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Apple releases OS X 10.8.5 Supplemental Update 1.0 for late-2013 iMacs

Better this came out now than wait a while… On Friday, Apple released its OS X Supplemental Update 1.0 for its late-2013 iMac lineup. The firmware update, a 17.9 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Fixes an issue that may cause external drives to be ejected after the computer goes to sleep. […]

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VirtualBox updated to 4.3.0

You can’t knock a tidy update. VirtualBox, an open source x86 virtualization project available for free has just hit version 4.3.0. The new version, a 113 megabyte download, features the following fixes and changes with the full release notes posted here: – VMM: major rewrite of the VT-x code and the AMD-V code including many […]

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MacBook Air News Software

Apple releases MacBook Air EFI Firmware 2.7 update for mid-2013 MacBook Air notebooks

This might come in handy. On Friday, Apple released MacBook Air EFI Firmware 2.7, a 4.6 megabyte download that offers the following fixes and changes for the mid-2013 MacBook Air notebook: – MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update addresses an issue which may cause a black screen to appear when installing Windows 7 or Windows 8 […]

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Apple releases OS X 10.8.5 Supplemental Update 1.0

It’s been a little while since Apple released a supplemental update… On Thursday, Apple released OS X 10.8.5 Supplemental Update 1.0. The update, an 831 megabyte download (for the combo updater) adds the following fixes and changes: – Resolves an issue that may prevent certain applications from using the FaceTime HD camera on mid-2013 MacBook […]

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Hardware News Processors

Chipworks continues examination of A7 processor, finds new architecture, quad-core GPU

There’s some cool stuff going on with the iPhone 5s’ new A7 processor. Per an analysis published by Chipworks, the A7 contains assorted changes from the previous A6 processor, including the addition of a mysterious SRAM cell never seen in A-series silicon. Continuing its comprehensive investigation of the new A7 SoC, which on Tuesday confirmed […]