Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 Update And Supplemental Update

Apple says the OS X Mountain Lion10.8.5 update is recommended for all OS X Mountain Lion users and improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. This update:

• Fixes an issue that may prevent Mail from displaying messages
• Improves AFP file transfer performance over 802.11ac Wi-Fi
• Resolves an issue that may prevent a screen saver from starting automatically
• Improves Xsan reliability

For detailed information about this update, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5815

For detailed information about the security content of this update, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

File Size: 273.72 MB

System Requirements
OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4

For more information, or to download, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1676

A combo updater that can upgrade any OS X 10.8 previous version to 10.5.8 is also available. (Recommended by your editor if you have the time, even if you’re only moving up from 10.8.4)

File Size: 831.13 MB

System Requirements
OS X Mountain Lion v10.8

For more information, or to download, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1675

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 Supplemental Update

And thirdly, Apple has also released a OS X v10.8.5 Supplemental Update, recommended for all users running OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5.

This update:
• Resolves an issue that may prevent certain applications from using the FaceTime HD camera on mid-2013 MacBook Air systems
• Fixes an issue that may cause external drives to be ejected after the computer goes to sleep
• Addresses an issue that may prevent HDMI audio from working after waking from sleep
• Fixes an issue that may prevent certain USB Bluetooth adapters from working

File Size: 18.74 MB

System Requirements
OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5

For more information, or to download, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1686

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