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[24 May 2013 | No Comment | 261 views]

This Friday edition of the Mac Update report brings you news of an unscheduled Flash Player update that has no security content, wow! And, Evernote hit with not one, but three updates while Twitter is just all over the place. …

Mac, Software »

[24 May 2013 | No Comment | 217 views]

Tick-tock, the mouse hot footed it up the clock to tell his rodent kin that there are fresh Apple updates for OS X and Windows users, too. For the fairer platform faithful, there are fresh FujiXerox drivers and Apple’s latest …

Mac, Software »

[23 May 2013 | No Comment | 284 views]

Old software and old Macs make for a volatile mix. Fundamentally, if Apple, Skype, Adobe, Facebook and a whole bunch of other developers would just leave well enough, that old PPC Mac running OS X 10.4 would be useful forever. …

Deals, Mac, Software »

[22 May 2013 | No Comment | 281 views]

The Fairer Platform Mac update report, which knows how to leave Phototshop behind (Flying Meat!), is an oft daily look at the latest Mac app and software updates from Apple and third-party developers – lock lips with the garden hose.

Mac, Music, movies, TV, Software »

[18 May 2013 | 2 Comments | 1,374 views]

Handbrake has good and, well, irritating news for Mac users. Yes, fans of the fairer platform gain improved Retina display support, a refreshed user interface (above) and other improvements. However, even newer high-end features — OpenCL 1.2 and Intel Quick …

iTunes, Mac, Software »

[17 May 2013 | No Comment | 1,007 views]

After years of stagnation, Apple’s ubiquitous desktop media app is once again a moving target. With the release of iTunes 11.0.3, users have gained a number of widely welcomed new features, including an improved MiniPlayer which once again offers a …

Mac, Software »

[16 May 2013 | No Comment | 451 views]

Whip out your iPhone and make a GPS waypoint for Apple’s six-year-old OS X 10.5 Leopard — Skype support ends here. For the rest of us with newer Macs running newer versions of OS X, Skype for Mac has infinite …

Mac, Software »

[16 May 2013 | No Comment | 285 views]

Wednesday is the new Tuesday. Registered Apple developers have gotten used to receiving fresh interim Mountain Lion update betas on Tuesday evening. This week’s “no known issues” and focus on “Wi-Fi, Graphics Drivers and Safari” excitement arrived a day later …

Mac, Software »

[15 May 2013 | No Comment | 728 views]

The Fairer Platform Mac update report, now with more iMovie 9.0.9, is a often daily look at the latest Mac app and software updates from Apple and third-party developers – lock lips with the garden hose.
• iMovie 9.0.9 (download)
— Addresses …

Mac, Software »

[14 May 2013 | No Comment | 271 views]

Are you ready for the “endless potential” of Mozilla’s new Social API? Social network, e-mail, finance, music, cloud possibilities, services, to-do lists, sports, news and other applications integrated into Firefox 21. Wowsers (maybe, kind of) and there’s a slightly updated …