Posts Tagged ‘updates’

iTunes 8.2 Ships, Hints at iPhone 3.0?

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Apple has released iTunes 8.2, an update that “now supports iPhone or iPod touch with the iPhone 3.0 Software Update.” The extremely brief release note also indicates that iTunes 8.2 includes many unspecified accessibility improvements and bug fixes; a security vulnerability involving itms: URLs has also been addressed. It’s available via Software Update or as a standalone 77.3 MB download.

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iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.4

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Download iconThis update fixes intermittent system freeze issues for iMac computers with ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics and fixes wake-from-sleep issues in Boot Camp.

To complete the firmware update process, please follow the instructions in the updater application (/Applications/Utilities/iMac EFI Firmware Update.app). The updater will launch automatically when the Installer closes.

After the firmware is successfully applied to your Mac, your Boot ROM Version will be: IM91.008D.B08

For detailed information on this update, please visit this  website.

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Things 1.1/Things Touch 1.3.5

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Things Touch 1.3.5 has been released along with Things 1.1 and, among a heap of bug fixes and UI improvements, you’ll find a new feature for syncing Areas of Responsibility from your Mac to your iPhone (it’s not yet possible to create Areas in Things Touch). The feature requires Things 1.1 on the Mac side, which was officially released today, but has actually been available (sans release notes) for about a week (assumedly waiting for Things Touch to make it through App Store approval).

Another new addition (which is more exciting, to me) is full AppleScript support in Things on the Mac. I haven’t had a chance to dive into it yet, but it’s a topic I discussed with Cultured Code at the last Macworld Expo and I’m excited to see it come to fruition. People using Things in any kind of group setting will appreciate the reconsidered approach to task delegation, as well.

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Information about Conficker

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Conficker Diagram

Here’s an illustration of how the Conficker worm works

Conficker is a collection of related malware strains typically described as a worm due to its ability to self-propagate through a network.  In other words, in contrast to a typical virus, Conficker does not necessarily need a user to do anything such as click on an infected file to compromise a system.  There are currently three known variants of Conficker (also called Downadup by some anti-malware vendors) and each of them can propagate through a number of mechanisms, the most common is by exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows.  This vulnerability can be fixed by applying a patch from Microsoft that was released last November (link below).

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AirPort Firmware May Fix Problems

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

The 7.4.1 firmware update for all Apple 802.11n AirPort base stations – any model released since 2007 – combined with Mac OS X 10.5.6 may fix Time Capsule disk corruption problems that some people have experienced. Colleagues Shawn King (Your Mac Life) and John Gruber (Daring Fireball) have recently explained to me problems they had with Time Machine disk image integrity and kernel panics. I also saw repeated disk image corruption in my testing last year.

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Apple Updates iTunes – 8.1

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

iTunes 8.1 is now faster and more responsive. You will enjoy noticeable improvements when working with large libraries, browsing the iTunes Store, preparing to sync with iPod or iPhone, and optimizing photos for syncing.

In addition, iTunes 8.1 provides many other improvements and bug fixes, including:

• Supports syncing with iPod shuffle (3rd generation).
• Allows friends to request songs for iTunes DJ.
• Adds Genius sidebar for your Movies and TV Shows.
• Improves performance when downloading iTunes Plus songs.
• Provides AutoFill for manually managed iPods.
• Allows CDs to be imported at the same sound quality as iTunes Plus.
• Includes many accessibility improvements.
• Allows iTunes U and the iTunes Store to be disabled separately using Parental Controls.

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

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AirPort Utility Software Update 2009-001

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

This update includes general fixes and compatibility updates for the following applications: AirPort Utility and AirPort Base Station Agent, including AirPort Disk Utility for Tiger.

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Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.5

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

This update extends RAW file compatibility for Aperture 2, iPhoto ’08, and iPhoto ’09 for the following cameras:

Nikon D3X
Epson R-D1x

It also addresses issues related to specific cameras and overall stability.

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Airport Client Update 2009-001

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers running Mac OS X 10.5.6.  It addresses issues with roaming and network selection in dual-band environments.

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FileMaker Pro 10 Released

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

The All New FileMaker Pro 10

Leverage the power of a completely new intuitive interface and lots of new innovative features to help you create and manage your databases like never before.

• NEW! Intuitive Interface
• NEW! Script Triggers
• NEW! Saved Finds
• AND much, much more!

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