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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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Mid-2013 Haswell-based MacBook Air owners cite volume fluctuation issue

This is why they invented firmware updates… Per Macworld UK, a number of MacBook Air owners have taken to Apple’s Support Community forums to express concern over unexpected, and unwanted, changes in volume when viewing video content. According to numerous posts, the issue presents itself in both first-party and third-party applications, such as QuickTime and […]

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Apple apparently unwilling to release Windows 8 version of iTunes

Well, this is kind of a new one. Per Mac|Life and CNN Money, Microsoft has apparently been pushing Apple for a Windows 8-native edition of iTunes, which currently only runs in traditional Desktop mode on the company’s Metro-style software — and not at all on the tablet-centric Windows RT. “You shouldn’t expect an iTunes app […]

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Flip4Mac updated to 3.2.0.16

A worthwhile software update never hurt anyone. Or kicked your puppy when you weren’t looking. On Thursday, software developer Telestream has released version 3.2.0.16 of Flip4Mac, its QuickTime components package which allows for Windows Media files to be viewed, imported and converted under Mac OS X. The new release, an 85.8 megabyte download, includes the […]

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Apple releases iMovie 9.0.8 update

It may be an absolutely gigantic greater-than-one-gigabyte download, but it’s still an update. Late Wednesday, Apple released iMovie 9.0.8, the latest version of its consumer-level video editing application. The new version, a 1.08 gigabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Addresses an issue related to third-party QuickTime components that could prevent iMovie from […]