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steve74
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Not sure whether it's since the original "10.8.5 Update", or the "10.8.5 Supplementary Update", but I now seem to have a visible file called "mach_kernel" file at the root level of my Macbook Pro hard drive. I do know that this file should exist on all OS X systems, but it's usually kept invisible - and mine was until these latest updates - obviously, I'm not going to do anything daft like delete it or move it, but some less-technical users could easily do that without realising that it will likely break the system. Anyone else on 10.8.5 - either the original update or the Supplementary Update (1.0) - and have noticed this? I have a brand new iMac at work, already on 10.8.5 when I started last week, which also has this usually-invisible file, visible! 
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steve74
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Seems it was, indeed, the 10.8.5 Supplementary Update that caused this... https://discussions.apple.com/thread/54 ... 0&tstart=0And check the comments on here... http://www.macrumors.com/2013/10/03/app ... bug-fixes/I'm not buggering about with Terminal, so let's hope Apple release a Supplementary Update to the Supplementary Update, presumably version 1.1!! What's going on with Apple's quality control?
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HeatherKay
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Ooer. Never noticed that before, but then I rarely head into the root level these days.
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paulzolo
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I see it too. Yikes! Typing this in Terminal does indeed hide the file again
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Amnesia10
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Same here but I will wait and see if the next update will fix it.
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steve74
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With Mavericks nearly due, the chances are that 10.8.5 will be the last update to Mountain Lion, apart from security updates.
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Amnesia10
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I was planning on upgrading to Mavericks so it hopefully will be fixed in that release. Only a week or so before we get details of that. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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davrosG5
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Yup, shows up at the top level of my system disk as well (10.8.5 with supplemental update).
Doh! Mind you, I suspect that if I hadn't read this thread I would probably never have noticed it.
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ProfessorF
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Yeah same here - I wouldn't have spotted if it you hadn't mentioned it.  Ah, you probably just delete it. 
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davrosG5
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Good luck with that. Let us know how you get on
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