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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7.2 seed to developers, includes built-in iCloud support for the first time

It’s inevitable. And with system updates, that’s never a bad thing. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Sunday seeded Mac OS X 10.7.2 beta to developers with support for the beta version of iCloud incorporated directly into the build. For the first time, the pre-release version, labeled build 11C55, does not require a separate install of iCloud […]

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Microsoft VP highlights Windows 8 interface changes, emphasizes upcoming Ribbon features

If Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) was starting to look like Windows 7 (or vice versa), this might be reassuring. Per a blog entry by Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft’s president of its Windows Division, indicates that one key element of Windows 8 will take the new release in a very different direction than Apple’s outline for […]

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Apple to officially end MobileMe sync for certain features in iCloud transition

Apple’s transition to the iCloud is coming and it won’t always be easy… Per AppleInsider, while many of the features of MobileMe are simply being upgraded in the move to iCloud, Apple has previously noted that Gallery, iDisk and iWeb are on the chopping block. Now, the company has further made it clear that data […]

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Apple releases Aperture 3.1.3 update

Early Thursday, Apple released version 3.1.3 of Aperture, its pro-grade image editing application. The new version, a 292 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Improves reliability and performance when syncing web-published albums. – Slideshow exports are now handled as a background operation. – Crop tool now correctly supports use of gestures to […]

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Apple offers update for iLife ’11 programs

Following up on yesterday’s stories about Apple issuing updates for iMovie and iPhoto, the company also released significant updates the the GarageBand, iWeb and iDVD components of its iLife ’11 suite. Per AppleInsider, the other iLife ’11 updates offer the following fixes and changes: – GarageBand 6.0.4 fixes an issue with lesson downloads from the […]