Mac OS X

Mac OS 10.6.7 is Now Available

March 22, 2011 Apple Inc.

Apple made available the maintenance release of Mac OS X version 10.6.7 via their web site and Software Updates. You can either use the Software Updates menu item (under the Apple menu) to upgrade your Mac or you can download the Combo Updater from Apple’s Support area.

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Live Coverage of Apple’s “Back to the Mac” Event

October 19, 2010 Apple Inc.

Please bookmark and come back to this place on Since Apple is Live streaming their “Back to the Mac” event on Wednesday, Oct. 20th, 10:00 (US PDT) for my live coverage of Apple’s “Back to the Mac” event I will add my opinion in a separate post afterwards.

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Mac OS 10.6.3 Available NOW

March 30, 2010 Apple Inc.

Amidst the news of Apple delaying deliveries of subsequent pre-orders for the iPad to April 12th, this evening (HK time, GMT+0800) Apple released the latest update to the Mac OS X operating system. Version 10.6.3 of OS X has the following enhancements as outlined by Apple.

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So Soon To See Another OS 10.6 Update

September 11, 2009 Apple Inc.

Apple released a new version of OS 10.6 (aka. Snow Leopard). It appears to fix several bugs that people on various forums are complaining about. This a welcome sign from Apple.

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Pre-ordered OX 10.6 aka Snow Leopard

August 25, 2009 Apple Inc.

While checking Apple Online Store Hong Kong last night I pre-ordered OS 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard), also bought an Airport Express to replace my dying Airport Extreme (white flying saucer). This is the first time in the past 20+ years that I pre-ordered Mac OS. I personally have a MacBook Pro 15″ (mid-2006 MacBookPro1,1) so [...]

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OS 10.5.7 is Safe for iPhone 3G

May 15, 2009 iPhone

Apple released the new OS X update 10.5.7 on Tuesday evening (US PST). When it was released most users with unlocked iPhone 3G were worry that the latest OS X update will further hamper their Mac’s ability to place the iPhone into DFU mode. Now the iPhone Dev Team has tweeted yesterday that OS 10.5.7 [...]

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How-to: Apply OS X Update 10.5.7

May 13, 2009 Advice

Everyone who are new and seasoned users of the Macintosh. Seeing that Apple had finally released the long anticipated OS 10.5.7 update. I want to once again reiterate the steps I normally take for applying OS X updates. Before you start, if you’re using a notebook Mac, you should ensure the power adapter is plugged [...]

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[Update] Mac OS 10.5.6 Fix for DFU Issue

December 20, 2008 Opinion

Yesterday, I reported that the Mac OS 10.5.6 update killed the iPhone’s ability to get into DFU mode. Now there are two solutions: one is to connect the iPhone to the Mac via an USB hub. The other is to replace the IOUSBFamily.kext with the version from 10.5. Someone had created an AppleScript to do this [...]

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[Update] Mac OS 10.5.6 Killing the DFU Mode

December 19, 2008 Hack

Finally an Automator script that will perform the fix suggested by the iPhoneDev Team. This method will not require a layman to jump into Terminal and fuzz with the inner workings of the Mac. I have yet to try this so will report when I have. Original Store: WARNING: Mac OS 10.5.6 Breaks Hacked iPhone

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WARNING: Mac OS 10.5.6 Breaks Hacked iPhone

December 16, 2008 Hack

Apple released Mac OS 10.5.6 update on Monday (US PST). As always I would suggest everyone follow the instructions on the release notes plus use the Combo Upgrade to upgrade your Mac. Although, if you are the millions who owns iPhones that had been jailbroken and/or Unlocked, you need to stay AWAY from this Mac [...]

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Problem with Mozy [October 4 Update]

October 4, 2007 Review

After 5 months of testing, back and forth with Mozy support and eventually being assigned a Mozy Macintosh developer to resolve my issues encountered I was finally able to backup my selected files to the Mozy server automatically. This was all accomplished with version 0.6.2.4 of Mozy Client for Macintosh. Today Mozy informs me that [...]

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