refer to Apple-internal builds distributed to any Apple employee who has accessibility to Apple's VPN. A **PRERELEASE** put together is usually seeded to staff 24 to 48 hrs before the assemble goes public through Software programs Update.
The pre-release weighs in at a whopping one.19GB. The "About This Mac" screen shots he sent us (see beneath) notice the put together as 10D527 – a build up that was reportedly released to developers today, only two days soon after the final form. Builds that come close with each other typically indicate a public release is imminent. It is just not clear why this pre-release showed up around the TUAW reader's iMac.