Apple releases OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 update

After several betas sent to the developers, the final version of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 is now with us. It’s not just a simple bug fix update, but brings significant improvements in battery life and the inclusion of new features, such as Facebook integration or Power Nap support for the 2010 MacBook Air. Here’s a detailed look at the improvements in this new OS X update.

We were talking days ago about Mountain Lion 10.8.2 bringing a dramatic improvement in battery management , bringing us back to the times of Snow Leopard, even surpassing its autonomy in 8 minutes.

Well, Apple has not done more than beg and has released the final version of OS X 10.8.2 , along with the new iPhone and iOS 6, so that everyone can take advantage of the new integration of Apple systems with Facebook.

But this is not the end of the list of improvements in this new update of the lion of the mountains. One of the most notable is that Power Nap has been enabled for the 2010 MacBook Air , so they’ll say Cupertino’s are forgetting about the older users.

Messages also receives improvements related to message reception. We can now also receive FaceTime messages and calls sent to our iPhone phone number , and not just those arriving via Apple ID.

Here is a list of smaller changes:* Safari and Mail become compatible with virtual passbook passes.

• Option to sort the Notes according to title, edit date or creation date.
• The Dictation function already supports Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Canadian English, Canadian French and Italian.
• The Dictionary now includes the French language among its definitions.
• Weibo profile photos are integrated with Contacts.
• Now when we save, OS X gives us the option to save to a new document when we use Save As, instead of overwriting the original document.
• Mail drafts are automatically displayed every time we open the application.
• Receive Twitter notifications for mentions of any user.
• Automatic shortening of URLs when sending tweets from the Notification Center
• Notifications are disabled when AirPlay is in operation.
• Safari can now open with the tabs we had open before closing it.

As you can see, is not a simple update of internal improvements, but it adds lots of little details that polish up Mountain Lion more and more.

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