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A new version of its TeamViewer for Mac is out. The update allows TeamViewer to start upon system boot, allowing users to control unattended Mac OS X computers from an array of devices.TeamViewer 6.0 has a new user-friendly interface, enhanced security options, and offers fresh connection possibilities for online pre... |
10 October 2011
12:01 GMT |
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Citing reliable connections, a Japanese source that has been previously accurate in dishing out Apple rumors is now reporting that Mac OS X 10.7.2 will arrive ahead of the iCloud launch, as well as before iOS 5.Suggesting that the second incremental update to Lion may arrive as early as tomorrow, Japanese blog Macota... |
9 October 2011
07:51 GMT |
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After disappointing the tech media with the lack of an iPhone 5 announcement, Apple this week rolled out the golden master (GM) builds of Mac OS X 10.7.2 Lion and iOS 5, the latest version of the company’s mobile operating system. Set to arrive on or around October 12 to deliver iCloud support, the latest Lion... |
5 October 2011
07:46 GMT |
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Apple has seeded developers a new OS X 10.7.2 beta addressing issues with Find My Mac and Lion recovery. Alongside the new Lion build, Apple rolled out iTunes 10.5 beta 9 with improvements to Match.
Released this weekend through the Apple Dev Center, Mac OS X 10.7.2 Build 11C71 weighs in at 840 megabytes as a comb... |
3 October 2011
02:49 GMT |
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Apple has won an injunction against Mac cloner Psystar following a three year long trial that ended with Apple being granted the right to continue to restrict its operating system to Macintosh computers.In late 2009, US District Judge William Alsup ruled that by distributing Mac OS X with its machines, Psystar violat... |
30 September 2011
03:07 GMT |
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iTwin has announced earlier today that its cloud-based filesharing USB dongle has received official support for the Mac OS X operating system, enabling owners of such devices to effortlessly share files between their PC and Mac computer.Support for the Apple operating system has been available for quite some time now... |
20 September 2011
09:14 GMT |
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Developers enrolled with Apple are being notified that a new beta of OS X Lion is now available for download with new focus areas and no known issues.People familiar with the Lion development cycle have been handed Mac OS X 10.7.2 Build 11C57 this week. The build is obtainable from Apple's Mac Dev center.Weighin... |
17 September 2011
13:51 GMT |
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iCloud is now officially an integrated component in Mac OS X, with Apple handing developers a new beta of the incremental 10.7.2 Lion update on Sunday.
Labeled build 11C55, the latest Mac OS X 10.7.2 beta reportedly asks the code savvy types registered with Apple’s developer program to focus their testing sk... |
12 September 2011
02:29 GMT |
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Mac users stuck on Snow Leopard may be glad to learn that Apple is not leaving them behind with iCloud, the upcoming suite of Internet services set to replace MobileMe.
There is new evidence that Apple will add iCloud support to the predecessor of OS X Lion. It seems that Snow Leopard users will get iCloud support... |
30 August 2011
02:32 GMT |
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Those enrolled with Apple’s developer program have been informed that a third beta of OS X 10.7.2 is available for download alongside iCloud for OS X Lion Beta 9 and iPhoto 9.2 Beta 3.Immediately obtainable from Apple’s Mac Dev Center, OS X Lion Update 10.7.2 Build 11C43 asks developers to focus their tes... |
27 August 2011
14:11 GMT |
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Apple this week released Mac OS X 10.7.1, an incremental software update to its latest operating system, Lion. The release delivers a number of specific fixes and enhancements for MacBook Air laptops and Mac mini desktop computers.Apple’s Mac OS X 10.7.1 does well to address general operating system issues for ... |
17 August 2011
07:16 GMT |
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Apple has rolled out an incremental update for users of Mac OS X 10.7 addressing general operating system issues enhancing the stability and compatibility of Macs running Lion.According to a number of technical notes posted on Apple Support/Downloads, “The 10.7.1 update is recommended for all users running OS X... |
17 August 2011
03:05 GMT |
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It looks like Windows 8 won’t have much of a competition from rival operating systems, both traditional and emerging OSes, since the Windows platform is expected to continue its dominance through this year, and most probably the next few years as well. Gartner is forecasting that Microsoft will sell approximat... |
9 August 2011
12:51 GMT |
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Apple hit a snag recently when its OS X Lion ended up injuring the hard disk drives of some customers, so the Cupertino-based company decided to make amends by shipping some complimentary flash drive units over to those affected.
Software updates are usually a cause to rejoice, but that is not the reaction that t... |
5 August 2011
09:03 GMT |
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Security researchers from F-Secure have identified a new Mac OS X click fraud trojan which hijacks Google searches by inserting a rogue DNS entry into the hosts file.The trojan comes hidden as a Fake Player installer so it is probably distributed as part of a social engineering attack that asks users to update Flash ... |
1 August 2011
10:26 GMT |
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OS X Lion, the successor of Mac OS X version 10.6 dubbed Snow Leopard, might be released as soon as next week, and Apple is already readying its retail locations for the landing, recent reports suggest.The company is having its retail stores ready for the release of the new OS version, which was confirmed last month... |
8 July 2011
04:38 GMT |
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The Golden Master build of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that was seeded to developers last week has been leaked on at least one popular torrent site where it can be downloaded for free as a pirated work.Needless to mention, we only report on these leaks solely for informational purposees. Just to be clear on this aspect, Softp... |
4 July 2011
05:24 GMT |
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A report citing two separate sources, both connected to Apple in different capacities, claims to have learned the official OS X Lion release date. On the same day, Apple will also be launching new MacBook Air computers, these people added.
Cupertino has already confirmed July as the timeframe during which OS X Lio... |
30 June 2011
02:59 GMT |
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Apple has released security updates for the Java packages in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 in order to address critical security vulnerabilities patched by Oracle earlier this month.Oracle released Java SE 1.6.0_26 for Windows, Linux and Solaris on June 7, fixing a total of seventeen vulnerabilities, nine of which carried a... |
29 June 2011
06:57 GMT |
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Apple has released a new version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard which fixes a flurry of critical vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution.The new Mac OS X 10.6.8 contains 28 patches for vulnerabilities in both native and third-party components. For example, the included MySQL package has been updated to ... |
25 June 2011
01:55 GMT |
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Apple has seeded a new Snow Leopard build to those enrolled with the company’s developer program. Focus areas for this beta include the Mac App Store, AirPort, Graphics Drivers, Networking, QuickTime and VPN.The eighth incremental update for Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.8 is expected to drop in its final form mo... |
14 June 2011
03:51 GMT |
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Mac OS X 10.7 Lion testers have confirmed that Developer Preview 4 adds a cool new feature that allows users to ‘Restart to Safari,’ effectively turning any Lion machine into an Internet kiosk.Reminiscent of Google’s Chrome OS, the new boot-mode in Lion allows a user to start the computer and use th... |
13 June 2011
03:55 GMT |
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Those planning to upgrade to Lion next month should make sure they pack everything they need, both hardware and software-wise.
According to Apple, in order to install Mac OS X 10.7, you will need: a Mac equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor; 2GB of RAM; Mac OS X 10.6.6 or ... |
8 June 2011
07:48 GMT |
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The last unveiling of a more polished OS X Lion featured plenty of aesthetic changes, including an all new wallpaper that has been leaked and made available for free download to anyone looking to give their Mac a little Lion feeling.It didn’t take long for the ‘respected’ Apple developer community t... |
7 June 2011
13:21 GMT |
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As promised, Apple used WWDC 2011 to showcase the final version of OS X Lion, the company’s latest version of the Mac operating system, confirming availability in July with an attractive upgrade price. Mac OS X Lion is the eighth major release of what Apple calls “the world’s most advanced operatin... |
7 June 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Apple has released a security update for Mac OS X 10.6 which removes and blocks the recent scareware programs that have plagued its customers.Known as Security Update 2011-003, it updates the platform's XProtect component with definitions for the known fake antivirus variants, including Mac Defender, Mac Guard a... |
1 June 2011
05:25 GMT |
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Scareware pushers have started using Facebook to spam out links that lead users to pages distributing fake Mac OS X antivirus software.The scammers hope to exploit people's interest into the recent news that IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces rape charges in New York.Rogue messages posted from compromised ac... |
31 May 2011
13:42 GMT |
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Apple has reportedly commenced internal testing of Mac OS X 10.7 which indicates WWDC 2011 will be the time and place to make the software available to the general population.
Sources close to TUAW are signaling that OS X Lion has been in internal testing since last week. If everything goes according to plan, the ... |
27 May 2011
04:47 GMT |
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A new crimeware toolkit designed to create Mac OS X trojans is being advertised on several private underground forums according to security researchers from Danish IT security firm CSIS Security Group.Crimeware toolkits allow users to build custom versions of trojans tailored for their own needs, complete with the co... |
4 May 2011
05:39 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that scareware pushers have begun targeting Mac users and two fake antivirus applications designed for Apple's operating system have already been spotted in the wild.According to malware analysts from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab, the two rogue programs, called "Best Mac Antivirus" an... |
3 May 2011
09:01 GMT |
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Apple has released security updates for its Mac OS X and iOS operating systems in order to block rogue digital certificates issued by Comodo over a month ago.The new Security Update 2011-002 available for Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Mac OS X v10.6.7, and Mac OS X Server v10.6.7, only updates the hard-c... |
15 April 2011
09:38 GMT |
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Launchpad, one of the few Lion additions confirmed by Apple at the October 2010 ‘Back to the Mac’ event, is the focus of today’s ‘OS X Lion Features’ article on Softpedia.
With OS X Lion, Apple is taking its best thinking from the iPad and bringing it all to the Mac, the company said.... |
28 March 2011
07:25 GMT |
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Mac OS X, the operating system powering Apple desktop and laptop computers, is officially 10 years old today. Although originally launched as Mac OS X Server 1.0 sometime in 1999, the desktop-oriented version, or Client version (as Apple calls it) of Mac OS X was only released in 2001, on March 24 - precisely 10 yea... |
24 March 2011
04:34 GMT |
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Client and Server versions of Apple’s newest incremental update for the Snow Leopard operating system are now officially available for download from the company’s servers.Tested by Apple developers internally for over two months straight, Mac OS X 10.6.7 is finally available to the masses, with general op... |
22 March 2011
03:42 GMT |
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Apple's Safari browser lasted only five seconds against hackers at the Pwn2Own 2011 contest, who compromised it using a fully transparent drive-by download attack.The 5th annual Pwn2Own competition which places hackers against browsers and mobile devices kicked off yesterday at the CanSecWest security conference... |
10 March 2011
02:55 GMT |
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Apple has released Java security updates for Mac OS X v10.6.6 and Mac OS X v10.5.8 in order to address multiple vulnerabilities that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.The new updates patch vulnerabilities in Java 1.6.0_22 and Java 1.5.0_26 by updating the runtime's version to 1.6.0_24 or 1.5.0_28, res... |
9 March 2011
08:58 GMT |
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Last week, Microsoft started to roll-out the first software software update for handsets running under its new Windows Phone 7 operating system, and various issues with some handsets emerged. The company announced this week that those problems were solved, but it seems that the update is not issues-free, the latest ... |
4 March 2011
10:50 GMT |
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Those with access to the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview have been eager to share the seed notes with the world, with the documentation being available on multiple tech-blogs and web sites. According to these posts, which seem to include the full-length release notes, there is still a large number of issues and... |
25 February 2011
04:13 GMT |
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Released as a 1008.8MB combo update and a 434.4MB delta update, Mac OS X 10.6.7 build 10J858 is now available for download to select Apple developers who are now being told to focus their testing efforts on the Safari web browser. Finally delivering an updated set of focus areas with no known issues listed in the se... |
18 February 2011
04:45 GMT |
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Bjango has released iStat Menus 3.16, an update to its flagship system monitoring utility for Mac OS X. Version 3.16 adds an extra GPU memory usage to CPU dropdown, support for IPv6 addresses in network extra, and new language support, to name some of the key enhancements.iStat Menus is a useful application that help... |
17 February 2011
04:25 GMT |
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Apple developers have received a new beta of Mac OS X 10.6.7, the seventh scheduled maintenance update for the Snow Leopard operating system.Labeled Build 10J850, the new build comes a week after the previous build was handed to developers and weighs in at 377 MB.Those familiar with the software say that Apple has no... |
2 February 2011
06:09 GMT |
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Although not necessarily related to CES 2011, Mad Catz, a very well-known manufacturer of all sorts of accessories designed specifically for gaming purposes, has just announced the release of three brand-new USB external video cards for Mac OS X and Windows -based systems in the company's TRITTON SEE2 series.
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10 January 2011
01:25 GMT |
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As promised, Apple today rolled out the Mac App Store, a one-stop shop where over 1,000 paid and free applications can be downloaded immediately. To have the service installed on their Macs, customers must download Mac OS X 10.6.6, Apple said.The sixth incremental software release for Apple’s Snow Leopard opera... |
6 January 2011
10:00 GMT |
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It is known that Mac OS X 10.6.6, the sixth incremental software update to Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system, delivers compatibility elements and support for the January 6 debut of the Mac App Store. Recent findings indicate that Apple’s Mac App Store won’t only be a new application that users a... |
24 December 2010
06:37 GMT |
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Apple has confirmed via email that January 6 will mark the end of Mac OS X Downloads on Apple.com. The decision marks the switch to Apple’s forthcoming Mac App Store, which will be the central place for downloading and updating Apple-approved, third-party Macintosh programs.
Apple promises that the Mac App S... |
21 December 2010
03:56 GMT |
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Apple has released new drivers of three popular printer models for users of a Macintosh computer running Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). The updates are free to download from Apple’s Support web site, via the Mac OS X built-in Software Update mechanism, or from Softpedia.
Apple’s Support / Downloads area... |
15 December 2010
03:24 GMT |
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Apple has reportedly seeded the second Mac OS X 10.6.6 test build to its developer community whose members claim to have spotted a “Golden Master” listing. The update arrives four weeks after the initial 10.6.6 seed, when Apple hadn’t even rolled out the public version of Mac OS X 10.6.5 - the curre... |
3 December 2010
03:01 GMT |
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The hacked Microsoft Kinect saga seems to be growing with each passing day, with more and more people from all over the world bringing all sorts of interesting new additions to this “story” in the form of various applications that enhance its original functionality, the latest we've come providing a ... |
23 November 2010
10:48 GMT |
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Apple briefly pulled the Mac OS X 10.6.5 Server update yesterday to reportedly patch a memory aliasing issue in Dovecot's handling of user names. Other flaws have also been discovered, reports indicate, although it is unclear whether version 1.1 of the system update does anything to address these as well.Apple n... |
16 November 2010
02:52 GMT |
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As you've been able to see up until now, the topic of the Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360 motion controller being hacked only a couple of days after its official market release has been a pretty hot one, not necessarily for its current practical applications, but mostly due to the fact that it opens up a wh... |
12 November 2010
10:32 GMT |
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