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Yosemite easter egg: mountain tree spirits

Color me skeptical, but this one came to my attention and was too cool not to share. A PowerPage reader sent along what he believes to be an easter egg hidden in plain sight in one of Mac OS 10.10 (Yosemite’s) default desktop pictures, a.k.a. “wallpaper.” If you’re running Yosemite, open System Preferences > Desktop […]

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Apple releases Final Cut Pro X 10.0.8 update

You can’t knock a good update. Late Thursday, Apple released version 10.0.8 of its Final Cut Pro X video editing software. The update, a 1.53 gigabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Support for Sony XAVC codec up to 4K resolution. – Option to display ProRes Log C files from ARRI ALEXA cameras […]

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Mac OS X 10.7.3 bugs being tracked, workarounds/fixes discovered

Mac OS X 10.7.3 is here. Now it’s time to sort out the bugs. Per 9to5Mac, a number of users are reportedly suffering from an odd application crash bug. Affected people will see apps crash often, with the unusual twist of error messages that feature the word “CUI” stamped over them. A source claims that […]

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Adobe Reader updated to 10.1.1

On Wednesday, Adobe released version 10.1.1 of its Adobe Reader application. The update, which can also be snagged through the Adobe Update Utility, adds the following fixes and changes: – Acrobat fails to display Rupee symbol. – Unable to see the last item in drop down list when navigating through list with down arrow. – […]

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Final Cut Pro X customer receives refund from Apple, others pressing for their own

You can’t win ’em all. Facing backlash from customers who are unhappy with the revamped Final Cut Pro X, Apple has issued at least some refunds for the US$299 Mac App Store purchase. Per AppleInsider, carious claims of refunds have surfaced and at least one person who asked a refund from Apple had their request […]