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How to "clean install" Snow Leopard
Filed under: Hardware, OS, How-tos, Tips and tricks, Troubleshooting, MacBookA friend's MacBook had slowed down to a snail's pace. Despite looking everywhere for the issue, streamlining everything I could, and yelling at it, it failed to accelerate to…
January 30 2010, 7:30pm | Comments
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Mac OS X 10.6.2 hacked to allow Atom support
No bonus points for calling this one, but it looks like Atom support has returned to Mac OS X 10.6.2 -- less than two weeks after it was unceremoniously removed to the dismay of hackintoshers. Of course, this…
November 20 2009, 1:21am | Comments
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Mac OS X 10.6.2 update out on the prowl (update: Atom support is gone)
It's been awhile, but we've got ourselves a brand spanking new OS X update in the mix, 10.6.2 for Snow Leopard. So far the biggest change here seems to be fixing that nagging guest account deletion bug --…
November 10 2009, 1:33am | Comments
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Mac OS X 10.6.2 is on the prowl, plus security update for 10.5 users
Filed under: Software Update, Snow LeopardUpdate: As noted by our commenters and cross-confirmed with OS News, the 10.6.2 update appears to drop support for the hackintosh-centric Atom processor. This was spotted in earlier builds, but it was not…
November 9 2009, 9:40pm | Comments
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Apple quietly updates AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule, promises improved performance
Just as it did in March, Apple has subtly updated both the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule, this time improving performance on both. According to new testing between today's model and yesterday's edition, the AE Base Station (which…
October 20 2009, 5:43pm | Comments
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Skype 2.8 for Mac gets update for Snow Leopard
Filed under: Software, Video, Internet ToolsSkype 2.8, with hot fixes for Mac OS X 10.6, is available for your downloading pleasure. It's a micro update of the summertime release of Skype 2.8; the version number is now up…
October 1 2009, 8:00pm | Comments
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VLC 1.0.2 includes 64-bit Mac port and security fixes
Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Video, Open SourceVideoLAN's popular cross-platform open source media player VLC 1.0.2 is now available with an important security update. The rest of the release notes are rather terse and nerdy: "BEWARE: this release is…
September 28 2009, 5:00pm | Comments
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Will Snow Leopard really make my computer any faster?
Filed under: Macbook Pro, MacBook, Leopard, Snow LeopardWe've seen the benchmarks. We've heard from the techno-geeks. According to Apple, Snow Leopard should result in some impressive speed gains, and hefty hard drive space recapture. But does this speed…
September 4 2009, 2:30pm | Comments
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Benchmarking results: Is Snow Leopard really any faster than Leopard?
Filed under: OS, TUAW Labs, Snow LeopardOne of the biggest features of Snow Leopard isn't something apparent to the naked eye: software tweaks and refinements intended to make OS X a leaner, meaner OS for your fighting Apple…
September 2 2009, 2:00pm | Comments
