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| Back To My Mac Puts Thieves Behind Bars |  | Sources are reporting that Apple's clever Back To My Mac feature, available with Macs running the latest version of Apple's OS (Leopard), has helped the New York police catch thieves that ran off with some Macs. Kait Duplaga, an Apple store employee, used the feature to remotely operate one of the stolen Macs, while it was being used by the burglar, snapped a photo of the thief and gave it to the police as evidence.
... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 03:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac OS X 10.5.3 Build 9D29 Arrives. Complete with Seed Notes. |  | Just days after Apple seeded the last Mac OS X 10.5.3 build (9D27) to its developers, the Cupertino-based computer manufacturers and makers of the operating system that you all love have issued another Leopard build, 9D29, to devs, accompanied by no ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 06:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac OS X 10.5.3 Build 9D27 Documentation Disclosed |  | Reportedly, on Monday, Apple has seeded another Mac OS X 10.5.3 build to its developers, build 9D27 to be more precise. The build, accompanied by documentation, lists (shockingly...) no known issues and asks eagle-eyed devs to continue their focus on a list of 12 core system components, according to people familiar with the distribution, AppleInsider is reporting.
"Continuing to plug away at the next maintenance and security[ADMARK ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 08:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Psystar Proves it Can Deliver |  | Endless controversy has surrounded Miami-based (or so they say) Mac clone maker Psystar who, most recently, has decided to prove it can deliver while it is not yet known exactly how legal their installing ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2008, 03:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5.3 Build 9D23 to Developers |  | Apple has released yet another build of its upcoming maintenance update for Mac OS X Leopard users, just three days after the last build seeded to devs. This time around, Apple has also issued the seed notes that talk about the known issues (there a ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac Clone Maker Is Back in Business |  | Upon learning that its credit card payment processor had terminated its account, Psystar has employed another "high volume payment processor," sources ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 03:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| LiveQuartz 1.8 (Free Image Editor) Adds Multi-Touch Support |  | More software is recently adding multi-touch support for Apple's line of notebooks. This time, developer Romain Piveteau has commanded our attention with the latest version of its free photo retouching app for Mac OS X Leopard users, ... [read more >>] | | 21 April 2008, 06:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista Slows Down Even an Apple Mac |  | Folks at Popular Mechanics thought it would be great to see which between the Mac and the PC runs Vista better. Using similarly specced systems, benchmarking tools and user feedback PM were able to prove that Macs indeed run Vista smoother in real-world scenarios, the Inquirer & ... [read more >>] | | 18 April 2008, 03:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Leopard Leaves Vista in the Dust in Performance Benchmark |  | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has left Windows Vista Home Premium in the dust in a performance benchmark put together by Popular Mechanics both on desktop machines and on laptops. On computers featuring similar hardware configurations Apple's proprietary operating system proved its s ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 13:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Flow 1.0, a Leopard-Friendly FTP Client |  | With all the free FTP clients available out there, who'd want to actually buy one? You would, the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard user, as Extendmac has "extended" its internet utility software to version 1.0, adding QuickLook support from within the application, a built-in editor and droplets for an even quicker upload. A 15-day ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 04:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Mocks Vista (SP1) and Praises Hack Victim No. 1 Leopard |  | There is simply no end in sight for the Mac OS X and Windows operating system measuring contest, at least not from Apple's perspective. The Cupertino-based company has a consistent marketing arsenal, and it uses it to take jabs at both Windows and the PC manufacturers. This because Apple through Mac OS X is competing directly with Microsoft, and via the Mac computers is going head to head against OEMs building PCs. Among App ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2008, 14:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac OS X 10.5.3 Is Speeding its Way onto Your Mac |  | Just last week we were able to confirm that Apple was testing Mac OS X 10.5.3, said to pack over 75 bug fixes, including memory leaks in CoreAnimation and iCal. The second developer release, 9D11, comes mere days after the first (9D10). Apple s ... [read more >>] | | 02 April 2008, 07:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Begins Mac OS X 10.5.3 Testing |  | Apple has begun the third maintenance and security update to the Leopard operating system, issuing a "pre-release copy of the software update featuring a focus list spanning some two dozen core components," according to AppleInsider.. Build 9D10 ... [read more >>] | | 31 March 2008, 05:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Moneydance 2008 Makes Better Friends with Leopard |  | Reilly Technologies has recently updated its financial management application for Mac OS X, Moneydance. Version 2008 (Build 606) delivers both improvements and bug fixes, but most notably, it integrates better with ... [read more >>] | | 31 March 2008, 03:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista Ultimate SP1 and Ubuntu Shame the Ultra-Hackable Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard |  | Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 and Ubuntu 7.10 have bested the Apple proprietary platform in terms of security, by shaming the ultra-hackable Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. There is a constant face-off on the operating system market, not only when it comes down to the install base and audience, but also security-wise. While the general perspective is that Windows operating systems deliver no contest to the security offered by Linux and Mac ... [read more >>] | | 28 March 2008, 04:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Issues Security Update 2008-002 1.1 |  | Apple has recently issued an update to the mega security software package rolled out earlier this month. The update is available for Leopard (Security Update 2008-002 1.1 – 51MB) and Leopard Server ( ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2008, 07:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac OS X Turns 7 |  | March 21st marks a memorable day for Macintosh fans and users of Apple's operating system. Mac OS X has just turned seven, but it still has a lot to grow. Why? Mac OS X is a cat, right? The Mac really took off with the release of OS X 10.0, code-named Cheet ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 05:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mega Security Update Released for Tiger and Leopard Users |  | Apple has just issued a new security update for Mac OS X users. The update has been made available for both Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Leopard) users. It addresses vulnerabilities that may lead to arbitrary code execution, or enable a local user to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. It is aimed at around 80 (most of which critical) issues. The must-perf ... [read more >>] | | 19 March 2008, 07:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Quazal Adds Mac OS X as Supported Platform |  | Quazal, a supplier of multiplayer middleware solutions for the entertainment industry and maker of the award-winning Net-Z, Rendez-Vous and Spark! online multiplayer middleware, have recently gone public on their latest move concerning Mac< ... [read more >>] | | 19 February 2008, 05:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac OS X 10.5.2. Out. Update Now! |  | Apple has finally released Mac OS X 10.5.2. Just click on the Apple button and then hit software update, it's currently available for all Mac OS X users to download. It addresses a bunch of commonly known issues with ... [read more >>] | | 12 February 2008, 06:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Slightly Colorblind or Just Having Bad Taste? Use Mondrianum! |  | When I first heard of Kuler, the first thing that popped into mind was my best friend's colorblindness of the red-green type, also known as deuteranopia or deuteranomaly. It's most commonly referred to as Daltonism. The flash web app developed by ... [read more >>] | | 26 January 2008, 06:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple: Leopard Is Faster and Better than Windows Vista |  | Apple has always been up for a little operating system measuring contest... The Cupertino-based company, in fact, not only is not backing up from comparison games, but it is actually inviting and performing them. And while the Mac computers are suggestively portrayed as superior to anything that the PC world has to offer in the Get a Mac video ads, for the sake of good marketing, Apple has not been shy of taking shots at Windows Vista eith ... [read more >>] | | 25 January 2008, 12:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Next Leopard Patch to Pack Almost 100 Fixes |  | Word on the web has it that during last week's Macworld event, Apple released a new seed of Mac OS X 10.5.2. Accompanied by notes containing a quite lengthy list of fixes, seed number 9C16 focuses on areas such as Active Direct ... [read more >>] | | 24 January 2008, 06:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Leopard Users Get BOOM Update – V 1.61 |  | Mac owners that aren't only into working on it, but playing games as well, should know that Factor Software has updated BOOM, an arcade game much like ... [read more >>] | | 23 January 2008, 11:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Is Embracing 64-bit Windows Vista, with Leopard and the New 8-Core Mac Pro |  | Apple is embracing 64-bit Windows Vista. And moreover, the Cupertino-based hardware company is doing it with the new 8-core Mac Pro and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. However, Apple doesn't seem to be too proud about the new found intimate connection with the x86 versions of Vista. Illustrative of this is the fact that support for 64-bit Vista was introduced as quietly as possible, with Apple managing not to breathe a single word on the matte ... [read more >>] | | 22 January 2008, 11:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Think Vista Is Insecure? Have You Looked at Mac OS X Lately? |  | Think that Windows Vista is insecure, just because it's the latest iteration of the Windows line of operating systems and lack of security is taken inherently as a default characteristic? Well, here is your chance to have a look at Mac OS X. At the bottom of this article you will be able to find a video with the effects of the OSX/DNSChanger on Mac OS X, courtesy of F-Security. DNSChanger was initially detected by Intego, at the end o ... [read more >>] | | 21 January 2008, 12:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft's Windows Home Server vs. Apple's Time Capsule |  | At the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced a product that was until then extremely hush-hush, and referred to internally only as Project Q, or Project Quattro.
The brainchild of Charlie Kindel, Microsoft, Product Unit Manager, Quattro grew to become Windows Home Server, a server operating system aimed at home consumers. Windows Home Server is designed to integrat ... [read more >>] | | 16 January 2008, 10:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista in “Thin Air”? Will Aero Fit on Apple's Air? |  | How will Windows Vista Aero play with Apple's MacBook Air? On the first day of the Macworld Conference & Expo 2008 Apple introduced the world's thinnest notebook: MacBook Air. The new ultrathin portable Mac, featuring an elegant approach to industrial design, has managed to stir a consistent volume of reverberations even though it has just been introduced. And of course that one of the questions Apple will do everything to av ... [read more >>] | | 16 January 2008, 09:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Here Is One Aspect Where Microsoft NEEDS to Copy Apple's Leopard with Vista or Windows 7 |  | There has been a consistent traffic of accusation between Microsoft and Apple about how each company manages to find inspiration in its rival's operating systems, in order to come up with similar features, functionality and capabilities. But while such accusations have always been up for dispute for both of the companies, as well as their supporters, the fact of the matter is that there is one aspect where Microsoft needs to desperate ... [read more >>] | | 18 December 2007, 12:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Think XP and Vista Are Security Disasters? Have You Looked at Tiger and Leopard Lately? |  | Do you think that Windows Vista and Windows XP are security disasters? Well, in all fairness, chances are that indeed you would think that. Traditionally, the Windows platform, no matter the actual label of the iterations, has not been associated with a bulletproof operating system. Mac OS X and Linux, on the other hand, come with a natural end user perception of security. But at the same time, and this is a direct result of Apple's i ... [read more >>] | | 18 December 2007, 11:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Apps On Os X |  | Apple’s move to Intel architecture opened up a whole new world of possibilities, and it was not long before software, such as Parallels, VMWare and Boot Camp, came and made lots of those possibilities reality. Now, with Leopard released, new information about how the Mac OS reacts to Windows executable has come to light.
The abundance of speculation has been spurred by two independent reports. The first, a thread on the Wine mailing lab ... [read more >>] | | 03 December 2007, 09:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| No More Threats In The Wild, McAfee Protects Leopard |  | The newly released Mac OS X Leopard is now more secure than anytime before, as the famous security vendor, McAfee, rolled out VirusScan for Mac 8.6, the first technology supposed to protect the latest Apple OS. Even if it is always regarded as the safest alternative for Windows (among with the Linux distributions), Leopard has the chance to block all the spyware/malware/Trojan horses that attempt to install on a system and to ha ... [read more >>] | | 03 December 2007, 04:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista vs. Leopard – a Microsoft Perspective |  | Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X Leopard was the inevitable clash of catalyzed by the operating system measuring contest between Microsoft and Apple. From the position of the undisputed underdog of the operating system market, owning a share of just over 6%, according to statistics from Net Applications, Apple has constantly been comparing OS X with Windows and coming up on top. Released over half a year ahead of Leopard, Vista is now at almost ... [read more >>] | | 30 November 2007, 11:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Reminds Users Of End Of Boot Camp Beta |  | The public beta of Boot Camp is one piece of software that should have been dead a long time ago, but is still alive and kicking. Originally scheduled for termination around the beginning of the year, when Leopard was initially supposed to launch, the end of the Boot Camp beta was pushed back again and again. Now it looks like Apple is getting ready to finally pull the plug.
The Boot Camp party is almost over and Apple is wal ... [read more >>] | | 29 November 2007, 13:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Leopard Ready Intel Software Tools |  | Intel, the world leader semiconductor company, has announced today the upgrade of their software tools for Apple’s latest operating system, the Mac OS X Leopard and the Xcode 3.0 development environment. The tools that have been optimized are the Intel Fortran compiler, the Intel C++ Compiler, the Intel Math Kernel Libraries, the Intel Performance Primitives and the Intel threading Building Blocks.
As Bertrand Serlet, the Apple Senior V ... [read more >>] | | 28 November 2007, 16:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple: Give Up on Windows Vista! |  | You know that old saying... all is fair in operating system measuring contests? Well, enter the unorthodox daddy of all operating system measuring contests... Apple. With Mac OS X in the position of the underdog, along with Linux, in relation to Windows, the Cupertino-based hardware company has a lot to prove. And it's doing it with a novel marketing approach, aiming a consistent degree of irony at its direct rivals. Rivals because it ... [read more >>] | | 22 November 2007, 06:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Tracking Users Activity |  | It is no secret that Apple collects information about its customers. How much information, how often, and most importantly, what it is used for is less than clear however. Users have now discovered that the company is tracking their iPhone details whenever they perform even the most insignificant tasks such as checking the weather or stocks.
Poking around the iPhone widgets revealed that Apple is collecting information from u ... [read more >>] | | 19 November 2007, 11:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard – The Smackdown |  | When it comes down to the face-off between Apple and Microsoft, the two companies are involved in a constant operating system "measuring contest", throwing Windows against Mac OS X. With the availability of both Windows Vista and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, a comparison between the two products was nothing short of inevitable. And just leave it to Apple to offer the Vista – Leopard smack down caught on video, well, actually on its ver ... [read more >>] | | 16 November 2007, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MacBook Pro Leopard Keyboard Problems Surface |  | Various issues with Leopard continue to surface and while some may be relatively small, others are serious problems for those affected. MacBook Pro owners who are considering an upgrade to Leopard should be aware of a potential issue related to the keyboard that can affect its responsiveness.
Reports and details are, as usual, varied however there seems to definitely be a problem with MacBook Pros upgraded to Leopard. Users a ... [read more >>] | | 14 November 2007, 09:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Readies Second Leopard Update Build |  | Apple is moving quickly with its first Leopard patch, the second build of which has already been released to developers for testing. Besides various bug fixes, the company is also making improvements to some of the key system components.
Last week Apple released the first build of the first Leopard patch to its developers for initial testing. Since then the company has moved quickly and the second build of Apple’s first secur ... [read more >>] | | 13 November 2007, 11:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| First Leopard Update Already in Testing |  | Apple has a reputation of being quickly on top of any potential security risks and plugging them before they can actually start posing a threat to users. The company is just as lithe when it comes to bug fixes and improvements and the first update to Leopard is already on its way.
Apple has historically been very quick about the first update after a major OS release. Most of the patches came within weeks, fixing bugs and impr ... [read more >>] | | 08 November 2007, 09:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Leopard Finder Data Loss Bug |  | Leopard is making the headlines again, but this time in a less than positive way. Users have started coming across a bug in the Leopard Finder, which can lead to significant data loss when performing move operations on files and folders.
When moving files or folders around on the same volume, all the operating system does is update the file reference to reflect the new location. This is both simple and instantaneous. However ... [read more >>] | | 06 November 2007, 10:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Takes First Steps Towards OS X Virtualization |  | Leopard has received quite a lot of press, the vast majority of it overwhelmingly positive, but while most people take the new operating system at face value, some of the more interesting tidbits are hidden. Between all the reviews and comparisons with Vista, one can lose track of small things that point to larger ones on the horizon.
Alongside the client version of Leopard, Apple also released the Server version, with just a ... [read more >>] | | 05 November 2007, 08:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac OS X and Linux Left Scrambling for Wow Crumbs in the Windows Vista Dust |  | Microsoft is celebrating a veritable Windows Vista feast, while Mac OS X and Linux are left scrambling for Wow crumbs. While Mac OS X and Linux are traditionally associated with rival products to Windows, on the current operating system market the most relevant face-off is positioning head-to-head Windows Vista and Windows XP. And Vista is slowly winning the battle, dislodging small chunks of audience from under XP's dominance with ea ... [read more >>] | | 02 November 2007, 11:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Leopard Makes Fun of Windows PCs |  | With a new major release of a new operating system, one would think that there is so much new stuff to look at and play with that nobody would obsess over an icon. That is not the case, apparently, as opinions flare over Apple’s representation of Windows PCs in Leopard.
One of the new features in Leopard is easy access to computer on the local network, which show up, conveniently, on the left side of the window. Like with nea ... [read more >>] | | 31 October 2007, 15:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Woz Talks About Leopard and iPhone |  | There are many approaches to solving any problem, and anything can be seen form many points of view. Some might say that this is obvious when looking at Apple and Microsoft, both companies essentially doing the same things, when you get right down to it, but each having very different results depending on exactly how they tackle the challenges ahead of them. While the differences between Apple and Microsoft are huge, one need look further ... [read more >>] | | 31 October 2007, 14:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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