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Dropbox 1.5.44 beta goes live, now available for download

Even the small updates make a difference. Over the weekend, Dropbox released a public beta of version 1.5.44 of its cloud-based storage client for Mac OS X. The new version, a 24.5 megabyte download, which adds the following fixes and changes: – Fix creating shared links for non-ASCII file names. – Fix some edge cases […]

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VMWare releases Fusion 5.0.1 update

Late Wednesday, virtualization softare maker VMWare released version 5.0.1 of its Fusion software for the Mac. Similar to other virtualization software packages, VMWare allows users to run alternate operating systems such as Windows and Linux distributions on Intel-based Macs at native speeds. Other features, such as Unity, allow users to run and minimize Windows applications […]

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Apple advises iOS developers on temporary fix for in-app purchase hack

Apple on Friday issued a note to developers outlining a fix for an in-app purchasing exploit that allowed for the free download of for-pay content, and also announced that the loophole will be plugged when iOS 6 is released this fall. Per CNET, in its support document for iOS app developers, Apple recommends that apps […]

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Apple releases Security Update 2012-002 for Mac OS X 10.6 operating systems

Amidst yesterday’s update-o-rama, the Mac OS X 10.6 side of things received some attention as well. On Wednesday, Apple released Security Update 2012-002, a patch designed to take care of the following security details highlighted here. The update, which is designed for both Mac OS X 10.6 Client and Mac OS X 10.6 Server, weighs […]

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Apple releases fourth Mac OS X 10.7.4 build to developer community

This might not be a bad sign. Per AppleInsider, Apple seeded the latest 11E53 builds of OS X Lion and Lion Server with no known issues on Tuesday. The update comes one week after Apple seeded build 11E52 which itself rolled out less than two weeks after build 11E46. Because of the shrinking time between […]