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Apple Seeds First Beta of OS X 10.8.3 to Developers

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Fresh off its Thanksgiving holiday, Apple today seeded developers with the first test build of OS X 10.8.3.

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The first beta of OS X 10.8.3 arrives as Build 12D32, and users are required to install the OS X Software Update Seed Configuration Utility in order to upgrade to the build.

Areas of focus for testing include AirPlay, AirPort, Game Center, and Graphics Drivers.

Top Rated Comments

182 months ago
Hoping the slow shutdown times are addressed in this release.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
RoelJuun Avatar
182 months ago
Please fix:


* Messages, messages is a mess
* Slow shutdown times
* Laggy mouse behavior when taking a screenshot
* Bad drivers when running dual monitor setup
* Invisible cursor when coming from a fullscreen application
* Random re-indexing of Spotlight
* Time Machine backup disks change name to random names
* Slow animations when used for the first time in a while
* Load times of Safari is sometimes long for no good reason
* Make the stacks in the Dock better, when watching a downloading file you can't open it when having the stack open. Make it live.
* Add a simple 'location' option in Calendar that let's you pick a contact from the Contacts app.
* App Store is slow.


Thanks.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BWhaler Avatar
182 months ago
Let's hope this is the update which fixes all of the visual flaws. (leather flap covering part of the notes list, reminders being the only app not going full screen, the peculiar choices full screen switching makes with itunes and others, etc., etc., etc.)

oh, and I hope it fixes the sporadically missing mouse cursor problem.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
182 months ago
PLEASE fix the mdworker/sandboxing/sleep issues; the rest is fine, thank you.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
182 months ago
Hey Apple, how about fixing the full screen problem where if you have more than one monitor and you go full screen in an app, you can no longer use all the other screens because your $#!t ass OS thinks everybody uses one monitor.

To paraphrase a Futurama meme:
Your software is bad.

And you should feel bad!
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
182 months ago
I'm all ears about those graphic drivers updates.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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