Posted on 06 November 2012. Tags: 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, apple, beta, development, Lion, Mountain Lion, OS X, Snow Leopard
There have been several reports of tech related sites discovering visitors using OS X 10.9 in their analytics reports. While we haven’t seen it show up in our reports, 9to5mac, AppleInsider, CultofMac and others have. We know this can easily be faked but it’s hard to rule out the fact that Apple may be in [...]
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Posted on 09 July 2012. Tags: 3.2.6, Apple Software Installer Update, fix, Install Failed, iOS 4.3, Mac, OS X, Snow Leopard, solution, XCode, XCode 3, XCode 3.2.6
I ran into an issue a few weeks ago where I could not get XCode 3.2.6 with iOS 4.3 to install on my OS X Snow Leopard machine. After frustration and research I finally found the solution. I had an error saying “XCode Install Failed” (can’t remember exact message) To fix this, try the following [...]
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Posted on 08 May 2012. Tags: apple, Lion, Mac, Mac OS, malware, Mountain Lion, security, security issues, security update, Snow Leopard, support, updates
If Apple follows its policy of a two year cycle for security updates, many Snow Leopard users may face security issues as it hits the two year mark. Apple has operated under this policy for many years, but with Snow Leopard having such a broad user base they may reconsider and support three operating systems. [...]
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Posted on 25 April 2012. Tags: account, Cydia, dmg, Download, Hack Store, HackStore, iOS, iOS Apps, Mac, Mac App, Mac App Store, Mac OS, piracy
HackStore for the Mac has been dubbed as “the epitome of Cydia for iOS, but on a Mac OS”. The motto is “No piracy apps here, forever and ever”. The HackStore app will be a central hub of applications and tweaks for Mac OS that are not in the Mac AppStore for whatever reason. Almost [...]
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Posted on 20 April 2012. Tags: 10.7, apple, dropbox, iCloud, iDisk, Lion, MobileMe, OS X, Snow Leopard, upgrade
If you use Apple’s MobileMe service, you may soon get an email offering you a free copy of Snow Leopard in an effort to push you to iCloud. Since iCloud requires you to be on OS X 10.7 Lion and you can only upgrade to Lion from Snow Leopard, Apple is trying to lessen the [...]
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Posted on 16 April 2012. Tags: apple, backdoor, bot, clickjacking, computers, downloader, Flashback, Kaspersky, Mac, malware, trojan, trojans, virus, viruses
We’ve all heard of the “Flashback” trojan that infected more than 650,000 Mac computers, but now there’s another threat for Mac users. Kaspersky Lab has said a Trojan called SabPub (or Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a) is spreading by Java and infects computers when email messages with unknown links direct usersĀ to malware. The Flashback Trojan is a downloader [...]
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Posted on 03 April 2012. Tags: apple, iMac, Mac, Mac OS, Macbook, OS, patent, patents, Siri
Siri has been the most talked about feature from Apple since they released the iPhone 4S and it may not be exclusive to the phone for long. A new patent filed by Apple shows that you could soon be using Siri from your iPhone to control your iMac or MacBook in upcoming versions. Considering how [...]
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Posted on 17 February 2012. Tags: AIM, Download, Download Messages, Download Messages app, Download Messages application, Download Messages for OS X, Facetime, Google, iChat, iMessage, instant messaging, iOS 5, iOS 5 iMessage, iOS iMessage, iPad, iPhone, ipod, Mac, Messages, Messages app, Messages application, Messages for OS X, Messages for OS X Lion, OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion, Yahoo
iChat has been the well known built-in chat application for OS X Lion and previous versions. It has been a versatile application and works with many services such as Yahoo, AIM, and other instant messaging services. It seems that iChat’s reign is coming to an end as Apple has released a beta version of the [...]
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Posted on 17 February 2012. Tags: 10.8, apple, Mac, Macbook, Mountain Lion, Mountain Lion 10.8, Mountain Lion Supported, Mountain Lion System Requirements, OS X, OS X Mountain Lion, System Requirement, System Requirements
Yesterday, Apple introduced their more unified operating system, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8). This is just seven months after the latest OS X Lion (10.7) was released. OS X Mountain Lion is expected to have more iOS features integrated along with many others. If you are a registered developer with Apple, you can download a [...]
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