Tag : OS X

New Features for Mac OSX 10.7 Lion Revealed at WWDC 2011!

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Today is the day that all Mac fans have been waiting for, for at least a few months now. We have heard rumors of Mac OSX Lion and today we got the full glimpse. Needless to say, Apple seems to out do themselves with every OSX update thus far, and this is no exception. The new Operating System is expected to release in July and will be available to download in the Mac App Store. You can also purchase it for just $29.99 when released. Let’s go over the features.

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Apple Rumored to Launch Mac OSX Lion on Tuesday June 14th

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Apple has publicly announced that they will be revealing Mac OSX Lion tomorrow at WWDC and we also know that they have been internally testing the OS for a few weeks now as well.

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WWDC 2011 Announcements: iCloud, iOS 5 & Mac OS X Lion!

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Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference is about to kick of in just two days i.e June 6th, 2011 at San Francisco. Almost all the details and major announcements have already been leaked ahead of the big event which include Apple’s iCloud service, Mac OS X Lion and supposedly the biggest update to iOS since its launch i.e iOS 5. Apple’s press release has confirmed that the event will start with a keynote from company’s CEO, Steve Jobs at 10:00am.

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Update your Mac’s Malware Definitions Manually

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Hopefully you have all updated your Mac with Apple’s Security Update 2011-003 that was released earlier this week. However, even if you did, you will want to ensure you are getting the latest Malware definitions from Apple so you are protected. You can do that manually using the terminal window.

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Piriform Releases first Beta of CCleaner for Mac today

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Many Windows users are most likely very familiar with the application, CCleaner. As a Windows and Mac user myself, I love this program. But always wondered why it hadn’t made it to the Mac. Well, today is all of your lucky day. CCleaner is available as a beta from Piriform today.

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New Mac Defender Variant Immune to Apples Security Update

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Apple released a security update yesterday to help assist users with the removal and protection from the Mac Defender Malware. However, hackers have already created a new variant of the Malware that the Security Update is not familiar with. The timestamp of the virus is just hours after Apple released their update. However, if you still have your settings to not allow downloaded files to run and are being aware of things you click on and download, then you are still safe.

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Apple Releases Security Update 2011-003 for Mac OSX

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Apple has released Security Update 2011-003 today, to help with the removal and detection of the Mac Defender virus.

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Mac OSX 10.6.8 update brings enhancements to Mac App Store to ready your Mac for Lion

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Apple’s latest Mac OSX Update, 10.6.8, will enhance the Mac App Store to ready your Mac for Lion. Including those updates, it updates VPN, as well as fixes a bug with Preview.

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Mac OSX 10.6.8 build seeded to developers

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The third build of Mac OSX 10.6.8 was seeded to developers earlier today, which could be the final build before Mac OSX 10.7 Lion launches. Apple has been very consistent with their build release, releasing the builds to developers every Thursday or Friday. Apple is still wanting developers to focus on Graphics Drivers, Mac App Store (Will be utilized more with Lion as well), Networking, Airport, Quicktime, and VPN.

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Mac OSX Lion 10.7 ready for release?

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Reports are now stating that Mac OSX Lion has been released for Internal Testing at Apple. With this release for testing, it means that the public release is near, and with WWDC in 2 weeks, we could see a release very soon.

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