Tag: mac

Nobody protects Macs, not even Steve Jobs

April 16th, 2008 by Liam Tung

Macs are banned from many government departments because there aren't any 'approved' applications to encrypt them. So why doesn't Apple CEO Steve Jobs do something about it?

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Make flawless screencasts on your Mac

April 29th, 2008 by Jason Parker

ScreenFlow software makes it easy to capture all the action that takes place on your desktop so you can view it as a movie.

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Apple MacBook unboxing

October 22nd, 2009 by Ty Pendlebury

CNET Australia unboxes the brand new Apple MacBook which features a white polycarbonate body and large multi-touch trackpad.

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The secure Mac: myth or legend? Part I

October 10th, 2007 by David Braue

CNET.com.au has this story from David Braue which looks at the question of whether the Mac is really more secure than other PC operating systems. This is part one:

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Installing applications on a Mac

July 11th, 2007 by James Ho

As trivial as it may seem to install applications, there are a number of items to be aware of if you're a new Mac user. This quick tutorial will give you a run down on how the installation process works and the common types of install files you can encounter.

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Mac plugins for Facebook

July 12th, 2007 by Brendon Chase

Want an easy way to upload and tag your photos on Facebook? Need to know sooner if your friends are poking you or that you've been invited to an event? What you need are these free Mac OS X plugins so you can spend even more time procrastinating on Facebook.

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Apple stabilises new Mac notebooks

December 11th, 2008 by Tom Krazit

Owners of MacBooks, MacBook Pros or MacBook Airs purchased after Apple's October launch event will want to apply new firmware updates designed to "improve stability".

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Apple removes Mac antivirus warning

December 4th, 2008 by Elinor Mills

Apple has removed an old item from its support site late Tuesday in the US that urged Mac customers to use multiple antivirus utilities and this week said the Mac is safe "out of the box".

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Apple Mac Pro

August 8th, 2006 by Rich Brown

Apple's Mac Pro has design innovations that we hope will cross over to other systems. Its performance is as strong as you'd expect for a system in its class, and it's priced right, too. You might need more flexibility in your config options, especially for 3D design, but otherwise, the Mac Pro is as solid a professional-class PC as we've seen.

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Back up your Mac with SilverKeeper

April 18th, 2007 by Justin Fielding

While browsing the TechRepublic software vaults, I decided it was about time I found an automated backup solution for my iMac, which I use to store all of my master RAW photos, music, documents etc. I had been waiting for the release of Leopard (OS X 10.5) that has a built-in backup system called Time Machine, but with its release delayed yet again it's time to find an interim solution. Now, of course I know that as Mac OS X is BSD under the skin, I should have no trouble creating a simple rsync script running as a Cron job. If I wanted to be even more adventurous, I could have the scripts automatically kick off when an external backup disk is connected via the hot-plug daemon.

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