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Cocktail 4.5.2 (Snow Leopard Edition) Released

On Tuesday, shareware developer Maintain released version 4.5.2 of Cocktail (Snow Leopard Edition), Cocktail, the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 2.0 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Fixed a bug causing high CPU usage on 32-bit Macs. – Improvements on […]

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Apple Acknowledges Snow Leopard Data Loss Issue

Since the release of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), a number of users have reported that their personal data has gone missing after logging into their guest accounts. According to CNET, Apple now says it’s working on finding a fix. “We are aware of the issue, which occurs only in extremely rare cases, and […]

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Prosoft Releases Data Rescue 3.0

Data Rescue II, Prosoft Engineering’s data rescue and recovery program, was updated to version 3.0 on Tuesday. The new version, a 14.8 megabyte download, features the following fixes and changes: – Data Rescue 3 runs on OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and later, including OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) and OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) – Data […]

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Strange Keyboard/Spaces Bug Found in Snow Leopard

Maybe Apple will fix it in Mac OS X 10.6.2. Per CNET, a strange bug is still hassling users taking advantage of Spaces in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. When another Space is selected using the keyboard shortcut, the Spaces selection window freezes on screen and disables the keyboard for typing. The issue is […]

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VMWare Releases Fusion 2.0.6

Late Tuesday, virtualization softare maker VMWare released version 2.0.6 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 […]