June 26, 2012 in Mac OS X
Protect your online privacy
You could be unknowingly giving third parties access to your personal information, browsing history and surfing habits.
Data can be stored on your computer without you even knowing in a multitude of different formats and different places, such as Cookies, Flash Cookies, Silverlight Isolated Storage, Databases and local Storage, browser caches, and your browsing history.
June 26, 2012 in Mac OS X
Speedy is a powerful utility that brings you the power to quickly launch everything you need for your everyday work such as documents, folders, apps, and sites. Speedy also gives you some unparalleled tools to improve your work such as multiple text Clipboard capability, workflows handling and keyboard shortcuts creation.
June 12, 2012 in Apple, Fix, Mac OS X, Mac Users, Troubleshooting, Updates, Warning
It’s all over the blogs today: Apple screwed up bigtime with the software update for Macs with Thunderbolt ports. Many, if not most, people who apply this update find that their Mac crashes on startup, either into a kernel panic, or just stops at the grey screen.
April 7, 2012 in Apple, Apple Software, Mac OS X, Mac Users, Troubleshooting, Updates, Warning
I should have been more on top of this, but there have been a lot of updates for 10.6 and 10.7 users. Most important are the Java and the Security updates. There have been stories all over the Web and the semi-conscious media about that Horrible New Mac Exploit. Well, the exploit is real, but Apple is on top of it. Just go to Software Update and run it and you will be protected. No need for a commercial anti-malware program. On the other hand, that exploit was around for quite a while before Apple released the patch. If you want to doubly protect yourself, I have always recommended the open-source and free Clam XAV. Easily located through Google and easy to install.
March 12, 2012 in Apple, Apple Software, Mac OS X, Troubleshooting, Updates, Warning
iPhoto and iTunes
Apple just released an update to iPhoto, version 9.2.2. They also released iTunes 10.6. It looks like you should avoid them, based on reports from the Mac blogs. iTunes 10.6 is mainly to support HD movies from the iTunes Store, as well as the new iPad. These updates are available for both Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and Lion 10.7.3.
February 29, 2012 in Mac OS X
This post is based on an article at PCWorld that explains some features in Mac OS X Lion that most of us don’t use and perhaps don’t even know about.
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