Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 Update; Security Update 2013-004 (Lion); Security Update 2013-004 and Safari 5.1.9 (Snow Leopard)

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The OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 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
• Improves reliability when transferring large files over Ethernet
• Improves performance when authenticating to an Open Directory server
• Addresses an issue that prevented a smart card from unlocking preference panes in System Preferences
• Contains the improvements included in MacBook Air (Mid 2013) Software Update 1.0

For detailed information about the security content of this update, see Apple security updates.

For more information, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5815?

Security Update 2013-004 (Lion)

Security Update 2013-004 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

System Requirements:
OS X Lion 10.7.5

For more information, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1677

Security Update 2013-004 (Snow Leopard)

Security Update 2013-004 is recommended for all Snow Leopard 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

System Requirements:
Mac OS X v10.6.8

For more information, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1678

About the security content of OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and Security Update 2013-004:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880

Safari 5.1.9 for Snow Leopard

Safari 5.1.9 allows users to enable the Java plug-in for Safari on a website-by-website basis.

System Requirements:
Mac OS X v10.6.8 Snow Leopard

For more information, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1569

For detailed information about this update, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5678

Java SE 7u40 Released

Oracle has released Java SE 7u40 (JDK and JRE versions) for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and other platforms. This release includes several new features like Java Mission Control, Deployment Rule Set, support for Retina display on Mac, and Hard Float ABI support on Linux ARM v7. It also includes bug fixes and enhancements.

For more information, visit:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

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