Apple has released OS X 10.8.1, the first update to its recently released Mountain Lion operating system.
OS X 10.8.1 addresses a variety of issues including improvements to Migration Assistant, Mail, iMessages and more.
If you have Mountain Lion installed you can choose
Apple menu > Software Update... to check for the latest Apple software via the Mac App Store. Alternatively, you can download the manual update
installer.
The complete release notes for OS X 10.8.1 are as follows:
- Resolve an issue that may cause Migration Assistant to unexpectedly quit
- Improve compatibility when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server in Mail
- Address an issue playing audio through a Thunderbolt display
- Resolve an issue that could prevent iMessages from being sent
- Address an issue that could cause the system to become unresponsive when using Pinyin input
- Resolve an issue when connecting to SMB servers with long names
- Address a issue that may prevent Safari from launching when using a Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) file
- Improve 802.1X authentication with Active Directory credentials.
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