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Apple Seeds First Developer Build of OS X 10.8.2

Thursday August 23, 2012 9:43 AM PDT by Eric Slivka

Following yesterday's news that testing of OS X 10.8.2 was imminent, Apple today pushed out the first developer build of the update. The testing begins just as Apple is making OS X 10.8.1 available to the public.

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The first developer build of OS X 10.8.2 arrives as Build 12C31a in the form of a 641.83 MB combo update, and Apple is asking testers to focus on Messages, Facebook, Game Center, Safari, and Reminders. Apple also notes no known issues with the build, and we'll provide additional information on the update as it surfaces.

Top Rated Comments

PBP

176 months ago

Im Predicting a release date of 9/24 for 10.8.2. :rolleyes:

#LoyalAppleFan

This is not twitter

#sogtfo

Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)

williape

176 months ago

Unified messaging from your phone number in messages is finally working!

Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)

mw360

176 months ago

The first developer build of OS X 10.8.2 arrives as Build 12C31a in the form of a 641.83 MB combo update,

I just want to weigh in with a little praise for the style of writing in this article and the 10.8.1 article on the front page;)

Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Tmelon

176 months ago

Unified messaging from your phone number in messages is finally working!

Can we get a picture of how that looks?

Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

slicecom

176 months ago

Unified messaging from your phone number in messages is finally working!

Finally!!! :)

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

pauliaK

176 months ago

Their asking to test facebook, does that mean it has facebook integration already?

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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