Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4 Update And Combo Update, Security Updates For Lion And Snow Leopard

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Apple has released what may be the ultimate build of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion before the release of OS X 10.9 rumored for later this year. Only four incremental updates over its tenure an Apple’s premier desktop OS would speak well for Mountain Lion’s basic stability.

Apple reccommends the OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4 Update for all OS X Mountain Lion users. The update contains a few new features, and several bug fixes that improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including the following:

  • Compatibility improvements when connecting to certain enterprise Wi-Fi networks
  • Microsoft Exchange compatibility improvements in Calendar
  • A fix for an issue that prevented FaceTime calls to non-U.S. phone numbers
  • A fix for an issue that may prevent scheduled sleep after using Boot Camp
  • Improves VoiceOver compatibility with text in PDF documents
  • Includes Safari 6.0.5, which improves stability for some websites with chat features and games
  • A fix for an issue that may cause iMessages to display out of order in Messages
  • Resolves an issue in which Calendars Birthdays may appear incorrectly in certain time zones
  • A fix for an issue that may prevent the desktop background picture from being preserved after restart
  • A fix for an issue that may prevent documents from being saved to a server using SMB
  • Addresses an issue that may prevent certain files from opening after copied to a volume named Home”
  • A fix for an issue that may prevent changes to files made over NFS from displaying
  • Resolves an issue saving files to an Xsan volume from certain applications
  • Improves Active Directory log-in performance, especially for cached accounts or when using a .local domain
  • Improves OpenDirectory data replication
  • Improves 802.1X compatibility with ActiveDirectory networks
  • Improves compatibility when using mobile accounts

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

For more information, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5730

OS X Mountain Lion Update v10.8.4 (Combo)

AS well as the standard incremental Software Update version, a 809.98 MB OS X Mountain Lion Update v10.8.4 (Combo) updater is available.

For detailed information about this update, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5730

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

System Requirements
OS X Mountain Lion v10.8

More Combo Update Info:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1659

Apple Releases Security Updates For OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Apple has released Security Updates For OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Security Update 2013-002 (Lion)

Security Update 2013-002 is recommended for all Lion users and improves the security of OS X.

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

Version: 2013-002
File Size: 57.69 MB

System Requirements
OS X 10.7.5

Security Update 2013-002 (Snow Leopard)

Security Update 2013-002 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X.

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

File Size: 329.85 MB

System Requirements
Mac OS X 10.6.8

OS X Lion Security Update 2013-002:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1661

OS X Mountain Lion Security Update 2013-002:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1660

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