Oct 23
Mavericks is here. Apple’s new desktop operating system looks quite different than the previous version, OS X Mountain Lion. Take a tour of the differences.
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Oct 03
If you enjoy using your mid 2013 MacBook Air’s FaceTime HD camera, hold off on updating your notebook’s operating system. A bug in the latest OS X update, 10.8.5, disables the camera in 32-bit applications like Skype, iMovie, and Final …
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Sep 12
Apple has released the latest update for OS X 10.8. This update is arriving as OS X 10.8.5 and will be available by way of the software update section of the Mac App Store. Apple is putting this out as a recommended update for all Mountain Lion users and has it listed as bringing the […]
Sep 12
Apple just released OS X 10.8.5.
Posted in: Today's ChiliApple just released OS X 10.8.5. It fixes a few bugs in Mail and makes Wi-Fi file transfers speedier. You can get it in the App Store now. [9to5Mac]
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Aug 26
Its no secret that Apple is going to release a new OS X update soon, we just don’t know exactly when it intends to do that. For over a couple of months now the OS X 10.8.5 update has been in beta phase, meaning that it was only rolled out to registered developers. As of now, Apple has seeded seven betas of the upcoming update, the latest coming out on July 31st. Rumor has it that the company has started shipping a pre-release build to select partners, which might mean that the public release of OS X 10.8.5 will take place today.
The folks at AppleInsider claim to have heard from “people familiar with the software” that the pre-release version carries build number “12F35.” It is said that this update is recommended for all Mountain Lion users. Since its only an incremental update, there aren’t any new features in OS X 10.8.5. However, it is said to fix an issue that may prevent Mail from displaying messages, improve AFP file transfer performance over 802.11ac Wi-Fi, improve Xsan reliability and resolve an issue that might prevent a screensaver from starting automatically. The pre-release build is apparently 286MB in size, partners are reportedly supplied the build hours before Apple is to release the update for the public. If this is indeed the case, Apple may very well push out OS X 10.8.5 later today. We’ll keep an eye out and will let you know if that happens.
Apple Rumored To Release OS X 10.8.5 Update Today original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jun 10
Tim Cook: 28 million copies of Mountain Lion shipped, more than any other Mac release
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Cupertino has been known to share a stat or two during its WWDC keynotes, so it’s hardly a surprise that the company just dropped some sales figures for its Mountain Lion. According to Tim Cook, 28 million copies of the OS have shipped, making it the best-selling Mac release of all time. Cook also said that about 35 percent of users have updated, compared to less than five percent for Windows 8. And Apple wasn’t just talking Mountain Lion to brag; those numbers were part of a build-up to announcing the latest desktop-based software: OS X Mavericks. Hit up that link for more info.
Jun 04
Today users of Apple’s OS X 10.8 or higher will be seeing an update to their systems in the form of an OTA software notification. The version of OS X appearing on MacBook and iMac devices goes by the version number 10.8.4 and brings on a variety of boosts and bug fixes, not least of
Mar 14
OS X Mountain Lion has been out for less than a year, and already we’re seeing the third update come around. This time, we’re seeing improvements and bugfixes to Boot Camp, which now supports Windows 8, and the Mac App Store also added support for gift card redemption via webcam, which is a feature that was recently introduced with iTunes 11.
Along with support for Windows 8, Boot Camp also added support for Macs with 3TB hard drives, a feature that is long overdue considering the storage needs of a lot of users. The 10.8.3 update also comes with several bugfixes including patches for Logic Pro and a fix for a bug that sometimes made audio stutter on some iMacs.
Overall, OS X 10.8.3 spent three-and-a-half months in beta, with 13 different beta version being released over that timeframe. That’s a long time for such a small OS update, but this isn’t anything new from Apple. They’ve been known to release several beta versions of updates before seeding it out to the public.
Hopefully todays update doesn’t cause any problems. In the past, several different OS X updates have wreaked havoc on particular Mac machines, so if you’re weary about updating this time around, then it won’t hurt to wait it off for a few weeks to find out if it’s causing any problems. Otherwise, the update should be ready for you, either in Software Update, or through the Mac App Store.
Apple releases OS X 10.8.3 with Boot Camp improvements and more is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Feb 04
Here’s a weird little OS X quirk: the eight-character code above seems to cause pretty much any app on a Mac running Mountain Lion to crash, instantly. More »
Jan 04
OS X Mountain Lion Now Accounts For A Majority Share Of Mac Web Traffic, Growing Nearly Twice As Fast As Lion
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OS X Mountain Lion, or version 10.8 as it’s known according to Apple’s numbering system, accounted for 32 percent of all web traffic measured by Net Applications, a firm that charts OS share and other web metrics. This marks the first time Mountain Lion has accounted for a majority share of web traffic from Apple computers, with Lion dropping down to 28 percent.
In November, Mountain Lion only just trailed Lion, with 29 percent of web traffic, vs. 30 percent for Lion. Snow Leopard use actually remained relatively steady between November and December, losing less than a percentage point and suggesting that most of the Mountain Lion upgraders are coming from Lion, and not jumping up two versions. Mountain Lion requires that Lion be installed in order to upgrade (unless you have a USB stick version of 10.8), so it makes sense that the pool of upgraders is coming from Lion, where there are relatively few barriers to upgrading (it’s handled directly through the Mac App Store).
Snow Leopard continues to be very tenacious, with a 29 percent share of Mac web traffic, which makes it the second-most frequently used version of OS X over even Lion. But Mountain Lion’s growth is still impressive, and it seems to be attracting users faster than Lion was ever able to. Lion took until May 2012 to overcome Snow Leopard in terms of share of web traffic as measured by Net Applications, meaning it required nearly 10 months to unseat Snow Leopard as the dominant Mac OS. By contrast, Mountain Lion took around five months to reach the top spot, or about half the time.
Speedy adoption of new OS X versions is key to keeping a solid software ecosystem in place, and lessening headaches for developers both internal and external. That makes this particular development promising news for Apple, especially now that they’re on an annual update cycle for OS X, which makes getting people on the newest version as quickly as possible even more crucial.
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