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Apple seeds third Mac OS X 10.7.5 beta to developer community

The nice thing about betas, it means they’re a bit closer to getting somewhere. Per MacNN, Apple is seeding a third developer beta of OS X 10.7.5 to developers. The code is listed as build 11G36, and as before, has no known issues. Apple is also holding steady on testing focus, asking developers to look […]

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Ars Technica testing shows evidence of lowered battery life under Mountain Lion for some MacBook Pro users

Well, patches and updates DO tend to exist for a reason… Per Ars Technica and a test conducted by the web site, there may be evidence that Apple’s new operating system is draining batteries significantly faster than the previous OS X Lion, as the publication’s test unit lost some 38 percent of runtime after having […]

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Carbon Copy Cloner updated to 3.5.1

On Saturday, Carbon Copy Cloner, the shareware favorite for drive cloning operations by Mike Bombich, reached version 3.5.1. The new version, an 8.6 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Fixed an issue in which CCC was unable to save scheduled tasks after being updated. – Resolved a permissions issue related to accessing […]

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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7.5 build, iCloud Control Panel beta to developer community

You can’t knock the development cycle. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Monday seeded new builds of OS X Lion, Lion Server and the Windows-only iCloud Control Panel beta to developers with no known issues. In the new builds, noted as 11G30 for both OS X Lion and Lion Server, Apple is asking developers to focus on […]

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Mozilla releases Firefox 14.0.1 update

On Monday, Mozilla.org released version 14.0.1 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 30.7 megabyte download and adds the following fixes and changes: New: – Google searches now utilize HTTPS. – Full screen support for Mac OS X Lion implemented. – Plugins can now be configured to only load on click (requires an […]