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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, April 29, 2012
 

 

OS X
News
  • "Snow Leopard users most prone to Flashback infection: Russian AV firm's data also shows that 28% of Lion users are running out-of-date OS" Computerworld 7:56 AM
  • "Flashback bots search Twitter for controllers, hit Snow Leopard hardest" Ars Technica 3:35 PM
  • "Flashback malware exposes big gaps in Apple security response" ZDNet 11:43 AM
  • "Flashback Trojan: wake-up call for Mac users" ZDNet UK 8:04 AM
  • "Mac Flashback Flaw Re-used by New Malware Campaign" Techworld 8:02 AM
  • "15 months after launch, Apple's Mac App Store hits 10K app milestone" VentureBeat 4/28
  • "Over A Year Since Launch, The Mac App Store Passes 10,000 App Milestone" TechCrunch 4/27
  • "Apple's Mac App Store reaches 10,000 applications" AppleInsider 4/27
  • "iOS developers plan an alternative to WWDC after sell out" BGR 4/27
  • "Apple Cancels WWDC Orders For Developers Who Purchased More Than One Ticket" Cult of Mac 4/27
  • "Java Development Kits for OS X Released, Consumer Version Soon" The Mac Observer 4/27
  • "Hackers re-target Apple Mac OS with Flashback Java security vulnerability" V3 4/27
  • "New SDK offers solution to Apple phasing out iOS UDID: Adfonic's new SDK for iOS offers compatibility with alternatives to Apple's the UDID device identification system that Apple is rumoured to be phasing out." Macworld UK 4/27
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Converting from AAC to Apple Lossless used a relatively trivial amount of CPU. The theory was that Apple *designed* Apple Lossless in order to make the conversion efficient from an algorithmic perspective which allows for efficient transcoding on playback. I'm not sure the same is true of FLAC. It seems slow to convert, let alone transcode. There's no important difference here. Sure, it takes time and processing power to convert *to* FLAC. But who cares? By design, it is extremely fast to convert *from* FLAC; that's why it is possible to play a FLAC file directly (i.e., the [playback] conversion is much, much, much faster than the real-time that elapses during play)." MacInTouch 4/28
  • "Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/What options are available for an encrypted drive without a key or password, along with other questions answered." MacFixIt 4/27
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Enable Smooth Scrolling in Firefox to Dramatically Improve Web Browsing" OS X Daily 11:13 AM
  • "Mac Tip: Change The Location Of Your iTunes Library" MacTrast 7:57 AM
  • "Typeli Is A Questionable OSX Note-Taking App" MacStories 4/28
  • "Five Super Helpful Mac Apps for Music Fans" Gizmodo 4/28
  • "Get Extended CPU Information from the Command Line" OS X Daily 4/28
  • "I really like the utility of Preview's signature function. Unfortunately, I have a non-camera display.Using another Mac to capture the signature, I found where it was stored only to learn that it is encrypted and Preview cannot unencrypt it on another computer (which makes sense). Is there a way around this w/o going to an external package? For example, is there any way to tether an iPhone for this purpose? How about putting your Mac into Firewire Target Mode and booting to it from the Mac with the camera? Then you could capture the sig into your own system, avoiding the security issues." MacInTouch 4/28
  • "Apple's iBooks Author: the iTunes of self-publishing apps?" Ars Technica 4/27
  • "The shortest Google Drive review you'll read today: Known unknown error leaves Mac in neutral" The Register 4/27
  • "QuickMailer Review: Let's not pause for these e-messages" Mac|Life 4/27
  • "MacMost Now 702: iPad Video Screen Capture With AirServer" MacMost 4/27
  • "Review: The Cheap Super App Converter For Mac (money, units, and calculators)" Mac 360 4/27
  • "Try The Cheap And Easy Way To Run Linux (and Windows) On Your Mac" NoodleMac 4/27
  • "Get Free Classy Photos For Your Mac's Desktop Wallpaper (new images daily)" TeraTalks 4/27
  • "How To Bring Photo Album Slideshows To Your Mac's Screen (while you're working)" McSolo 4/27
  • "A Cheap Mac App That Gives You A Pain Free, Instant Backup Experience" Mac 360 4/27
  • "Why You Need This Mac App Spam Filter Instead Of Apple's Junk Mail" BohemianBoomer 4/27
  • "The Future Of Time Tracking And Attention Management Is A Free Mac App" Mac 360 4/27
Op/Ed
  • "You're the Pundit: Are iOS and OS X headed on a collision course?" TUAW 4/28
  • "Forget Apple: Oracle to bring Java security fixes directly to Mac users" Ars Technica 4/27
  • "On the Gamification of Apps and Strongly-Worded Opinions" 512 Pixels 4/27
  • "The Case For Multiple Apple Developer Conferences" Cult of Mac 4/27
  • "Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Perhaps the Best Version Ever" Low End Mac 4/27
  • "Apple fanboi offers to change name to get WWDC ticket" The Register 4/27
Press Releases
  • "Entourage Address Extractor 3.0.0" Softhing 9:11 AM
  • "Mac MXF Converter to convert MXF files on Mac" prMac 4/28
  • "Oracle providing direct Java support for OS X, updates to be more timely" TUAW 4/28
  • "Firefox 13 (Beta) Goes Live For Mac, Windows, and Linux!" RazorianFly 4/27
  • "Opera 12 goes 64-bit, sandboxes plugins, delivers very good HTML5 compatibility" FairerPlatform 4/27
  • "Wolfram Alpha Launches Desktop App" Mashable 4/27
  • "Oracle proVides Java fixes directly to Mac users" Macworld 4/27
  • "Oracle upgrades standard Java, JavaFX: Enhancements include first delivery of SDKs for Mac OS X, along with garbage collection and virtual machine boosts" InfoWorld 4/27
  • "Oracle finally releases first Java Developement Kits for Mac OS X" 9 to 5 Mac 4/27
  • "PDF2Office Pro v6.0 converts XPS & PDFs to OmniGraffle and Office files" prMac 4/27
  • "DropKey Brings Effortless File Encryption to the Mac" prMac 4/27
  • "Free Online Automation Workshops --complete course outlines and materials for delivering guided hands-on workshops, designed to teach attendees how to use the powerful automation tools built-into OS X." Mac OS X Automation 4/27