Tag Archives : Mac OS X

Apple’s MAC OS X operating system versions follow the pattern of naming after felines, since OS X debuted in 2001 we had Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion. The current version, OS X 10.8, is known as Mountain Lion. Apple may have decided that OS 10.9 will be called Lynx, according to blog site AppleScoop.   AppleScoop says that a reliable source has revealed [...]

Credit : najedsecurity.Sophos.com Apple recent  Mac update for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion released this week removes its Java plugin from all OS X browsers. Apple’s  support page provides more details : “This release updates the Apple-provided system Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_37 and is for OS X versions 10.7 or later. This update uninstalls the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from [...]

Sparrow, the popular thrid-party email app for MAC OS and iOS plus  a great Gmail solution for iPhone users has been acquired by Google. According to some reports, the price is said to be around US $25 million. “The Sparrow team has always put their users first by focusing on building a seamlessly simple and intuitive interface for their email client. We look forward to bringing them aboard [...]

After the recent announcement of new upgrades to iPhone and Safari 5, how could Apple leave out it iconic Mac series untouched by upgrades, on Tuesday it released a new Mac mini computer with an HDMI port and faster processors and several new hardware features. The processors have been upgraded to a  2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo  processor and the other with a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The [...]

Hosted in San Fran, this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference will be hosted on June 7 – 11. It was reported earlier in the month that Apple had reserved June 22 at YBCA, it was rumoured that this may be the date for WWDC, but industry analysts insist this date was too late in the month. Apple tend to host WWDC in early June. That leaves the iPhone announcement. Could Apple [...]