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Apple unveils Mountain Lion Preview: iOS-ification of OS X continues with Messages, AirPlay Mirroring, Notification Center, Game Center, Twitter and more
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It has been only seven months since Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.7 Lion and today the company announced Mountain Lion—the next major update to its desktop operating system. As 9to5Mac first learned in October, Mountain Lion brings even more popular iOS features to the Mac platform. The notion...
Apple unveils Mountain Lion Preview: iOS-ification of OS X continues with Messages, AirPlay Mirroring, Notification Center, Game Center, Twitter and more
Apple unleashes OS X Mountain Lion Preview to Mac Developer Program
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You may still be purring your way through our in-depth preview, but Mountain Lion is now officially out of the bag, with Apple releasing a preview version of its latest OS X to the members-only Developer Program. If you're up to date on those $99/year dues, you can head...
Apple’s OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: iMessage on Mac, Notification Center and more
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Details surrounding Apple’s next-generation Mac operating system were released on Thursday morning, shedding light on a number of new features set to hit Apple’s desktop operating system later this year. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion highlights include the arrival of iMessage on Mac computers, a feature iOS users have...
Apple's Mac App Store Sandboxing Requirement Gaining Renewed Scrutiny as Deadline Approaches
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Last November, we reported on Apple's plan to require all Mac App Store apps to be sandboxed, a move that would increase security by preventing apps from overstepping their bounds should they be affected by malware but which could hamper the functionality of certain apps. The requirement had been scheduled...
Cod Liver Oil: Like It Or Not, Apple’s Gatekeeper Makes Sense
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Electronic Freedom Fighters and knee-jerk reactionaries: prepare your big drums because here comes the cause of the week. We learned about Gatekeeper, Apple’s app signing solution that ensures “rogue” apps can’t infect your computer, a few months ago when the company announced the coming of a new OS, Mountain Lion....
Apple Offering 150 Free WWDC Tickets to Student Developers
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Apple announced its 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this morning, with plans to put tickets up for sale tomorrow at 10am. Tickets for WWDC can be hard to come by and sold out within two hours last year, but current students might be able to attend the conference through a...
Free Tool Detects Flashback Mac Malware
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A Mac developer has posted a tool that detects a Flashback malware infection on Apple's computers....
Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3
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Just over a month after the arrival of the previous build, Apple today seeded registered members of the Mac Developer Program with the third developer preview version of OS X Mountain Lion. The new version arrives as Build 12A178q, up from the earlier 12A154q version. Changes included in the new...
OS X Mountain Lion Bringing Automatic App Downloads to Mac
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As noted by 9to5Mac, the latest developer build of OS X Mountain Lion released last week sets the stage for bringing iOS-like automatic app downloads to Mac App Store purchases. Like on the iPhone and iPad, when you buy and install an app on one of your Macs, all of...
Apple OS X Mountain Lion unveiled: Consumer dream, developer nightmare
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In a decisively uncharacteristic twist, Apple has unveiled Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) through… a press release. A handful of top tech blogs have had their hands on a preview version for the last week, and now Apple has announced that the Developer Preview is available to members of...
Twitterrific 5 for iOS is charming and speedy, but faces an uphill battle
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Since 2011, Twitter has strongly discouraged the creation of Twitter clients and anything that emulates the functionality of its own apps. The already-awkward situation is made more frustrating for developers who can’t add new Twitter features like Cards to its apps, and who face a hard ceiling of 100,000...
Apple OS X Mountain Lion unveiled: Consumer dream, developer nightmare
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In a decisively uncharacteristic twist, Apple has unveiled Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) through… a press release. A handful of top tech blogs have had their hands on a preview version for the last week, and now Apple has announced that the Developer Preview is available to members of...
Apple's New Fusion Drive Works on Older Macs
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One of the interesting additions to Apple's iMac and Mac mini lines announced last week is Fusion Drive, a hybrid storage system that combines a 128 GB solid-state drive (SSD) with a 1 TB or 3 TB traditional hard drive into a single volume to offer the best of both...
Apple Again Encouraging Mac Developers to Sign up for Developer ID Ahead of OS X Mountain Lion
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Apple today sent out an email encouraging Mac developers to sign up for the company's Developer ID program so that their apps can be properly signed ahead of the launch of OS X Mountain Lion later this year. Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper feature gives users the ability to set limits on...
A Lifesaver for Your Brain: Digital Sticky Notes Done Right
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Online life is a constant series of interruptions. Some people try to stave off madness by cluttering their desktops with floating windows from an app like Stickies. But now there's a tidy, user-friendly improvement upon this idea (for Mac users). If you've ever created a new document, folder, alarm or...
Free tool detects Flashback Mac malware pestilence
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A Mac developer has posted a tool that detects a Flashback malware infection on Apple's computers....
Apple seeds OS X Mountain Lion Server Developer Preview 4 to developers
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Apple has just seeded OS X Mountain Lion Server Developer Preview 4 to developers apart of Apple’s Mac developer program. The update is available on the Developer Center and can be downloaded by grabbing a redemption code. Go ahead and grab it on the Developer Center if you’re a registered member....
Apple preparing to seed OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 to developers
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T0day, Apple has begun notifying participants in its early software seeding program (AppleSeed) that OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 is on the way. According to the email notification, the 10.8.2 seeding will begin soon. AppleSeed and Mac Developer builds typically coincide, so it appears that registered Mac developers will,...
Apple to hand out 150 free WWDC tickets to budding young developers
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Good news for students interested in developing for iOS or OS X: Apple is awarding 150 scholarships to those who want to attend WWDC 2013 to benefit from the conference's many workshops. On its site, Apple states that it wants to “reward creative, talented, and outstanding student developers” by...
Apple seeds OS X 10.7.4 build 11E52 to developers (release note included)
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A few days after the last release to developers, Apple seeded OS X 10.7.4 build 11E52 to developers this evening. The update features no known issues and asks developers to focus on graphics, iCal, Mail, Printing, and Time Machine. If you are a registered Mac developer, you can grab the update...
Project Amy merges Apple's Messages app with App.net
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Project Amy allows you to use Messages to add an App.net account and then send/receive private messages. App.net may not quite be the New Twitter™ just yet, but its popularity continues to grow at a slow and steady pace. For us Mac users, there are some third-party clients available...
Tweetbot For Mac Now Available For $19.99: Twitter Client Token Limits To Blame For High Price
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Tweetbot for Mac has finally arrived in retail release form, after an extended public alpha and beta testing phase. The native OS X Twitter client from celebrated iOS and Mac developer Tapbots is available from the Mac App Store, for the somewhat eyebrow-raising price of $19.99. Is it worth $20?...
Atebits' mystery iOS app, Modern Combat 4, Netflix, eBay Fashion, more
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On top of our usual list of apps and updates hitting the App Store today, we also get word from Tweetie/Twitter for Mac developer Atebits that it has version 1.0 of a new app currently in review. We don’t know yet what it is, but we’ll certainly keep you...
Apple releases first beta of OS X 10.8.3 to developers
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The first beta release of the upcoming OS X 10.8.3 has appeared on Apple’s Mac Developer Center today. Developers are instructed to download a new configuration utility in order to begin the installation process. Thanks, D!...
France Asks EU to Examine Apple's Removal of AppGratis From the App Store
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France will ask the European Commission for increased regulation following Apple's decision to remove AppGratis from the App Store for violating its developer guidelines, Reuters reports. During a visit to AppGratis publisher iMediapp, French junior minister for digital economy Fleur Pellerin called Apple's decision "extremely brutal and unilateral.... "This behaviour...
Apple Caves on Streaming Music Royalty Rates, First Deal to be Signed Next Week
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The Verge is reporting that Apple is set to strike a licensing deal with Universal Music Group, the largest music label, by next week for its rumored Internet radio service. A deal with Warner Music would follow soon after that, according to The Verge. Last week, it was reported that...
Why Apple's WWDC 2012 Conference Sold Out Again - in Just 2 Hours
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Tickets to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) sold out in a record two hours this morning. The conference will be held in San Francisco from June 11-15. "Sorry, tickets are sold out," the site says. It explains that Apple will post videos of the sessions shortly after the conference, making...
Mac User Rolls His Own Fusion Drive And Details How You Can, Too
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Apple announced Fusion Drive along with its new Macs and iPad mini last week, and while it may have seemed like a straightforward hardware option only available from Apple itself, it’s actually more about how OS X handles storage, startup and other operations at the software level. Which means, as...
Apple releases OS X 10.8.3 beta to developers
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Another week, another Apple (AAPL) operating system beta. Apple on Monday seeded its beta for OS X 10.8.3 to its developer community through its Mac Developer Center as “Build 12D32.” According to MacRumors, the new beta focuses on tests for “AirPlay, AirPort, Game Center, and Graphics Drivers.” Anyone interested in working...
Analyst: iPhone 5S Will Have Larger Camera, New Fingerprint Technology, Same Screen Size
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Topeka analyst Brian White today issued a new research note summarizing his thoughts on the phone he calls the iPhone 5S, expected to be released this summer. Most notably, he seems to have reversed his prior assertion that the next iPhone will have multiple screen sizes, noting that at a...
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