Safari on fullscreen mode and loading a Youtube video. I have ClickToFlash version 2.3.3 installed. Swiped to my desktop and this is what I found:
Archive for category Mac OS
OS X 10.7 Lion bug #1
Aug 14
Apple issued invites for a special media event next Wednesday with what is expected to be a Mac-centric event. The “Back to Mac” invitation shows Apple’s logo slightly rotated with an image of a lion on the left side of the logo and says “Come see what’s new for the Mac…” The invitation mentions there [...]
I’m planning to purchase a one terabyte Western Digital My Book Essential external hard drive. I want to migrate my Time Machine backups for both my iMac and MacBook Pro to a larger capacity drive. The problem I have is both Time Machine backups are in two separate drives. I didn’t know whether moving a [...]
Apple just released at update to their Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system. According to Apple Support page the update is “recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It includes Safari 5 and general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.” Fixes include: resolve [...]
Apple has released Security Update 2010-001 Client and Server for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Security Update 2010-001 for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The update addresses issues with CoreAudio, CUPS, Flash Player Plug-in, ImageIO, Image RAW, and OpenSSL. Read more here. The update is available via Software Update or can be downloaded [...]
Apple has just released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 version 6 and Mac OS X 10.6 version 1 updates. The Java update for Leopard disables Java version 1.4.2 since it’s no longer being updated for bug fixes and security issues. Mac OS X 10.5 version 6 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for J2SE [...]
Electronista reported that new data from NetApplications have shown a drop of 0.15 per cent in Mac (all versions) web share for the month of November. In contrast, Windows 7 online traffic grew from 2.15 per cent in October to 4 per cent in November. Linux has taken back some of the traffic it lost [...]
Apple today released printing and scanning software updates for Brother, Canon and HP, and printing software update for Lexmark. All updates require Mac OS X 10.6.1 or later. Brother Printer Drivers for Mac OS X v10.6 version 2.2 (99.9 MB) Canon Printer Drivers for Mac OS X v10.6 version 2.2 (274.59 MB) HP Printer Drivers [...]
Apple just released Mac OS X 10.6.2 update and is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes for: an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly a graphics distortion in Safari Top [...]
Grab bag o’ fixes
Oct 10
Here’s a melange of remedies for your ailing Mac: Christopher Breen tries to convince Christopher Breen on using big gun on Safari when it starts misbehaving. Two potential solutions to Snow Leopard crashes from iLounge readers. Last but not the least, Jeff Gamet offers a quick fix for washed out displays after waking it or [...]
According to AppleInsider, a new U.S.-centric study has shown that Macs now has a 12% of home market share, up from 9% in 2008. The study, which had 2,300 online panelists, also showed that 85% of households who own Macs also owned a Windows machine. It was also shown that Mac households tend to own [...]
One of the applications I use very often is the built-in Dictionary application. However, since upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 about a month ago, every time I use Spotlight to look up a word’s definition or synonym, Dictionary opens a new window for every word I query using Spotlight. Do it enough times and [...]
Hot on the heels of the Mac OS X 10.6.1 update, Apple released security updates for both Leopard and Tiger as well as a graphics card firmware update for the iMac. Security Update 2009-005 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this [...]
Mac OS X 10.6.1 released
Sep 11
Just released today is Mac OS X 10.6.1, barely two weeks after Snow Leopard was let out of the bag. The update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X 10.6 and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes for: compatibility with some Sierra [...]
