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Apple releases Network Time Protocol security patch

It’s not a huge patch, but it could make a difference. Per Mac|Life, Apple released a small Network Time Protocol security patch on Friday. The patch, a 1.4 megabyte download, addresses what the company terms as a new “critical security issue”. Fascinatingly enough, the vulnerability itself was discovered by the Google Security Team back on […]

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Apple seeds second OS X 10.10.2 Yosemite beta, asks developers to focus on Wi-Fi issues

If you’re still having Wi-Fi issues with Yosemite, there may be some hope on the way. Per MacRumors, Apple on Thursday seeded the second beta of OS X 10.10.2 Yosemite to developers, two weeks after seeing the first 10.10.2 beta and two and a half weeks after releasing OS X 10.10.1 to the public. The […]

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Yosemite easter egg: mountain tree spirits

Color me skeptical, but this one came to my attention and was too cool not to share. A PowerPage reader sent along what he believes to be an easter egg hidden in plain sight in one of Mac OS 10.10 (Yosemite’s) default desktop pictures, a.k.a. “wallpaper.” If you’re running Yosemite, open System Preferences > Desktop […]

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Apple quietly updates iWork for iCloud, adds 50 new font types, support for new languages, other changes

It wasn’t the biggest update in the universe, but it might prove helpful. According to MacRumors and German blog Macerkopf, Apple on Friday updated iWork for iCloud with support for up to eight new languages and more than 50 new fonts. The changes were added to the cloud-based versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote.

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Some users continue to report Wi-Fi-related issues after OS X 10.10.1 update

From my own end, the OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite update worked and I haven’t had any issues to kvetch about. This doesn’t seem to be the same case for everyone. Per 9to5Mac, Computerworld and complaints registered on the Apple Support Communities, yesterday’s dot-release of OS X 10.10.1 has seemingly failed to address the Wi-Fi problems […]