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Apple releases second beta build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 to developer community

Apple on Thursday issued the second beta build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 to developers with no known issues. Per AppleInsider, both the Combo Update and the Delta Update for Mac OS X 10.6.8 build 10K524 are a 1GB download. According to sources close to the story, focus areas for the build include Airport, Graphics […]

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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.8 builds to developer community

There may not be a ton of details about it, but it’s on its way. Per MacRumors, Apple has released a new build of Snow Leopard to developers, the first since 10.6.7 in March, and potentially the last before the delivery of Mac OS X Lion this summer. The new build, identified as 10K521, reportedly […]

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Drive Genius 3.1.1 update released

Prosoft Engineering has released Drive Genius 3.1.1, an updated version of its drive repair and recovery program for Mac OS X. The new version, a 16 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and features: – Live defrag can now be canceled (on some machines this may require a wired keyboard). – DrivePulseā„¢ is now installed […]

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Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) to support up to 450 mbps Wi-Fi speeds on newer Mac models

Although it’s unknown as to exactly when Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) will be released, its feature list is looking interesting. Among these features is a new protocol that will unlock the latent capacity of recently released Thunderbolt MacBook Pro and iMac systems to use faster 450 Mbps 802.11n wireless networking, thanks to triple send […]

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Rumor: Apple to release Mac OS X 10.7 via Mac App Store

You know, I was getting used to hoofing it into the Apple Store, giving them a reasonable $29 and walking out with a Mac OS X 10.6 DVD… It seemed like a good way to live. Per AppleInsider, Apple will make the switch to a new kind of digital distribution for its upcoming Mac OS […]