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[21 Mar 2013 | No Comment | 853 views]

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow — someplace else! Rather than contemplate the swirling fakes, let’s focus on today’s Mac update report, which brings to mind another iteration of the recent Skype release, as well as 150 …

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[19 Mar 2013 | No Comment | 514 views]

Grab that duck by the scruff of the neck and put ‘im where ‘e goes. Along with the bushels of Spring snow, we have buckets of blood and Mac updates, including tweaks from Adium, PopChar X and Mac media center …

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[19 Mar 2013 | 2 Comments | 1,115 views]

Snow Leopard fans, Apple still cares if only for just this little while. While the company hasn’t said what improvements they built into Safari 5.1.8. Mac experts have weighed in with the educated opinions on what’s new — security fixes.
When …

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[18 Mar 2013 | No Comment | 556 views]

Funky old printer that still works, but can’t find a driver? Chances are CUPS, a.k.a. the Common Unix Printing System, prolly has you covered. Rounding out today’s Mac update report are tweaks for QuarkXpress and the ever popular Adobe Drive.

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[15 Mar 2013 | One Comment | 1,440 views]

Apple just pushed out a beefy OS X update, so third-party Mac updates will soon be flowing freely. That said, if you just updated to OS X 10.8.3 and your Mac’s running a bit slow, there’s a very good chance …

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[15 Mar 2013 | 2 Comments | 730 views]

Whereas Apple’s almost certainly done with updating either OS X Snow Leopard or OS X Lion, the company continues to deliver regular Mac security updates for legacy operating systems. With the release of OS X 10.8.3, Apple has delivered security …

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[15 Mar 2013 | 5 Comments | 2,205 views]

As of this writing Safari 6.0.3 isn’t available as a separate download, though one expects it will eventually be released for Lion*, as well. In the here and now, Apple has delivered this interim browser update with the latest Mountain …

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[15 Mar 2013 | 2 Comments | 3,299 views]

A beta worthy of Google. Mac OS X 10.8.3 has been in beta, at least 13 developer releases, since November. And, what do we get for all that waiting? A lot of little patches and tweaks. In addition to a …

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[14 Mar 2013 | No Comment | 961 views]

Tick-tock. Whereas many predicted Microsoft’s acquisition would wreck the world’s most-popular VOIP app, such as it is, things have turned out very differently. Redmond’s Messenger platform is dead and Skype for Mac keeps getting updated and improved.
Skype for Mac 6.3 …

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[13 Mar 2013 | No Comment | 582 views]

Wow, what a day for Mac updates! If you do productivity, then you need to know about the patches from Evernote, Dropbox and Microsoft. Meanwhile, Adobe has a Flash Player catch-me-up and, if you want better Mac audio, you need …