Mountain Lion 10.8.5 is out

[Eug]

Get yer last iteration of Mountain Lion now in Software Update folks.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5815?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Cue the "Updating now!" posts.


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

 

[Printer Bandit]

no noticeable difference...yawn.

 

[vailr]

Should provide native Haswell CPU support, for use with (newer model hardware) Hackintosh machines.

 

[joshhedge]

No reason to update for me.

 

[JAG87]

Might as well wait until 10.9 at this point

 

[Eug]

Not if you're on 802.11ac, since 802.11ac speeds double with this update. It went from 22 MB/s to 45 MB/s according to benches.

I'm also hoping that Ethernet large file transfer thing is solved completely. Occasionally I would get periodic hangs with large file transfers.

Plus, inevitably there will be some new bugs introduced with 10.9.0. In my case, I'll have to hold off anyway, since I don't have 10.9-compatible VPN software.

 

[Childs]

I bought another mini last night, switched out the hard drive, did the network recovery and was kinda shocked when 10.8.5 was installed. Not that it matters, but I didn't realize it was out yet.

Might as well wait until 10.9 at this point

Many people dont upgrade to the next major rev for awhile. I usually stay one major release behind unless there is a compelling reason to do so.

 

[JAG87]

Not if you're on 802.11ac, since 802.11ac speeds double with this update. It went from 22 MB/s to 45 MB/s according to benches.

I'm also hoping that Ethernet large file transfer thing is solved completely. Occasionally I would get periodic hangs with large file transfers.

Plus, inevitably there will be some new bugs introduced with 10.9.0. In my case, I'll have to hold off anyway, since I don't have 10.9-compatible VPN software.

Yea but that's only for people with both the new Airs and an AC router... not a big crowd.

Many people dont upgrade to the next major rev for awhile. I usually stay one major release behind unless there is a compelling reason to do so.

Well for me finder tabs alone are enough of a reason to upgrade. Plus the efficiency tweaks might boost battery life. And I wouldn't mind having Maps with the awesome Flyover view on my laptop.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

no noticeable difference...yawn.

I generally assume there are fixes for problems Apple hasn't admitted exist.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I transfer big files all the time so I will update my Hackintosh.