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Onyx 2.4.1 released

Onyx, Titanium Software’s popular freeware multifunction utility for Mac OS X, has been updated to version 2.4.1. The new version, a 6.6 megabyte download adds the following fixes and changes: – New icon. – OnyX doesn’t run after restart. – Deleting the Internet Cache improved. – Some bugs corrected. Onyx 2.4.1 requires Mac OS X […]

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Some users report freezes while using FaceTime on iPad 2

There’ll always be a few bugs to sort out, no matter how popular a new device is. Per AppleInsider, some users have reported freezing issues with the FaceTime video chat feature, requiring a restart of the device. A handful of users on Apple’s support forums have posted to a growing thread where they have described […]

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Microsoft releases 14.0.2 update for Office 2011

On Monday afternoon, Microsoft released version 14.0.2 of its popular Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac suite. The update, a 111 megabyte download which can also be located, snagged and installed via the Microsoft AutoUpdate program, offers the following fixes and changes: – Reliability is improved when you open Office for Mac documents by using third-party […]

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How-To: Work around Apple notebook blank screens

As trusty and reliable as your MacBook or MacBook Pro may be, there are times where it will hate you and its screen will go blank. Sometimes this will take place as you’re working, other times after a restart or when waking up from sleep. The cool cats at CNET have assembled the following useful […]

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How-To MacBook

How-To: Add Multi-Touch Functionality to Your Pre-2008 Apple Notebook Trackpad

Amidst heated controversy as to whether Apple’s upcoming Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”) operating system will add multi-touch gestures to older MacBook and MacBook pro notebooks, the guys at The Unofficial Apple Weblog have taken it upon themselves to ask what makes a multi-touch trackpad unique and how to simulate this on an Apple notebook sans such an interface. The answer lies in an embedded controller chip, identical to the one in the iPhone and iPod Touch, which allows advanced input from more than two fingers at once.