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Cocktail updated to 5.3.2

On Thursday, shareware developer Maintain released version 5.3.2 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 clearing of /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.le and /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.kbdx caches to the clear system caches procedure – Launch […]

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MacBook Air News Software

Apple releases MacBook Air (Mid 2012) Software Update 1.0 firmware upgrade

It never hurts to pin down the bugs within the early days. Early Thursday, Apple released its MacBook Air (Mid 2012) Software Update 1.0 firmware upgrade. The update, a 167 megabyte download, can also be found, snagged and installed via Mac OS X’s Software Update feature and offers the following fixes and changes for the […]

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VMWare releases Fusion 4.1.3 update

Late Wednesday, virtualization softare maker VMWare released version 4.1.3 of its Fusion software for the Mac. Similar to other virtualization software packages, VMWare allows users to run alternate operating systems such as Windows and Linux distributions on Intel-based Macs at native speeds. Other features, such as Unity, allow users to run and minimize Windows applications […]

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Apple signs deal, goes with TomTom for iOS 6 mapping functions

It’s not you…it’s me. Per Macworld, digital maps provider TomTom announced on Tuesday it has signed a global agreement with Apple for maps and related information. Apple announced Monday at its World Wide Developers Conference that an upcoming version of its iOS mobile operating system will feature a rebuilt maps app with Apple-designed cartography, turn-by-turn […]

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Hardware Mac Pro News

Apple quietly updates Mac Pro, adds modest speed boost

This sort of slipped in under the wire. Albeit it wasn’t officially announced at WWDC, the Mac Pro was updated via the Apple Store on Monday with a modest speed boost. The standard-configuration 12-core Mac Pro features two 2.4 gigahertz 6-core Intel Xeon E5645 processors and 12 megabytes of fully shared L3 cache per processor. […]