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OS X malware on the rise, tips posted as to how to remove it

This is worth a gander. A recent piece on How-To Geek points out the dramatic rise in malware for Mac OS X, the article highlighting a spike in spyware, adware and overall malware that comes with clicking the wrong items during an installation. Once installed, the adware injects itself directly into your browser, analyzing your […]

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Review: TotalFinder still bests Mavericks improvements

One constant in the universe has been complaints from OS X users about how little the Finder has advanced over the years. If you compare the Finder of OS 9 to that of Mountain Lion (10.8), there really aren’t any groundbreaking changes. A few Finder “replacements” have attempted to rectify this, but they are separate […]

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Mozilla releases Firefox 18.0 update

You can’t knock a solid update. On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released version 18.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 38.4 megabyte download and adds the following fixes and changes: New: – Faster JavaScript performance via IonMonkey compiler. – Support for Retina Display on OS X 10.7 and up. – Preliminary support for WebRTC. […]

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Apple extends warranty for 2009 iMac, cites known hard drive issue

There’s nothing like a quiet warranty extension to put your mind at ease. Per MacRumors, Apple on Friday quietly extended its iMac 1TB Seagate Hard Drive Replacement Program coverage back two years to include models sold from October 2009, effectively adding almost two years to the initiative which previously included machines sold between May and […]

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Apple extends MobileMe users’ complimentary 20GB of online storage space deadline to September 30th

You can’t knock both a deadline extension as well as additional storage space. Per Mac Otakara, Apple has extended the additional 20 gigabytes of MobileMe storage from its original June 30 expiration to Sept. 30. A Frequently Asked Questions page on Apple’s website was recently updated to reflect the extension. “MobileMe members with 20GB of […]