Release History
Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Snow Leopard at WWDC on June 9, 2008, and it was privately demonstrated to developers by Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Bertrand Serlet. On Monday, 11 May 2009, after build 10A354, Apple issued a code freeze on Snow Leopard's APIs. The first public demonstration was given at WWDC 2009 by Serlet and Vice President of Mac OS Engineering, Craig Federighi.
| Version | Build | Date | OS name | Notes | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.6 | 10A432 | August 28, 2009 | Darwin 10.0 | Original retail DVD release | |
| 10A433 | Server edition; Original retail DVD release | ||||
| 10.6.1 | 10B504 | September 10, 2009 | Darwin 10.1 | About the Mac OS X v10.6.1 Update | Mac OS X v10.6.1 Update |
| 10.6.2 | 10C540 | November 9, 2009 | Darwin 10.2 | About the Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update | Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update |
| 10.6.3 | 10D573 | March 29, 2010 | Darwin 10.3 | About the Mac OS X v10.6.3 Update | Mac OS X v10.6.3 Update |
| 10D575 | ? | Second retail DVD release | |||
| 10D578 | April 13, 2010 | About the Mac OS X v10.6.3 Update; v1.1 | Mac OS X v10.6.3 v1.1 Update (Combo) | ||
| 10.6.4 | 10F569 | June 15, 2010 | Darwin 10.4 | About the Mac OS X v10.6.4 Update | Mac OS X v10.6.4 Update (Combo) |
| 10.6.5 | 10H574 | November 10, 2010 | Darwin 10.5 | About the Mac OS X v10.6.5 Update | Mac OS X v10.6.5 Update (Combo) |
| 10.6.6 | 10J567 | January 6, 2011 | Darwin 10.6 | About the Mac OS X v10.6.6 Update | Mac OS X v10.6.6 Update (Combo) |
| 10.6.7 | 10J869 | March 21, 2011 | Darwin 10.7 | About the Mac OS X v10.6.7 Update | Mac OS X v10.6.7 Update (Combo) |
| 10J3250 | March 21, 2011 | For the early 2011 Macbook Pro | Mac OS X v10.6.7 Update for early 2011 MacBook Pro | ||
| 10J4138 | May 4, 2011 | For the early 2011 Macbook Pro | MacBook Pro Software Update 1.4 | ||
| 10.6.8 | 10K540 | June 23, 2011 | Darwin 10.8 | About the Mac OS X v10.6.8 Update | Mac OS X v10.6.8 Update (Combo) |
| 10K549 | July 25, 2011 | About the Mac OS X v10.6.8 Update; v1.1 | Mac OS X v10.6.8 v1.1 Update (Combo) |
Mac OS X Server includes these features and other server-related features. Apple initially stated that Server would include ZFS support, but mention of this feature later disappeared from Apple's website and it was not included in the final release due to licensing issues.
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