When I upgraded to Leopard I kept Safari as my default browser so it would open whenever I clicked a link. But I kept using Firefox for almost everything. I liked how fast Safari was when I did fire it up. So this morning I decided to switch over and start using Safari as my [...]
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It’s been less than a month and Apple has released OS X 10.5.1, it’s first update to Leopard. There’s over two dozen fixes listed in the release notes. Most fixes include either security, stability or reliability in the description. It’s available through Apple Software Update or as a 110MB standalone download. It was a 39.8MB [...]
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There was news last week of a piece of malware targeting OS X. It’s called OSX.RSPlug.A (a.k.a. DNSChanger) and it’s a trojan distributed through porn sites (no puns). A lot was made of the fact that this *could* redirect browsers to malicious websites, such as phishing sites.
The only real news here was that OS X [...]
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I wouldn’t have guessed that I’d be picking Spaces as my killer feature in OS X 10.5 Leopard. I tried various virtual desktop systems in the past but was never overly impressed so I expected more of the same from spaces.
But I was pleasantly surprised when I turned on Spaces to see what was there. [...]
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It’s been just over a week with OS X 10.5 Leopard. So far I’m liking it a lot. I wouldn’t have picked it going in, but Spaces has turned out to be the killer feature for me. I’m using it on both my 24″ iMac and my 13″ MacBook.
I installed Leopard on my Intel Mac [...]
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I’m still waiting for SuperDuper! to release a Leopard compatible update. While the current version can be used to clone a disk under Leopard and make the data available on the cloned disk, the metadata isn’t consistent and the cloned disk probably isn’t bootable.
I’ve been using the Time Machine for local backups and Mozy for [...]
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