Tag Archives: Mac

As reported yesterday by Computerworld, there are two malware threats for OS X to concern yourself with (temporarily). The first, Tsunami, isn’t much of a threat yet. The other, DevilRobber, may be slowing your Mac down as we speak. Here’s more info on each of them. Tsunami Basically a ported …

Backblaze, an online backup solution for Mac and Windows, has announced a major update that brings enhanced performance. Today I am very excited to announce: Backblaze 2.0 – a performance release that makes the service more unlimited, faster, and even easier to get all your data safely backed up. There …

MacWorld Expo will kick off on January 26, 2012 under a new name: Macworld |iWorld. The name change is being made to reflect the event’s focus beyond the Mac to iOS. Registration for the three-day event began Tuesday.“The brand is evolving from Macworld [Expo] to Macworld|iWorld to illustrate that the …

Buying a new Mac will get you a free copy of iLife for all your existing Macs, notes MacWorld. When you first set up one of the new Macs, you’re prompted for your Apple ID and password. That information is sent to the Mac App Store, which adds licenses for …

Apple is scheduled to report their fiscal 2011 third quarter earnings next Tuesday so analysts are running their spreadsheets like crazy. We know Apple’s retail business grew a whopping 80 percent year-over-year, accounting for one-fifth of all sales growth by publicly traded retailers in the US and making them the …

We’ve been getting word from some international Apple retailers that not only are MacBook Airs, Minis and White MacBooks getting updated tomorrow, but they are also going to see modest-significant price drops in some countries we’ve polled.  While we can’t get into the specifics of where and how much, we …

Apple has sent an email to developers asking them to submit their applications for Mac OS X Lion. OS X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system, will soon be available to millions of Mac users around the world. Submit your Lion apps for review …

The Secret Service is investigating the installation of spy software on Apple Store computers by an artist named Kyle McDonald, according to Mashable. You may have heard about a recent video that is a compilation of recordings of people using Apple Store display Macs. The video, highlighted by Gizmodo, was …

Today, Apple supplied educators and businesses with instructions on how to upgrade to the upcoming OS X Lion release. The document is pasted after the break:

Apple has seeded yet another build of Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to developers, this time with a build number of 10K540. The update has no known issues and Apple is asking developers to focus on AirPort, graphics drivers, Mac App Store, networking, Quicktime, and VPN. Apple will shortly release 10.6.8 as …