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Apple releases iMac EFI Firmware Update 2.1 for late-2013 iMacs

Never doubt a firmware update. On Wednesday, Apple released version iMac EFI Firmware Update 2.1 for its just-released late 2013 iMacs. The update, an 8.7 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – This update addresses an issue which may cause a black screen to appear when installing Windows 7 or Windows 8 using […]

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Researcher draws attention to long-standing security vulnerability in OS X operating systems

After five months, it might be time to fix this sucker… Per mitre.org and Ars Technica, a unaddressed bug in Apple’s Mac OS X discovered five months ago allows hackers to bypass the usual authentication measures by tweaking specific clock and user timestamp settings, granting near unlimited access to a computer’s files. While the security […]

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Apple releases Security Update 2013-003 for Mountain Lion users

You might want to snag this. Per the Mac Observer, Apple released Security Update 2013-003 for Mountain Lion on Tuesday. The update’s specific security changes can be found here. Security Update 2013-003 showed up earlier in the day on Tuesday, but quickly disappeared from Apple’s site. It reappeared late in the afternoon with a “1.0” […]

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Cocktail updated to 6.4.1

On Wednesday, shareware developer Maintain released version 6.4.1 of CocktailCocktail (Mountain Lion Edition), the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 5.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Updated network optimization presets. – Improvements on the clear DNS cache procedure. – Addresses […]

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Apple releases OS X 10.8.4 update

You’ve been waiting for it and it’s here. On Wednesday, Apple released version 10.8.4 of its OS X Mountain Lion operating system. The new version, a 342 megabyte