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Apple's desktop operating system, Mac OS X, is considered the soul of the Macintosh computer. This BSD-based OS is built on technologies developed at NeXT that were acquired by Apple in early 1996. The first consumer-oriented release of OS X was in March, 2001. Since then, Apple has had a very aggressive release schedule with significant updates coming every 12 to 24 months.

All versions of OS X have an associated "big cat" code name - 10.0 was "Cheetah", 10.1 was "Puma" and so on. Over time, Apple began using the code names in marketing materials and even began branding the releases, starting with OS X "Jaguar". A client version and a server version are usually released in parallel.

As with Apple hardware, there is a huge rumor ecosystem based on speculation of what features the next release will hold. There are also many tip sites and troubleshooting sites to help with operating system issues or running software on these operating systems.

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  • Stop Quicktime and Preview from Auto-Restoring What You Left Open


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    OS X: Auto-restore works great when you want to pick back up where you left off working, but how many times do you leave open a photo or video you actually want to see again when you re-open Preview or Quicktime? A couple of terminal commands can disable this annoying—and potentially embarrassing—feature of OSX. ...
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  • Byword Offers Fullscreen Distraction-Free Writing Pleasure On Your Mac


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    Taking your pen to hand – or more often keyboard, in these times – is not always a simple undertaking. That’s not to say writing is bothersome. No, rather the opposite. Writing is wonderful, awesome, enchanting, and a hundred other things. The problem then is that there are too many distractions. Loud noises, ...
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  • Timed command-line screenshots


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    A TUAW staffer recently asked if there were a way to snapshot the exact same region of the screen over and over at timed intervals without buying third-party software.There is, but it depends on your comfort with the command line. If youre experie...
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  • Timed command-line screenshots


    iPhone Firmware — Authority Authority: 157
    A TUAW staffer recently asked if there were a way to snapshot the exact same region of the screen over and over at timed intervals without buying third-party software.There is, but it depends on your comfort with the command line. If youre experie...
    5 days ago

  • Minbox Offers Super-Fast File Sharing and Cloud Storage


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    Mac: Minbox is a new file sharing service thats fast, free, and lets you upload files of any size and any type so you can send them to friends. Best of all, it does it all without forcing you to wait for the upload to finish before you can share the file and get back to work. Read more...        
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  • Timed command-line screenshots


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    A TUAW staffer recently asked if there were a way to snapshot the exact same region of the screen over and over at timed intervals without buying third-party software. There is, but it depends on your comfort with the command line. If youre experienced in Unix scripting, read on. If not, you may want to investigate ...
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  • Following Windows preview, Google ports Chrome OS app launcher to Chromium for OS X


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    Over the last few months, Google has been working on porting its Chrome OS app launcher to Chrome for the desktop. The majority of the... The post Following Windows preview, Google ports Chrome OS app launcher to Chromium for OS X appeared first on ioTechie Technology News .
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  • Power Up Your Mac Desktop With RSS Feed Reader NewsBar [Mac & iOS]


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    Despite the popularity of social networks like Twitter and Facebook, RSS readers are still arguably the best way to monitor and manage daily news items and subscriptions on both our computers and mobile devices. With the pending death of the Google Reader , we have shared a number of alternative RSS feed reader ...
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  • Yahoo’s new Tumblr for iOS updated with “stacks” like post type chooser, app attribution


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    Tumblr , which was purchased by Yahoo today for a cool $1.1 billion , received an update for iPhone and iPad today that introduces a new post type chooser that resembles fan stacks on the dock in OS X but still includes a 17+ rating . The update also includes attributing app sources to posts shared on ...
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  • OS X gets Google Chrome Launcher through a command line switch in Chromium


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    Google Chrome Launcher has already arrived on the Windows platform. Google is now close to making it available on the OS X platform. The latest build of Chromium now allows you to add the Chrome Read... .
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  • Rumor Roundup: Lightweight iPad, 1.5-Inch iWatch and New MacBooks


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    The rumor mill has ramped up quickly to start the week, with three new reports on the table relating to Apple products. The first comes from hit-and-miss Taiwanese publication DigiTimes, which claims that fifth-generation iPad production will begin in July as monthly shipments reach 2 – 3 million by September. The ...
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  • Latest iTunes Update Gets MiniPlayer Right


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    Apple released a minor update to iTunes last week (11.0.3), with, uncommonly, tweaks to a couple of features that are very welcome. The first I want to point out is the MiniPlayer: I like the new MiniPlayer, but was critical of the lack of a progress bar in my review of iTunes 11 for Macworld. [...]
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  • Debugging SkyDrive for Windows 8


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    As instructors, we move from classroom to studio to office to home to classroom. Classroom images, presentations, notes, virtual hard drives and tools move with us. I love my solid-state jump drive, though connecting and disconnecting to retrieve files in … Continue Reading
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  • HandBrake updated to 0.9.9


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    Handbrake , Eric Petit’s incredibly useful open-source DVD ripping/conversion utility, has been updated to version 0.9.9. The new version, a 9.1 megabyte download , offers the following fixes and changes: General: - Improved HandBrake pineapple icon by Matt Johnson. - Improved Retina-resolution icons within the ...
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  • HandBrake updated to 0.9.9


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    Handbrake , Eric Petit’s incredibly useful open-source DVD ripping/conversion utility, has been updated to version 0.9.9. The new version, a 9.1 megabyte download , offers the following fixes and changes: General: - Improved HandBrake pineapple icon by Matt Johnson. - Improved Retina-resolution icons within the ...
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  • Track Sites You Loves On Mac Desktop With NewsBar RSS Reader


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    Brings any new updates from websites you loves to your Mac desktop in real-time with NewsBar RSS Reader, an RSS feeds reader for Mac that built-in organized RSS and intuitive interface As described on the name of this software, you are of course can guess what kind of this software, yes, this is an RSS [...] The post ...
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  • OnyX updated to 2.6.9


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    An update’s an update. OnyX, Titanium Software’s popular freeware multifunction utility for Mac OS X, has been updated to version 2.6.9. The new version, a 17.9 megabyte download via MacUpdate , adds the following fixes and changes: - New option: Delete the saved application states. - New option: Show/hide ...
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  • OnyX updated to 2.6.9


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    An update’s an update. OnyX, Titanium Software’s popular freeware multifunction utility for Mac OS X, has been updated to version 2.6.9. The new version, a 17.9 megabyte download via MacUpdate , adds the following fixes and changes: - New option: Delete the saved application states. - New option: Show/hide ...
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  • How to Uninstall Windows or Linux After Dual-Booting


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    Weve talked a lot about running multiple operating systems on the same computer—whether its Windows and Linux , Windows and OS X , or something else —but what happens when its time to get rid of one? Heres how to delete Windows or Linux from your system after youve dual-booted them. Read more...   ...
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  • Monday review – the hot 24 stories of the week


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    In case you missed any recent stories, heres everything we wrote in the last seven days.
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