If you’ve been hankering for OS X 10.8.5, it could hit as soon as today.
Per AppleInsider, Apple began supplying prerelease builds of OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion to select partners on Monday, signaling that a public release of the maintenance and software update is not far behind.
Sources familiar with the software indicated that the prerelease version made available is identified as build “12F35.” The update, recommended for all users of Mountain Lion, includes the following changes:
– 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.
The prerelease build supplied to partners on Monday is said to weigh in at 286 megabytes. Those early releases are typically provided only hours before the software is launched to the public, suggesting that OS X 10.8.5 will arrive on Monday.
A total of seven beta builds of OS X 10.8.5 have been supplied to developers for testing ahead of the final release. The most recent was issued on July 31, identified as build “12F30.”
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.