Xquartz ChangeLog

This page is used to track changes to X11 that are in development. Changes going into a particular release are summarized in the release notes obtainable from our releases page.

Automatic Updates

If you would like to receive automatic updates for beta versions in addition to release versions, please update to our beta SU feed by running the following command:

$ defaults write org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 SUFeedURL http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/sparkle/beta.xml

Changes in 2.6.3 (In Development)

• All changes in 2.6.2 plus:
• app:
  • ​iceauth 1.0.5
    • Addresses an issue with home directories on AFP mount-points
  • quartz-wm 1.2.1
    • Improved initial placement of windows
    • Window sizes are bounded to the current display size rather than the initial display size (should improve fullscreen games at native resolution)
  • ​xauth 1.0.6
    • Addresses an issue with home directories on AFP mount-points
  • ​xlsclients 1.1.2
  • ​xterm 270
• server:
  • xorg-server 1.10.2 plus ​other patches
    • Fixed multiple crashes including RandR crash (#463)

Changes in 2.7.0 (In Development)

• All changes in 2.6.3 plus:
• app:
  • quartz-wm 1.3.0
    • Improved logging
    • Removed legacy pbproxy support
  • xinit
    • Improved logging for startx LaunchAgent and privileged_startx LaunchDaemon
• lib:
  • ​libXext 1.3.0
  • ​xcb-util 0.3.8
  • ​xcb-util-image 0.3.8
  • ​xcb-util-kysyms 0.3.8
  • ​xcb-util-renderutils 0.3.8
  • ​xcb-util-wm 0.3.8
• server:
  • xorg-server 1.11.0 plus ​other patches
    • Initial support for GCD in the server to increase performance on multi-core systems
    • Improved logging