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Mac OS X is X Years Old

Today, March 24th, is the 10th (Roman Numeral X) birthday of Apple’s operating system: Mac OS X. On September 13th 2000 Apple released the first public beta of their operating system named “Kodiak”. On the 24th of March 2001 they released Mac OS X 10.0 and abandoned OS9. Here is Steve Jobs’ 2000 keynote introducing Mac OS X: Here are ...

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Safari 5.0.3 & Safari 4.1.3 Updates

Apple has released Safari 5.0.3 for Macs running Leopard/Snow Leopard and Windows machines. Apple also released Safari 4.1.3 for Macs running Tiger. This update improves compatibility, stability, usability, accessibility and security. Safari 5.0.3 includes the following: More accurate Top Hit results in the Address Field More accurate results in Top Sites Fixes an issue that could cause content delivered with ...

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Safari 5.0.2 & Safari 4.1.2 Updates

Apple has released Safari 5.0.2 for Macs running Leopard/Snow Leopard and Windows machines. Apple also released Safari 4.1.2 for Macs running Tiger. This update improves compatibility and security. The update addresses the following issues: • Fixes an issue that could prevent users from submitting web forms • Fixes an issue that could cause web content to display incorrectly when viewing ...

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Updates: iTunes 9.1.0, iPhoto 8.1.2 for iPad

Apple has released iTunes 9.1.0. The update adds the ability to sync with the Apple iPad. It also includes the ability to sync e-books using the Apple iBooks app. Finally the update includes the ability to rename, rearrange or remove Genius Mixes. According to The Mac Observer the update includes security fixes for iTunes on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, ...

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Mac OS X is 9 years old

Today, March 24th, is the 9th birthday of Apple’s Mac OS X. On September 13th 2000 Apple released the first public beta of their operating system named “Kodiak”. On the 24th of March 2001 they released Mac OS X 10.0 and abandoned OS9. Mac OS X was based on NeXTSTEP from NeXT, the company that Steve Jobs has founded and ...

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Security Update 2009-005 for Tiger & Leopard

Apple has released Security Update 2009-005 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard. The Security Update 2009-005 addresses security issues with: Alias Manager, CarbonCore, ClamAV, ColorSync, CoreGraphics, CoreGraphics, CUPS, Flash Player plug-in, ImageIO, Launch Services, MySQL, PHP, SMB and Wiki Server. Security Update 2009-005 is available from the Apple Software Update utility or you can download them from ...

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Security Update 2009-004 fixes DNS vulnerability

This week has been busy with Apple software updates (Mac OS X 10.5.8, Safari 4.0.3 and AirPort fix). Now Apple has just released Security Update 2009-004. The update includes a fix for a DNS vulnerability. You can read more about it here. It is available for both Mac OS X Leopard and Tiger operating systems and available from Apple software ...

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Mac OS X 10.5.8 & Security Update 2009-003 for Tiger

Apple has updated Mac OS X to version 10.5.8. The update addresses AirPort connectivity, monitor resolutions and Bluetooth reliability. The update also includes some security updates. Apple also released Security Update 2009-003 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Read more about the update on Apple’s site and the security update here. Download links Mac OS X 10.5.8 Update Mac OS ...

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Java vulnerability in Mac OS X fixed

Apple has finally addressed the Java vulnerability effecting Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. For Leopard the update is called Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 which is 158MB and for Tiger it is Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9 and 81MB. Updates are available from Apple Software Update or downloaded directly.

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Mac OS X 10.5.7 and Security Update 2009-002 for Tiger

Apple released their latest update for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The 10.5.7 update includes security fixes and reliability improvements. You can install it using Apple Software Update or downloading it directly from Apple (10.5.7 Update or Combo Update). As for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Apple released the Security Update 2009-002 which includes updates “addressing potential security flaws in ...

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