OS X 10.8.2 Released

[SMELTN]

Hot on the heels of iOS 6, Apple (AAPL) on Wednesday released a major update to its OS X desktop operating system. OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion is now available to download from Apple?s Mac App Store, and the update includes a number of changes. Among those listed in the update?s release notes are Facebook enhancements, Game Center improvements and the addition of Power Nap support for late-2010 MacBook Air laptops. Apple?s full change log for OS X 10.8.2 follows below.

Facebook

• Single sign on for Facebook
  
• Adds Facebook as an option when sharing links and photos
  
• See Facebook friends? contact information and profile pictures in Contacts
  
• Facebook notifications now appear in Notification Center
  

Game Center

• Share scores to Facebook, Twitter, Mail, or Messages
  
• Facebook friends are included in Game Center friend recommendations
  
• Added Facebook ?Like? button for games
  
• Challenge friends to beat your score or achievement
  

Other new features

• Adds Power Nap support for MacBook Air (Late 2010)
  
• iMessages sent to your phone number now appear in Messages on your Mac*
  
• You can now add passes to Passbook (on your iPhone or iPod touch) from Safari and Mail on your Mac*
  
• FaceTime can now receive calls sent to your phone number*
  
• New shared Reminders lists
  
• New sort options allow you to sort notes by title, the date you edited them, and when you created them
  
• Dictation now supports additional languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Korean, Canadian English, Canadian French, and Italian
  
• Dictionary app now includes a French definition dictionary
  
• Sina Weibo profile photos can now be added to Contacts
  

* Requires iOS 6

General fixes

The OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2 update also includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac, including the following fixes:

• Adds an option to discard the changes in the original document when choosing Save As
  
• Unsent drafts are now opened automatically when launching Mail
  
• Receive Twitter notifications for mentions and replies from anyone
  
• URLs are shortened when sending tweets from Notification Center
  
• Notifications are disabled when AirPlay Mirroring is being used
  
• Adds SSL support for Google searches from the Smart Search Field in Safari
  
• Adds a new preference to have Safari launch with previously open webpages
  
• Resolves an issue that may cause the ?Enable Autodiscover? checkbox to always remain checked
  
• Enables access to the Mac App Store when Parental Controls are enabled
  
• Support for @icloud.com email addresses
  
• Resolves a video issue with some VGA projectors when connected to certain Mac notebooks
  
• Addresses an issue that may prevent Active Directory accounts from being locked out
  
• Resolves an issue that may cause the policy banner to re-appear prior to logging in
  
• Improvements to SMB
  
• Addresses an issue with NIS users when auto-login is enabled
  
• Addresses an issue in which the Keychain may not be accessible
  
• Ability to pre-authenticate a FileVault protected system
  
• Addresses an issue that may cause Xsan to not automatically start after migrating from Mac OS X Snow Leopard
  
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[Astra.Xtreme]

That was fast.

[.Neo]

Just as I predicted Apple was waiting for iOS 6 to go public before releasing the v10.8.2 update with Facebook support.

[SMELTN]

for those of you wishing to use the facebook integration.. It is found in Mail, contacts, & calenders. I had no idea where I know to find it at first because I am an OS X noob.

[.Neo]

for those of you wishing to use the facebook integration.. It is found in Mail, contacts, & calenders. I had no idea where I know to find it at first because I am an OS X noob.

That's the central location where you manage all your accounts.

[Shadrack]

Wow, what a substantial update we are getting here! I dare say that this blows a Windows "service pack" out of the water.

Whatever, when 10.9 Furry Kitty comes out we will still be hearing "Mah. Its just a service pack you have to pay for. Mah." Oh well. Haters gonna hate.

[Quillz]

Wow, what a substantial update we are getting here! I dare say that this blows a Windows "service pack" out of the water.

Whatever, when 10.9 Furry Kitty comes out we will still be hearing "Mah. Its just a service pack you have to pay for. Mah." Oh well. Haters gonna hate.

Probably does, because outside of XP SP2, all Service Packs are is a consolidation of various hotfixes and patches. They are not supposed to add new features, which Apple sometimes does with minor point releases.

[.Neo]

What the hell did Apple do with text replacement in v10.8.2? Normally if a word was auto-corrected I had the ability to un-correct it by hitting backspace and a white balloon would pop-up. Normally it wouldn't auto-correct either if you retyped the word the second time in the "wrong" way. Right now it doesn't do that anymore in Safari and it keeps getting corrected no matter what.