Tag: mac osx
New MacDefender Called MacGuard Installs Without Your Password
Intego is now reporting that a new version of the MacDefender malware has been released that doesn’t require users to enter their administrator password. As a result this threat is even more potentially harmful to the average user who is unaware of the threat or how to avoid getting infected. Apple recently acknowledged the malware issues and is [...]
Preview for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for Mac OS X available
Christmas has come early for Mac users. Adobe wants you to see what Adobe Flash Player 10.1 looks like on your Mac. According to Mac Rumors, Adobe has released a preview release of the 10.1 Flash Player for Mac OS X that supports H.264 video hardware decoding on Mac OS X 10.6.3. Hardware video decoding allows [...]
Mac OS X gives Adobe Flash a hardware boost
It is widely known in the Apple community that running Adobe Flash on the Mac OS X platform has performance issues. It lags and is slow. The Windows OS version of Flash has always managed to work better. But now, it looks like Apple, who has a love/hate relationship with Adobe these days due to [...]
A Simple Guide to Virtual Operating Systems
John Herrman over at Gizmodo has written a nice guide that explains how to install and run a virtual operating system for free (as long as you own the operating system, of course). A virtual operating system is one that is running within another operating system. Imagine running Windows 7 on your Mac, or Linux [...]
