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Cocktail 4.6 (Snow Leopard Edition) Released

On Tuesday, shareware developer Maintain released version 4.6 of Cocktail (Snow Leopard Edition), Cocktail, the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 2.0 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Added ability to clear data detectors caches. – Added ability to clear QuickLook […]

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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5.5 Update

Early Thursday, Mozilla.org released version 3.5.5 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 17.7 megabyte download, sports the following fixes and changes: – Version 3.5.5 fixes three stability bugs. Firefox 3.5.5 is available in more than 70 different languages and requires a G3, G4, G5 or Intel-based Mac, Mac OS X 10.4 or […]

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Apple Seeds Latest 10.6.2 Build, Includes Bug Fixes for Fusion 3.0, iMacs, Retains Atom Support

Apple has released the most recent build of its upcoming Mac OS X 10.6.2 operating system update. Per AppleInsider, sources familiar with the build, titled 10C540 have said that it contains fixes for AirPort performance issues on the newly released iMacs and also resolves a problem which arose when plugging and unplugging a system to […]

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Adium Updated to 1.3.8

Adium, the open source instant message chat client with support for multiple programs (including AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo! Google Talk, Bonjour, etc.) has been updated to version 1.3.8. The new version, a 21.4 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Updated pidgin-facebook chat, fixing login. – Corrected the Events preferences […]

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Some MacBook, MacBook Pro Users Report Overheating Under Snow Leopard

A number of MacBook and MacBook Pro users are reporting that their systems running inordinately hot after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, causing their fans to work exceptionally loud. According to CNET, users in this thread on the Apple Support Discussions forums focus the issue primarily on MacBook Pros, though some scattered […]