Apple has just released OS X Lion 10.7.4 via Software Update. The update, which is recommended for all users, fixes a bug in OS X 10.7.3 that caused login passwords to be stored in plain text log files, that could be accessed by other system users.
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is now just over one month away, and with it will come a second glimpse at the company’s next major software release, OS X Mountain Lion. It’s set to make its public debut this summer, and Apple is now encouraging developers to prepare their applications for one of its new features, Gatekeeper.
In a previous tip we explained how you can display messages at the bottom of the login screen in OS X Lion. While it’s a handy feature, the resulting messages are quite easy to miss. Thankfully though, another little-known feature allows you to display a login window banner, which users have to acknowledge before proceeding.
Ken Segall, the advertising executive credited with putting the “i” in Apple’s most popular products, has today released his new book about the Cupertino company. ‘Insanely Simple‘ contains a number of previously untold stories about Apple, one of which details how Steve Jobs wanted to celebrate the millionth iMac sold with a Willy Wonka-style contest.
Intel have today officially launched the first batch of their much-anticipated Ivy Bridge processors. The chips, which are the first to use a 22-nanometer manufacturing process, feature “Tri-Gate” 3D transistor technology – resulting in greater performance but with less power consumption.
In an attempt to encourage MobileMe customers with older versions of OS X to move over to iCloud before MobileMe is shutdown on the 30th of June, Apple has launched a new upgrade program offering free DVD copies of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
While the Flashback trojan targeting a Java exploit in Mac OS X has been floating around for months, Apple didn’t really take any notice of the flaw until just a couple of weeks ago when one security firm revealed it was affecting over 600,000 Macs.
There’s no denying it, there is nothing quite like the smell of a freshly opened Apple product. Melbourne-based artists Gavin Bell, Jarrah de Kuijer and Simon McGlinn are familiar with it, they decided to recreate the distinctive aroma for an upcoming exhibition.
Following Thursday’s release of a Java update which removes the most common variants of the Flashback trojan, Apple has released a Flashback malware removal tool for systems running OS X Lion that don’t have Java installed.