Apple has a technote out, regarding the fact that after performing an upgrade installation (the default type) of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, an administrator account may change to a standard one. Â While I have not seen this, a co-worker has seen this once. This only affects Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). How to fix […]
In the ongoing quest to finish Mac OS X 10.6, Apple has officially frozen the Snow Leopard API’s. Â For those that don’t know this, that is a good thing, and allows the developers to know for certain that the API’s that they are testing with are what will be shipped. What’s an API? Â Advanced Programming […]
Elgato makes some good products, but they are typically a little expensive…. Macworld has just announced that they have released “Elgato Video Capture”. And it’s pretty darn inexpensive at $100… What I am more concerned with is what Software is included. EyeTV, their normal software package has a history, this new “Video Capture Software” that […]
5/7/09 9:09:34 AM /usr/sbin/ocspd[18764] starting 5/7/09 9:15:56 AM /usr/sbin/ocspd[18774] starting 5/7/09 9:31:07 AM /usr/sbin/ocspd[18820] starting From the Man pages, OCSPD is responsible for (security) Certificate Revocation List & Online Certificate Status Protocol responses. In other words, it handles the heavy lifting portion of the security management for Mac OS X 10.4+. OCSP is an internet protocol […]
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Apple today released an iMac Firmware Update 1.4 to resolve some outstanding issues with certain models freezing and another issue with Bootcamp, Apple’s technology for allowing users to run Windows on Mac. According to Apple’s documentation, the update fixes intermittent system freeze issues for iMac computers with ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics and fixes wake-from-sleep […]
According to Forbes, Apple has “poached” Richard Teversham. Teversham was the Senior director for insights & strategy for Microsoft’s Xbox division (Asian). What does this mean? Well, hopefully it means that Apple has decided to become more aggressive regarding gaming…. Time will tell… (See the Rest of the Story at Apple’s Interest In Gaming Isn’t […]
Are you seeing dialogs from “PubSub Agent”, asking for access to the keychain, when you login? That’s perfectly normal. The PubSub Agent, is used by MobileMe / DotMac, to synchronize the computer’s bookmarks with MobileMe. It is safe to click “Always Allow” for the PubSub Agent. Technote TS 1770 – Mac OS X 10.5: About […]