This week’s “Mac virus” scare turned out to be nothing more than a worm for Mac OS X that propagates through iChat and infects local Mac applications. OSX/Leap.A is a wake up call to Mac users that we’re not immune to all the nasties floating around on the Web. Read the rest of the story […]
Month: February 2006
I’m stumped. I have removed this computer from the .Mac system preferences pane, added it back. I told it to reset my information. Every time this workstation goes to .Mac to perform a sync, it asks me about my calendars. These same calendars sync to two other Macs via .Mac without incident. There is nothing […]
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iLife '06 Updated
Apple has released a rash of updates to the iLife ’06 suite of applications via Software Update. As usual the PowerPage recommends waiting 72 hours before installing any update from Apple. (Anyone remember the iTunes MiniStore fiasco?)
The roller coaster ride of Apple ship dates keeps on rolling. Yesterday I posted a note about a new third configuration of the MacBook Pro that Apple was offering on the high end – a previously unannounced 2.16GHz model. When a sharp PowerPage reader noted that the new 2.16GHz MacBook Pro was being quoted as […]
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Mac OS X 10.4.5 Released
A new “dot release” of Mac OS X is available via software update: The 10.4.5 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies: – iChat video conferencing – Safari rendering of web pages – usability of Dashboard and widgets – […]