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2012 Mac mini teardown, benchmark results revealed

Apple’s made some cool changes to its most affordable computer. Per Macminicolo and Mac mini vault, a series of teardowns and benchmark tests of Apple’s newly released Mac mini, finding that the small format desktop’s performance is approaching that of legacy Xserves and 2010’s Mac Pro. Announced on Tuesday at a special event, the new […]

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Apple releases second OS X 10.8.2 beta to developer community, focuses on upcoming Facebook integration

Hey, betas are still hip. And cool. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Wednesday provided developers with the second beta of OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion, less than a week after the first beta became available. Sources familiar with the latest beta of OS X 10.8.2 indicated it is known as build 12C35. Developers have reportedly been […]

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Apple releases OS X 10.8.2 beta to developer community.

If you like OS X 10.8.1 (just released today), there’s some interesting stuff en route for OS X 10.8.2. Per AppleInsider, Apple has provided select developers with a beta release of the next update to Mountain Lion, OS X 10.8.2. Apple first began soliciting developers on Wednesday, inviting them to be among the first participate […]

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Apple releases OS X 10.8.1 update

The bug fixes had to come sometime. On Thursday, Apple released version 10.8.1 of its OS X Mountain Lion operating system. The new version, a 24.2 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Resolve an issue that may cause Migration Assistant to unexpectedly quit. – Improve compatibility when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange […]

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Developer cites OS X 10.8.1 beta as substantially improving Apple notebook battery life

Come the OS X 10.8.1 update, your Apple notebook’s battery life could improve significantly. Per Softpedia, substantial improvements were discovered by an unnamed developer after installing OS X 10.8.1. Previously, the developer’s MacBook was reportedly showing a battery life of 4 hours and 5 minutes after a full charge, but installing the beta software increased […]