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Microsoft SkyDrive App For Mac OS X Now Available For Download

A few months back, Microsoft launched its iOS app for SkyDrive, a Dropbox-like cloud based storage service available to all Windows Live users. Today, the company has announced an all new SkyDrive app for Mac OS X as well as an update to the Windows version. The updated desktop apps allow easy management of SkyDrive stored content with features...

Download Apple’s Official Flashback Malware Removal Tool For OS X

Just yesterday, Apple pushed out a Java update (via OS X Lion Software Update) to remove the Flashback malware from Macs running OS X Snow Leopard and OS X Lion and now, a new standalone Flashback malware removal tool version 1.0 has been released to allow the trojan's removal from non-Java systems as well. The tool is based...

OS X 10.7.4 Build 11E46 Now Available For Download [Developers Only]

Apple has just seeded OS X Lion 10.7.4 (Build 11E46) exclusively to the developers which addresses issues related to stock OS X apps like Mail, QuickTime, Time Machine etc. in addition to a bunch of bug fixes. Like always, the beta release is available only to registered Mac developers who download the latest update from the Developer Center....

Fetchnotes Introduces A New Simple Note-Taking Service For All Platforms

An all new cloud based note-taking service has been introduced by Fetchnotes (via Tech Crunch) with apps for iOS, Android, OS X and Windows platforms. Simplicity and ease of use is what sets it apart from other similar note taking apps. Instead of having important items at the top or color-coded, Fetchnotes relies on hashtagging the items...

Safari Updated to 5.1.5. Fixes 32 Bit Compatibility

Today, Apple has released an update to Safari, bringing it to version 5.1.5. Apparently, this update fixes some issues with Safari running in 32 bit mode. Safari 5.1.4 was released just a couple of weeks ago and brought some great improvements, but suffered in 32 bit mode. Hopefully, this update will solve these issues. You...

“Pimp Your Screen” For OS X Hits The Mac App Store [Download]

Developers of popular iOS app "Pimp Your Screen” have just released an all new OS X version of the app which can now be downloaded from the Mac App store. Similar to the iOS version, Pimp Your Screen for Mac lets user's customize their desktop's wallpaper by providing an exclusive selection of specially designed background images and wallpapers...

Messages Beta Download for OS X Released by Apple

Apple has just released a beta version of Messages for Mac, promising a taste of what's to come from OS X Mountain Lion.   Messages replaces iChat and brings all of the functionality you get with iMessage on your iOS device, right onto your Mac, and as with iMessage, the feature list is a follows:...

Round Up of OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview First Looks

As noted earlier, Apple allowed a few select tech bloggers and media attend their preview of OS X Mountain Lion, (note that it's no longer 'Mac' OS X) a meeting that occurred last week in New York City. Here is round up of their early reviews: Daring Fireball The Loop Macworld The Verge CNET AllThingsD...

Command-Line Interface (CLI) iPhone 4S Jailbreak Released by iPhone Dev Team

The iPhone Dev Team, as part of their initial blog post that detailed today's Absinthe A5 jailbreak tool, has released their command-line interface (CLI) to jailbreak the iPhone 4S and iPad 2: iPhone Dev have also incorporated the exact same flow into an alternative command-line interface (CLI). This will allow us to help users through...

iChat For iOS Soon To Become A Reality, Suggests New iOS Source Code

TUAW is reporting that developer John Heaton has discovered some code in the latest iOS release that suggests OS X's iChat functionality could soon be coming to the mobile platform. The code reflects popular chat services like Jabber and AIM though there is no particular mention of iChat. However, the source claims that these strings aren't yet included in any...

Apple Releases OS X Lion Recovery Disk Assistant Download

For those new OS X Lion users out there, you might want to know Apple has released the download for the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant: Built right into OS X Lion, Lion Recovery lets you repair disks or reinstall OS X Lion without the need for a physical disc. The Lion Recovery Disk Assistant lets...