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Alfred 5 now available, offers extensive array of new features and changes

Software developer Running With Crayons has announced the release of Alfred 5, the newest version of its popular app launcher. The new version, which is available now, offers the following extensive list of fixes, changes, and new features: New WorkFlow Editor: The Workflow Editor has been rewritten from the ground up to be higher performance, […]

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Firefox update to version 70.0, adds Enhanced Tracking Protection features

The long-awaited Firefox 70 is here. And it’s added additional privacy features. The browser, which was updated on Monday, arrives with the following new features and changes: More privacy protections from Enhanced Tracking Protection Social tracking protection, which blocks cross-site tracking cookies from sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, is now a standard feature of […]

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Alfred updated to 4.0.3, receives substantial, fixes, new features

Alfred, the shortcut and keyword workflow utility for OS X, has recently been updated to version 4.0.3, and received a slew of new changes in the process. The new version includes the following fixes and changes: Ensure Alfred’s main window is correctly reconfigured the first time showing after a theme edit Redraw theme position control […]

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WhatsApp arrives for OS X

WhatsApp has arrived for OS X. The popular messaging app now has a desktop Mac version of the client, the launch coming a few months after the Facebook-owned service launched a web interface and a month after it rolled out end-to-end encryption for all communication. Much like the web client, the WhatsApp Mac application relies […]

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Apple swaps out discoveryd network protocol in latest OS X 10.10.4 beta, looks to overcome DNS-related errors

When in doubt, go back to the networking protocol that works best. And, hey, it should hopefully fix some of the Wi-Fi bugs in Yosemite. Apple, in an apparent effort to fix DNS errors seen in its Yosemite operating system, will be replacing its buggy discoveryd service with mDNSResponder, a process last implemented in OS […]