Apple has released an update to OS X Leopard putting it to version 10.5.3.

If you haven’t already downloaded and installed the update you can by clicking the apple and then Software Update…

Updates were made to Automator, iCal, iChat, and other portions of OS X.

For details about everything included in the 10.5.3 update head over to the Apple Support page with complete details on changes made to the OS.

May has already been a great month here at Maciverse. We’ve appreciated everyone’s comments on the articles we’ve posted and the feedback we receive. Below are some of the more interesting articles at Maciverse over the past few weeks. If you haven’t already read some of these articles now is your chance to check them out.

1. Add Forms to iWeb Pages - If you’ve wanted to get feedback from users or allow visitors to your site to provide data and you’re an iWeb user, this article describes how to gain that functionality for free.
2. Restore Safari with Time Machine - If you ever need to look back on your browsing history after you’ve reset Safari or cleared out your history then use Time Machine to restore your Safari history.
3. Trackpad Gestures for Other Applications - New Macbook Pro and Macbook Air users are really enjoying the trackpad gestures with the standard Apple applications. Now you can add these gestures to all your other applications.
4. Control your Mac with Twitter - Twitter.com has really started to gain in popularity. In addition to providing up to date information to your followers about your activities or websites, you can now also control your Mac with twitter messages.
5. Adium: 5 Must have extras - Adium may be the best IM client on the Mac. These 5 must have extras make your IM experience that much more enjoyable.

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As many of you may have heard, HBO has joined the iTunes store. While all of HBO original television shows are not yet included, the following are now available for download:

1. The Sopranos
2. Sex and the City
3. Deadwood
4. Rome
5. Flight of the Conchords
6. The Wire

The most interesting piece of news to come out of the deal is that Apple has agreed to sell their shows for more than just $1.99. Many of the shows listed above will sell for $2.99 an episode.

Does this mean that Apple and NBC will make up?

The folks over at The Apple blog posted a few articles today about status on the iPhone. We’ve mentioned previously that AT&T has recommended use of the 3G network with the iPhone but now some details about the new phone coming soon come straight from Apple themselves.

First, the 3G iPhone preference is included in the Beta 5 Firmware for the iPhone. This is a feature that you can turn on or off and instructions list that using 3G will decrease battery life.

Second, the online Apple Store is currently listing that they are out of 8gb and 16gb iPhones. This usually means that Apple has stopped selling the current model as the new model is just around the corner.

With the developers conference still being a few weeks away, I find it hard to believe that Apple will just stop selling iPhones for most the month of May. Of course… they may just be waiting on the next shipment from their manufacturers.

Either way, I hope to see new 3G iPhones sooner rather than later.

Adding spotlight like features to Safari was one of our top 10 ways to enhance your Safari browsing experience. The plugin that allows us to do just that, Inquisitor, has just joined the Yahoo family!

Of course with the new owner comes a new default search engine set for the Inquisitor plugin. For all new downloads of Inquisitor Yahoo will power your search requests from the Safari search bar, but the ability to set it to a different search engine is still included with the plugin.

Thankfully Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo feel apart! just imagine how awkward it would be having MSN live search as the default search engine powering the Safari browser. That really wouldn’t have helped Inquisitors potential.

If you’re already an Inquisitor user, installing the latest update will leave the default search engine what you had set previously but new users will be set with Yahoo.

To change to another search engine:

1. Open Safari and Click Safari on the Menu Bar and then Preferences
2. Select Search
3. Pick the engine you’d like to use from the Search Engine drop down

If you haven’t already picked up Inquisitor, it is worth a try!