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Mac OS X 10.7.4 update resources point towards Retina Display features in upcoming Macs

The cool stuff, it’s en route. Per AppleInsider, assorted resources within the Mac OS X 10.7.4 update issued on Wednesday is a Retina-display-caliber icon for Apple’s built-in TextEdit application. In Mac OS X 10.7.3, the highest-quality version of the application’s icon was 512-by-512 pixels, but after updating to 10.7.4, its resolution has been doubled. With […]

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Cocktail updated to 5.3

On Thursday, shareware developer Maintain released version 5.3 of CocktailCocktail (Lion Edition), the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 3 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Added ability to clear DNS cache. – Added ability to modify the delay for auto-show […]

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Safari 5.1.7 nixes outdated Flash versions, focuses on security-based issues

When in doubt, go with the update. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Wednesday released an update to its Safari web browser that automatically disables old versions of Adobe’s Flash Player as they don’t have the most up-do-date security features. After pushing out OS X Lion 10.7.4 which included Safari version 5.1.6, Apple rolled out a separate […]

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Apple releases Security Update 2012-002 for Mac OS X 10.6 operating systems

Amidst yesterday’s update-o-rama, the Mac OS X 10.6 side of things received some attention as well. On Wednesday, Apple released Security Update 2012-002, a patch designed to take care of the following security details highlighted here. The update, which is designed for both Mac OS X 10.6 Client and Mac OS X 10.6 Server, weighs […]