Get the lowest prices anywhere on Macs and iPads with exclusive coupons: Apple Price Guide updated May 22nd. (Get the lowest prices anywhere)

Topic: Mac OS X

Apple's iPhone PR team reportedly inviting UK press to cover WWDC

2011/25/05, 04:05 pm

Representatives of Apple's iPhone public relations team are reportedly contacting British journalists in an effort to get them to attend the company's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote in early June.

36 comments

Latest 'MAC Defender' malware attacks Mac OS X without password

2011/25/05, 04:05 pm

A new, more dangerous variant of "MAC Defender," dubbed "Mac Guard," has been discovered, and the new malware does not require an administrator password to install.

93 comments

Apple posts instructions on how to remove Mac Defender malware

2011/24/05, 07:05 pm

Apple has posted a support document explaining how to "avoid or remove" Mac Defender and stated it would release an update to Mac OS X to automatically find and remove the malware.

23 comments

Microsoft says next-gen Windows systems coming next year

2011/23/05, 09:05 pm

Speaking at a developer forum in Tokyo, Japan on Monday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed plans for a 2012 launch of the "next generation of Windows systems," which will include Windows 8 slates and tablets.

65 comments

Mac OS X security expert Charlie Miller addresses MAC Defender malware

2011/23/05, 04:05 pm

Security expert Charlie Miller stated in an new interview that despite the appearance of the new "MAC Defender" trojan malware title, most Mac users don't need to install antivirus software.

45 comments

Apple seeds new build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 to developers

2011/19/05, 10:05 pm

Apple on Thursday issued the second beta build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 to developers with no known issues.

10 comments

'MACDefender' on Apple's radar as OS X malware spreads - report

2011/19/05, 01:05 pm

A malware program that targets Mac OS X systems dubbed "MACDefender" has apparently gained traction in the wild, prompting Apple to tell its support representatives they should not attempt to remove the software.

94 comments

Apple issues Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 3 to developers

2011/13/05, 08:05 pm

Apple has seeded a new beta build, dubbed Developer Preview 3, of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, the next major update to the company's flagship operating system, enabling the Reading List feature and adding a dedicated app for the Mission Control window management feature.

96 comments

Apple seeds Mac OS X 10.6.8 to developers

2011/13/05, 06:05 pm

Apple has released a new build of Snow Leopard to developers, the first since 10.6.7 in March, and potentially the last before the delivery of Mac OS X Lion this summer.

14 comments

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to support 450 Mbps WiFi on 2011 Thunderbolt MacBook Pro, iMacs

2011/06/05, 08:05 pm

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will unlock the latent capacity of recently released Thunderbolt MacBook Pro and iMac systems to use faster 450 Mbps 802.11n wireless networking, thanks to triple send and receive antennas capable of supporting three spacial streams of wireless traffic.

30 comments

Apple's Mac OS X, iOS now fueling 3.5 times the profits of Microsoft Windows

2011/04/05, 05:05 pm

Apple's dramatic growth in hardware sales has reversed the longstanding notion that software licensing is the best way to make money in the tech industry.

31 comments

Apple to release Mac OS X Lion through Mac App Store - sources

2011/04/05, 02:05 pm

With the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion this summer, Apple will make the switch to a new kind of digital distribution for its operating system upgrades by releasing the software first through its new Mac App Store, AppleInsider has learned.

131 comments

Inside Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: Safari adds iPad-like Downloads menu

2011/02/05, 06:05 pm

Safari 5.1 in Mac OS X Lion adds a new window-integrated downloads popup menu with behavior that appears to be borrowed from iPad.

59 comments

Hints of new 'Castle' codenamed iCloud service found in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

2011/01/05, 05:05 am

Strong evidence of Apple's upcoming iCloud service has been found in the form of a feature hidden within in a developer build of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that allows a MobileMe account to be migrated to a codenamed "Castle" service.

41 comments

VMware vSphere 5 to add cloud virtualization support for Mac OS X Server

2011/30/04, 02:04 pm

The upcoming release of VMware's vSphere 5 virtualization platform is reported to include guest OS support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, indicating new options for enterprise use of Apple's server platform without the now discontinued Xserve.

33 comments

'Reading List' feature discovered in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Safari

2011/30/04, 12:04 am

A hidden "Reading List" feature has been uncovered in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that would allow users to store links to read later.

14 comments

Inside Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: Developer Preview 3 dials down animated tabs

2011/29/04, 05:04 pm

The third developer preview release of Mac OS X Lion reverts an experimental change in how tabbed panes are drawn and animated, dropping a iOS-like slider animation to present the active tab as simply a depressed button.

112 comments

Apple releases third build of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Preview 2 to developers

2011/29/04, 02:04 pm

Apple on Friday issued its second update for Preview 2 of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, releasing the beta software to members of its developer community.

5 comments

Sources: Apple utilizing 'iCloud' internally, service to be more than music

2011/29/04, 11:04 am

Apple has begun adopting the "iCloud" name within several products currently under development, suggesting the appropriately labeled moniker is indeed the frontrunner for the company's soon-to-debut Internet cloud service, which will span beyond streaming music, AppleInsider has learned.

73 comments

Apple posts iPhoto 9.1.2, Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Font Update

2011/27/04, 08:04 pm

Apple has posted two Software Updates: one fixing bugs and adding new card themes to iPhoto, and a second that solves a problem with OpenType fonts in Mac OS X 10.6.7.

7 comments