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MacKeeper customers now eligible to receive full refund due to class-action lawsuit

Call it karma. Customers of the MacKeeper have until November 30th to file a claim for a full refund as a result of a proposed class-action lawsuit settlement. Given the terms of the deal, only customers who bought the software for July 8th are eligible. The class action suit accused MacKeeper’s original developer, ZeoBIT, of […]

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Microsoft launches Office 2016 for Mac to Office 365 subscribers

Microsoft Office 2016 is here. Or, at least, it’s arrived for Office 365 subscribers. The new version of Microsoft Office has arrived with Microsoft citing support for Mac capabilities like Full Screen view, Multi-Touch gestures, full Retina display support as well as cloud support to allow Macs and assorted devices to work on documents.

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TextExpander 5.0 released for OS X, includes new features, iOS companion apps

A cool thing just became that much more useful. Smile has released TextExpander 5 for Mac OS X. The new version, a major upgrade to the popular typing shortcut tool, lets you type abbreviations that expand to whole paragraphs, images and more. TextExpander 5 suggests which frequently typed phrases to abbreviate, saving time. Search on […]

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Apple swaps out discoveryd network protocol in latest OS X 10.10.4 beta, looks to overcome DNS-related errors

When in doubt, go back to the networking protocol that works best. And, hey, it should hopefully fix some of the Wi-Fi bugs in Yosemite. Apple, in an apparent effort to fix DNS errors seen in its Yosemite operating system, will be replacing its buggy discoveryd service with mDNSResponder, a process last implemented in OS […]

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Some 2015 13-inch MacBook Pro owners cite user interface choppiness, lag under OS X Yosemite

This is what bug and firmware fixes are for. As nifty as the new 2015 13-inch MacBook Pro is, a number of users have logged complaints about the user interface lag in OS X Yosemite. The lag accounts for slow and choppy animations across functions like Mission Control, Launchpad, launching full-size applications, resizing windows and […]