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Apple releases Mavericks Developer Preview 5, OS X 10.8.5 build 12F33 to developer community

Mavericks is coming that much closer to fruition and bringing iBooks for the Mac with it. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Wednesday released the latest beta versions of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, allowing developers for the first time to test its iBooks software for Mac. OS X 10.9 Mavericks Developer Preview 5 comes a little over […]

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Apple releases fifth iOS 7 beta to developer community, tweaks icons, Control Center, etc.

The fifth iOS 7 beta is out and the new operating system is coming that much closer to fruition. Per 9to5Mac, a little over a week after iOS 7 beta 4, Apple has seeded iOS 7 beta 5 to developers via and over-the-air Software Update. The previous beta brought several minor interface and performance tweaks […]

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Adobe releases Lightroom 5.2 release candidate beta

You can’t argue with a good release candidate. Adobe on Monday announced the availability of the latest version of its prosumer photo editing software, Lightroom 5.2. The new version, a 467.2 megabyte download via MacUpdate, offers the following fixes and changes: New features: – A Smoothness adjustment slider has been added to the Detail Panel […]

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Firefox updated to 23.0

The updates just keep comin’. On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released version 23.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 44.3 megabyte download via MacUpdate, adds the following fixes and changes: – Mixed content blocking enabled to protects users from man-in-the-middle attacks and eavesdroppers on HTTPS pages (learn more). – Options panel created for Web […]

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Apple to launch “Takeback Program” on August 16th, seeks to replace faulty knockoff USB power adapters with genuine article

You should probably stick with the real McCoy. Per 9to5Mac and Mac|Life, following incidents such as the apparent electrocution of a Chinese woman by a faulty knockoff iPhone charger, Apple is ramping up a program in which customers can bring in their old USB power adapters and receive new, Apple-designed ones for a lower price […]