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Adobe releases Lightroom 5.2 release candidate beta

You can’t argue with a good release candidate. Adobe on Monday announced the availability of the latest version of its prosumer photo editing software, Lightroom 5.2. The new version, a 467.2 megabyte download via MacUpdate, offers the following fixes and changes: New features: – A Smoothness adjustment slider has been added to the Detail Panel […]

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Firefox updated to 23.0

The updates just keep comin’. On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released version 23.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 44.3 megabyte download via MacUpdate, adds the following fixes and changes: – Mixed content blocking enabled to protects users from man-in-the-middle attacks and eavesdroppers on HTTPS pages (learn more). – Options panel created for Web […]

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Cocktail updated to 6.6

On Thursday, shareware developer Maintain released version 6.6 of CocktailCocktail (Mountain Lion Edition), the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 5.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Improvements on the “Search for corrupted preference files” procedure (it now searches for corrupted […]

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Apple releases Final Cut Pro X 10.0.9 update

You can’t knock a good update. Late Wednesday, Apple released version 10.0.9 of its Final Cut Pro X video editing software. The update, a 1.64 gigabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Addresses issues resulting in green artifacts when using Sony XAVC media. – Fixes several issues related to interlaced media and retimed […]

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Hack: 2013 11-inch MacBook Air owner deciphers means of using adapters to access external graphics card, improve performance sevenfold

It ain’t pretty, but it apparently works really well. Per MacRumors and Mac|Life, TechInferno contributor Larry Gadea was able to hook up a powerful graphics processor to his 11-inch MacBook Air with the help of several adapters. Gadea first used a Thunderbolt to Express Card adapter which was then connected an Express Card to PCI-Express […]