Mac users are still having their fair share of troubles when running Blizzard's World of Warcraft on their systems. WoW forum poster Shamanaut noted that the game's combat log was incorrectly registering the exact timing of events as they were being played out. For more information on this update, check out our full article after the jump.

If you happen to spot some graphical inconsistencies in the latest Public Test Realm build for World of Warcraft, now might be a good time to report them on the new thread put up by Blizzard on the WoW forums. The thread is dedicated to any player-reported bugs related to the game's graphics and will be closely monitored by the Blizzard staff from time to time. More details about this in our full article after the jump.

It's only understandable if PC users who play World of Warcraft are kind of envying their Macs counterparts. After all, there's the iTunes interface that allows them to control the service from within the game.

Blizzard, however, said that its developers are considering if the feature will be ported to PC systems. More details after the jump!

Mac users playing Blizzard's World of Warcraft should be mindful about updating the game to its latest build if they're trying out the new 2.4 PTR. WoW forum posters have noted unusual slowdowns in the newer areas caused by a strange bug in one of the previously rolled out builds for the PTR. More details of this in the full article.

If you're into graphics and are distracted by the bugs found in Blizzard's World of Warcraft, you can wage war against it (like the guys on the left) or you could simply heed the words of blue poster Tigerclaw.

in the forums, he listed down the guidelines that you guys can use when reporting on the bugs found in the game's graphics. Head on over to full article to know more.

Wondering what sort of fixes the upcoming Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 update will carry? While nothing's set in stone yet, we've picked up speculation that it may involve a fix for a previously reported display problem fro Blizzard's World of Warcraft MMORPG. More details up ahead in the full article.

While Blizzard didn't make make an official announcement, some World of Warcraft players have noticed that hardware sound acceleration  has been put back in the system.

Player Cicero noted, "As of build 7468, hardware sound acceleration has returned. I turned it back on and poof, all my sound problems were gone. I can hear myself cast again, no more clipped sounds". These problems began when Blizzard performed sound upgrades during patch 2.2.

A handful of players have even mentioned that the in-game chat feature is the culprit behind the problems. During the height of these issues, some companies such as Creative tried to intervene and offered Blizzard their help.

Take note that this update is still in the Public Test Realm (PTR) server and will go live with patch 2.3. Blizzard forum moderator Tigerclaw added that players should report any specific bug involving the hardware sound mode.

  

Apparently, another unannounced change was picked up for World of Warcraft's game patch 2.3 over at the Public Test Realms forums. As Bluspacecow elaborated, several new video options were reportedly available for tweaking in a Mac version of WoW - see Bluspacecow screenshot above to get a better idea. Blizzard blue-texter Tigerclaw visited the inquiry thread a little later to add some further clarifications:

This isn't a platform specific change, the options dialog has been re-laid out to make it easier to understand what each option does. All the old variables are still available in config.wtf but some of them are now controlled in different ways.

As we said earlier, this change wasn't included in the patch 2.3 notes, so we hope Tigerclaw's explanation will clear up any similar inquiries you've got regarding this topic.

Here's an update for those wondering why the Public Test Realm for World of Warcraft is down. Apparently, there's a very good reason for this: PTR testing on patch 2.2.3 has finally been completed.

This was revealed on the official WoW forums by Blizzard poster Tigerclaw. The PTR will be brought back up once the next patch has passed internal testing and is available for public beta testing.

Speaking of the next WoW patch, Tigerclaw also revealed that the next patch will not be 2.2.4 but 2.3.0. Feedback from those who tested 2.2.3 could still lead to a patch 2.2.4, however.

Bugs are still cropping up on the World of Warcraft Public Test Realms. But then again, that's what it's for: to identify bugs so they can be fixed by the time the next patch rolls around.

Of course, not every bug can be isolated and fixed in time. A recent thread on the official WoW forums reports that sound problems are still showing up on the PTR. According to thread creator Grimfang, some casting sounds are not playing. Other forum members have also chimed in, reporting missing now sound, gun sound and even pet sounds.

According to Blizzard poster Tigerclaw, the dev team is aware of the sound issues. While there have been some improvements in patch 2.2.3, work will reportedly continue in post-2.2.3 releases, continuing on until patch 2.3.0 hits. Hopefully these problems will have all been remedied by then.