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Sophos releases free anti-virus software

November 3, 2010

Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac will detect and block malware on Macintosh computers, and is free. It is a non-commercial version of Sophos Anti-Virus 7.2 for Mac, targeted for home users. This software is easier to install and use, according to Sophos, and while malware is not the huge threat it is for Windows [...]

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Microsoft Office for Mac 2011′s draconion activation

October 28, 2010

Pirated software is surely a big issue to developers, but activation can be a real pain to users. Microsoft opts on the side of pain, unfortunately, with Office 2011 When purchased, it comes with a 25-character activation key that MUST be entered within 15 days of running any of the Office apps for the first [...]

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Boonana Trojan Removal Tool for Mac

October 28, 2010

SecureMac released a removal tool for the trojan reported yesterday. If you’re careful, or don’t use social networking, this shouldn’t be much of an issue. Even so, I’d recommend using this tool, and using it to check from time to time. It looks as if Macintosh usage has grown to the point that thieves who [...]

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Great Safari extensions

October 27, 2010

If you’re a Safari 5 user, you may or may not know that there are heaps of extensions, more every day, to extend, change, add usability or otherwise modify Safari. Some are very useful, some have a narrow market. Most are free, and all can be disabled or uninstalled easily. Apple’s Extension Gallery is a [...]

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Microsoft Office for Mac 2011

October 26, 2010

A great review by Robert Mohns, a freelance reviewer, is posted on the Macintouch site providing a comprehensive look at the changes in the new Office suite. Rather than attempt to digest the review for you, I’m recommending that anyone interested go to Macintouch and read the full review. It covers all the changes, the [...]

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iPhoto ’11 CAUTION!

October 26, 2010

I don’t know how widespread the problem is, but there are reports of iLife ’11 purchasers opening iPhoto ’11, waiting a loooong time for their library to update, and then finding their images gone. Events are in some cases named correctly, but the images are gone, though placeholders may remain. In one case, the iPhoto [...]

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Apple Announces…

October 20, 2010

Lots of new goodies announced by apple today, including a completely revised MacBook Air line, iLife ’11, and FaceTime (still in beta) allowing video chat between a Mac running FaceTime and an IOS device that is FaceTime capabable. MacBook Air 4 Models, 2 sizes comprise the new line, all with flash-storage, solid state internal drives [...]

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Use the OS X Mail doc icon to work with email

October 19, 2010

The dock icon for Apple’s Mail app shows you how many messages ready to read, but it does a lot more. Control-clicking on the dock icon, or right-clicking until the menu comes up will allow you to get new mail, to compose a new message, or to compose a new note. Mail does have to [...]

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Firefox Security Alert for Windows Users

October 11, 2010

New malware called Trojan-PWS-Nslog was discovered by Webroot, an computer security company. This new malware forces Firefox to save user passwords, and then uses the passwords to create a new user account on the infected computer. Firefox has had security issues in the past, and the recommendation from most security experts is to NOT have [...]

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Safari 5 Reader shortcuts

September 28, 2010

I love Safari 5′s Reader feature. The ability to take a web page with ads and graphics interrupting the text and make it into a readable text-only page is very useful, and it’s a lot easier to copy and paste text to a document. I just found out that Reader has keyboard shortcuts, to make [...]

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