Apple's latest OS X 10.8.3 beta provided to developers

A seventh beta of OS X 10.8.3, Apple's forthcoming maintenance and security update for the Mountain Lion operating system, was supplied to developers on Wednesday.

People familiar with the latest pre-release software said it is identified as build "12D54." Any changes that may have been made to the software from its previous release are unknown.

Its release comes just over a week after Apple provided the last beta of Mountain Lion. That test software contained only minor changes from the previous build.

In earlier builds, developers have been asked to focus their testing on AirPlay, AirPort, Game Center, Graphics Drivers, and Safari.

Apple's latest betas have touted a new "OS X Software Update Seed Configuration Utility" that retrieves new seeds through Software Update. When new builds are provided, Apple sends out notifications to install the update via the Mac App Store.

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30 Comments

pedromartins

said about 11 years ago

Well, Mountain Lion is fast and realiable, the best OS out there, obviously.

However, random WIFI drops, shutdown times and memory leaks must be resolved. And the OS can still be faster, "lighter".

Can't wait for this update :) they are taking their time for sure.

cash907

said about 11 years ago

7 betas? Good lord, 10.8.4 will be ready by the time they release this thing.

tcphoto

said about 11 years ago

And it killed my MBP battery.

coffeetime

said about 11 years ago

Hopefully Apple will fix the issue with mdworker. I posted the Console error messages I've been noticing to Macintouch, and a knowledgable reader responded: "I submitted a bug report to Apple on it. Apple responded it was a knowm bug. Has been happening on 10.8.2. In short, mdworker scans and indexes files for Spotlight and sends a message to lsboxd, but the new security measure does not like a program going outside its sandbox and thus denies it. Several posts on Apple forums have covered this issue."

_rick_v_

said about 11 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by pedromartins

Well, Mountain Lion is fast and realiable, the best OS out there, obviously.

However, random WIFI drops, shutdown times and memory leaks must be resolved. And the OS can still be faster, "lighter".

Can't wait for this update :) they are taking their time for sure.

Not that I doubt that you're experiencing that personally, but I have four different Macs at home (an iMac, a 11" MacBook Air, and two MacBook Pro's) and haven't experienced any of those symptoms on any of them.

Just sayin'... maybe there's an issue with your computer, specifically?

-Rick