Prep Your Mac for Snow Leopard
An operating system update like this Friday&’s release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard is a perfect time to clean up your computer and start fresh. Let’s prepare your Mac for this weekend’s 10.6 upgrade. More: continued here
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All about Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard ships on Friday, but we can talk about the weeks we’ve spent with Snow Leopard now. In this episode of the Macworld Podcast, Chris Breen talks about Mac OS X 10.6 with a star-studded panel of Macworld editors. More: continued here
5M copies of Snow Leopard? Will you upgrade?
Analyst Gene Munster thinks Apple will sell 5 million copies of Mac OS X 10.6 before fiscal 4Q ends at the end of September, but we think he’s being too conservative. More: continued here
Apple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28
Apple today announced that Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange. Snow Leopard will be available as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users for $29.
Mac OS X 10.5.8 Update
The 10.5.8 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5.7 and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac. More: continued here
Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update
The 10.5.8 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5 to 10.5.7, and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac. More: continued here
Safari 3.1, Mac OS X 10.5.2: Bookmark-syncing issues with iPhone, iPod touch, MobileMe
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Mac OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart Updated
Boing Boing Gadgets’ fantastic ease-of-netbook-Hackintoshing chart just got updated with three new models (all pretty promising) and a smattering of changes throughout. If you’re thinking about… More: continued here
Mac OS X gets rootkit coding manual
Over the past decade, the world has seen advances in rootkits running on Windows and Unix operating systems that few would have thought possible. Now, it’s Mac OS X’s turn, as a security researcher plans to share a variety of techniques for developing the ultra-stealthy programs for the Apple platform. More: continued here
Kace to boost Mac features in systems management appliances
The company plans to introduce changes to its family of Kbox appliances this summer that will let IT administrators manage Windows and Mac OS X machines from a single interface on a single appliance. More: continued here
Hands on with Plex, an alternative to Apple’s Front Row
Plex is a media center for Mac OS X that’s capable of cataloguing and playing back every major video format out there, and it works admirably with the Apple Remote to boot. More: continued here
Apple exploring motion-tracking Mac OS X user interface
Patent filings from Apple continue to explore concepts for new interface designs and techniques that may or may not make turn up in future versions of Mac OS X, such as a new filing that outlines a motion-tracking interface in which body movements alone can be used to select windows and manipulate objects on the…
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Critical Java security hole affecting Tiger, Leopard [Apple]
Apple on Monday finally got around to patching a widely-publicized security flaw in the version of Java shipping with Mac OS X, which could leave a Mac open to attack while browsing the web. More: continued here
Snow Leopard gets a September ship date
The next version of Mac OS X will arrive in September, with a $29 price tag for users upgrading from OS X 10.5. But when OS X 10.6 does arrive, it will only run on Intel-based machines. More: continued here
Apple releases Safari 4 for Mac, Windows
First released as a public beta in February, a finished version of Safari 4 is now available. The updated browser will also be part of the Snow Leopard update to Mac OS X in September. More: continued here