In what might be Mountain Lion’s major last roar, Apple has released OS X 10.8.4, a minor update that fixes a few small bugs in Mountain Lion before the (presumed) WWDC debut of OS X 10.9.
The update is recommended for all Macs, and fixes the following issues:
- 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
The update clocks in at 342MB and can be downloaded here.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
3 responses to “Apple Releases OS X 10.8.4”
“OS X 10.8.4, a minor update that hosts a few small bugs in Mountain Lion”
You said that this update “hosts a few small bugs in Mountain Lion.” Is that what you meant to say?
“A fix for an issue that may prevent the desktop background picture from being preserved after restart”
Finally! :-D
I’m serious about this one. About every other time I login to my MacBook, my wallpaper is gone and replaced with a plain blue background. I hope this really fixes the issue.
How about the ability to search external SMB drives? That disappeared in OS X 10.8, causing no end of problems for my law office, which lost the ability to search for files on the server from a Mac. We need this simple functionality back.