Valve today announced the public release of Steam for the Mac is May 12. Please stay tuned for more information. Finally we have a finalized date… Â In case you happen to be wondering, yes, that was the press release in its entirety. What more needs to be said? Steam’s presence on Mac may revitalize the […]
The argument goes something like this: Fan Boy: “Mac OS X is immune to viruses” Windows: “No it isn’t. Â Windows is just more dominant, so of course people are making viruses for it” Fan Boy: “No it’s Windows poor security” Windows FB: “Honestly, if OS X was really virus proof, don’t you think Microsoft would […]
According to a Google study, 15% of all malware consists of fake anti-virus (or Rogue Antivirus) software. Â What does that mean to the average user, probably nothing, but are you sure that Antivirus warning you just received is really from your antivirus software? Practically, this means that you need to be more aware of your […]
Normally Time Machine is not location sensitive, for example, if you wish to use a specific backup drive at work, and a different one at home, you need to use the Time Machine Control Panel to switch between drives. I back up my Macbook Pro using Time Machine to OS X server at both work […]
Well, Apple has finally decided enough is enough, and publicly sent another Salvo towards Adobe’s broadsides…. Â And Adobe might just be happy about this one. Apple makes hardware video decoding available to developers In 10.6.3, Apple has now made a new “Video Decode Acceleration Framework” available. Â What does that mean? Â Adobe’s number one reason why […]
Let’s get this clear, Backdoors in security applications are bad. Really bad… So bad, I won’t even discuss it… So, when Schneier on Security, mentions that Lock My PC, has a “Master Password”. I took a look, and you know what I found… We’re safe, it’s a “Engineering password”. Sinceit’s not called a backdoor we’re […]
World of Apple has a summary about the Fourth Generation iPhone Leak. Overall, the only surprising item is the resolution of the screen, it’s huge, at 960×460.  But the imrpvoed battery, front facing video camera, camera flash, etc….  That’s been pretty much expected for a while, and are just evolutionary improvements…
If you use a Mac, chances are you regularly adjust the volume using your keyboard’s volume keys. They’re handy enough, but the volume increment is pretty large. There are at least two hidden options that people are not often aware of. 1) Fine tune volume in OS X by holding down Alt(Option)+Shift then pressing the […]