Little over a month ago – on the first of February – Apple released the final version of 10.7.3 for Mac OS X Lion. The update added a number of new languages, small bug fixes, Safari 5.1.3 and the usual performance and stability improvements. Somewhere during the release a new error made its way into [...]

Apple released a number of firmware updates last night; these updates are released to add the Lion Internet Recovery Mode to three more Macs. Owners of a MacBook Air, iMac and MacBook Pro that were released in 2010 or later, can install the update and recover their operating system via the Internet if problems occur. [...]

Apple has released a new version of the Security Update for OS X, which was released last week. The previous update for Snow Leopard was causing problems with Rosetta, the compatibility layer for PowerPC applications. The update that was release by Apple had 52 security patches for vulnerabilities that were found in Mac OS X [...]

Mac users that are using FileVault as their encryption system should look for a better solution. According to the security company Passware, it is possible to decrypt FileVault within 40 minutes. The tool that has been developed by the company exploits a vulnerability that allows them to retrieve password via the Firewire memory chip. The [...]

A few weeks ago Apple released a new beta version of Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3, this version included a new feature that we haven’t seen before and could possibly prove that Apple is working on Macs with a ‘Retina’ display. This so called HiDPI mode was enabled on some of the Macs, users even [...]

The ‘Resume’ feature that has been implemented in OS X Lion, is not being perceived as helpful by all the users. You currently only have the option to completely disable this feature by unchecking  ▸ System Preferences ▸ General ▸ Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps. After disabling this option, ‘Resume’ will completely stop working. If [...]

In Mac OS X Lion there have been some very useful features added to the Finder application. One of these features is the possibility to merge files and folders into a new folder. Select a number of folder and/or files in Finder and click on the right mouse button. In the context menu, you will [...]

With OS X Terminal, you can use the top command to exactly see what your Mac is currently doing. You can view regular things like memory and CPU usage per application and other very detailed information. Many OS X users will not find it interesting, but administrators of systems should be interested and know how [...]