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Dropbox to discontinue Mac OS X 10.5 support after May 18th, users encouraged to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 or later

You’re going to have to update your operating system to Mac OS X 10.6 or later to keep using Dropbox. Per 9to5Mac, Dropbox has announced through an email to users on older versions of OS X that it will soon be discontinuing support for computers running Leopard or other older versions of the operating system. […]

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Microsoft ends Skype support for users running Mac OS X 10.5.8 and earlier

If you love older versions of the Mac OS X operating systems and Skype, you’re out of luck. Per AppleInsider and The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Microsoft on Thursday announced that it has ended support for Macs running OS X 10.5.8 Leopard or earlier. Starting last week, Skype users began to complain on the company’s forum […]

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Firefox updated to 30.0

There’s nothing wrong with turning 30. On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released version 30.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 60.4 megabyte download via MacUpdate, adds the following fixes and changes: New: – Sidebars button in browser chrome enables faster access to social, bookmark, and history sidebars. – Mac OS X command-E sets find […]

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Google Chrome updated to 35.0.1916.114

It’s the updates that tend to help. On Thursday, Google released version 35.0.1916.114 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 53.7 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – More developer control over touch input. – New JavaScript features. – Unprefixed Shadow DOM. – A number of new apps/extension APIs. – Lots of […]

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Recent security updates make Macs more secure, unless you’re a Snow Leopard user

Everybody was concerned last week when it was announced that a nasty bug in OS X was leaving Macs vulnerable to attacks that could grab information traveling across shared networks. While it has been confirmed that the bug only affected Mavericks, Apple simultaneously posted security updates for Mountain Lion (10.8) and Lion (10.7), but there […]