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Apple Releases Updated Mac OS X 10.5.7 Developer Beta, Build 9J56

The Mac OS X 10.5.7 update, which appears to be close to release, went through yet another pre-release build late last week with developers working out additional tweaks for the operating system. According to AppleInsider, build 9J56 focuses on “Bluetooth compatibility and stability fixes” per sources familiar with the software. A number of recent Mac […]

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Apple Releases Safari 4 Public Beta

Apple announced the release of the Safari 4 public beta on Tuesday. According to Mac Observer, the new version of the browser includes the Nitro JavaScript Engine, faster JavaScript 4.2 processing speeds and a long list of new features including Cover Flow browsing for history and bookmarks. The browser also includes Accessible Rich Interactive Applications, […]

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EMC Releases Retrospect 8 Beta 4

EMC Corporation on Friday released the fourth public beta of Restrospect 8.0 its long-standing backup and recovery software for the Mac. The new beta consists of the following new features and changes: Stability has been greatly improved, and this build should feel much better. Proactive Backup (old Backup Server) monitoring is now functional, and the […]

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Keynote v4 Previewed at MWSF07

I give a lot of presentations and am a huge fan/advocate of Apple’s presentation application, Keynote. During his keynote address at Macworld Expo 2007 in San Francisco I noticed a few new effects that aren’t available in the shipping version of Keynote 3. So did the good folks at KeynoteUser.com who have the juice on new features that are likely to come in version 4.