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Apple Mac OS X v 10.5 – Leopard Review

Mary Joseff — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:41:16 +0000

It is hard to view Apple Mac OS X v 10.5 Leopard as much of an advance on Tiger. The interface improvements are a mixture of ‘great’ and ‘meh’, while the new features don’t add much beyond tweaks to your daily workflow. The feature with the ability to really blow you away – Spaces – is switched off by default. Whilst Leopard will undoubtedly sell tonnes of copies, it’s hard not to feel that, given the system’s delay and hype, Apple has delivered too little too late – with too many bugs, to boot.

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Apple Launches OS X 10.5.6 Update

Mary Joseff — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:17:08 +0000

Apple has released the client and server versions of the OS X 10.5.6 update, which includes a range of bug fixes and security patches. OS X 10.5.6 shores up the performance of Airport WLAN connections and specifically addresses issues that Intel based Mac users were having while roaming in large wireless networks. The update also addresses issues with Apple’s MobileMe, and ensures that contacts, calendars and bookmarks on a Mac automatically synchronize within a minute of the change being made on PCs, devices, or online at me.com, according to the release notes.

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Apple set to demonstrate Snow Leopard

Mary Joseff — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:54:51 +0000

Apple will demonstrate the latest version of its OS in January and will take the opportunity to wrongfoot Microsoft. Apple and its partners have been privately dropping hints to developers that its upcoming release of its Mac OS X operating system, dubbed Snow Leopard, will ship earlier than expected – and it will debut two new technologies that promise to speed up software without demanding any changes to the hardware. The first technology, Grand Central, is designed to make better use of the Intel processors that sit inside the current range of Macs.

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Apple might build over 15 million 3G iPhones this year

Mary Joseff — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:56:03 +0000

A recent report by an investment banker, FBR Capital Markets, said that a peek at the Apple supply chain reveals that the consumer electronics maker is on track to build this year more than 15 million 3G iPhones, plus 2 million older models. On the iPod front, FBR Capital Markets has revised its third quarter build volumes up by 15%, saying they are now set to grow 35% from the second quarter. The greater number of iPod Classics and Nanos built are expected to be partially offset by fewer Touch builds. FBR has also raised its forecast for Mac notebooks and desktops.
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Apple releases 40 patches for security bugs

Mary Joseff — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:25:50 +0000

Apple has released 40 patches to security vulnerabilities in more than 25 different components and applications bundled with Mac OS X, including Flash Player, iCal and Apache. The year’s third update fixed fewer than half as many flaws as the previous collection, which Apple issued two months ago to plug nearly 90 holes. According to the Security Update 2008-003 advisory, the most-patched components by vulnerability count were Apple’s version of the Apache open-source Web server (eight bugs fixed) and the version of Adobe’s Flash Player that Apple tucks into Mac OS X (seven flaws patched).

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