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Mid-2013 MacBook Air wake from sleep delay fix posted, simple Terminal command all that’s needed

The new MacBook Air is nifty. But there are still some bugs to sort out. And in the case of the notebook being slow to wake up from sleep, PowerPage head honcho Jason O’Grady has noted a cool Terminal command that can resolve the slow wake issue, which first manifested itself when the MacBook Pro […]

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How-To: Encrypt volumes on your hard drive

It’s understandable that you’d want to keep your personal stuff, well, personal. That being said, CNET’s mighty Topher Kessler has turned out a spiffy step-by-step guide as to how to encrypt certain parts of your Mac’s hard drive while keeping other parts open as needed using OS X’s Disk Utility and Terminal applications. Take a […]

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How-To: Get around garbled DVD playback in Mac OS X

This could be handy. If you’ve ever been watching a commercial DVD on your Mac and noticed a blocklike pattern covering its output, you’re not alone. Fortunately, the mighty Topher Kessler over at CNET has written a spiffy workaround guide as to how to get around this problem and clear up your DVD’s playback for […]

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Intego announces discovery of “Flashback.G” trojan variant, advises caution

On Thursday, security firm Intego announced that it has discovered more strains of the Flashback Trojan horse. The company says that “many Mac users have been infected by this malware,” especially the latest variant, Flashback.G. Per Macworld, Intego describes three unique methods that the Trojan horse uses to infect Macs: It attempts to exploit a […]

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Mac OS X 10.7.3 bugs being tracked, workarounds/fixes discovered

Mac OS X 10.7.3 is here. Now it’s time to sort out the bugs. Per 9to5Mac, a number of users are reportedly suffering from an odd application crash bug. Affected people will see apps crash often, with the unusual twist of error messages that feature the word “CUI” stamped over them. A source claims that […]