osX

Apple’s desktop operating system, Mac OS X, is considered the soul of the Macintosh. 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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• Sony VAIO X ultraportable gets the Hackintosh treatment

  
  F-Default — Authority: 542
      The Vaio X, aside from being thin and light, is notoriously difficult to mod — simply put, there’s not much room in there to play around! Besides, when you’ve spent well over a grand for a machine, you’re not necessarily going to be gung-ho about digging in with your soldering gun. Still, when ...
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• NSA Offers Security Guidelines for Sun, Apple and Red Hat

  
  System News for Sun Users - The Blog — Authority: 138
  To Help Protect OSes Against Certain Types of Attacks The National Security Agency (NSA) is working with Sun, Apple and Red Hat “to develop secure baselines for their products,” commented Richard Schaeffer, the NSA’s information assurance director, on Nov. 17 at a hearing before the U.S. Senate’s Subcommittee ...
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• New Cloud-based Desktop as a Service for Educational Institutions

  
  System News for Sun Users - The Blog — Authority: 138
  Offers Benefits of Cloud Computing to the School Desktop A new cloud-based Desktop as a Service is being offered for educational institutions by Sun and Ashbourne Technology Group. The multi-platform service provides a virtual desktop experience for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris to most client ...
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• The Benefits of Open Source Software

  
  IENACE — Authority: 142
  As unbelievable as it appears, there are hundreds of companies and foundations out there that actively create and distribute software for no cost. The reason for them opening up their software is varied, but the advantages to the customers is huge. Back in the 1970’s, computer geeks and nerds would create software ...
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• JaBack 8.32

  
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• Option-Click the Airport Menu for Extra Wireless Info

  
  OS X Daily — Authority: 664
  If you Option-Click the Airport Menu you can get extended information about the wireless network you are connected to (and the ones you’re not as well), including Channel information, MAC address of the access point, signal strength, and the transmission rate. This is Snow Leopard only, if you haven’t upgraded ...
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• Sony VAIO X gets OS X Snow Leopard

  
  SlashGear — Authority: 783
  There’s a lot to like about Sony’s VAIO X ultraportable – its indecently-skinny build, the engineering intelligence that went into its design, and its lengthy battery life just to name a few things – but if you’re less than inspired by Windows 7 then how about a Mac OS X version?  That’s not one of ...
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• Reports of dead and damaged Core i7 iMacs on the rise

  
  Boy Genius Report — Authority: 777
  As if waiting weeks to receive a custom ordered Core i7 iMac wasn’t bad enough, Apple forums the world wide web over are filling up with reports of computers showing up with broken displays an/or simply not booting up. Giz seems to think that the packaging might be inadequate for the 27″ behemoths and the ...
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• Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition ‘70% off retail for student’

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 547
  Mac Unit announced a special discount – 70% off retail price to U.S. college and graduate students on Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition , that includes Web Services Edition, Document Connection for Mac with SharePoint support, and exclusive themes and graphics in addition to standard Office programs Word, ...
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• No terminal (tty) after ssh and telnet also

  
  The UNIX and Linux Forums — Authority: 170
  Hi all, we are just confused about a strange problem on one server in production (XServer, running OSXS 10.5.6). It works normal for month. Since two day everthing seems to be fine also with one exception. When we connect trough ssh we wont get a tty session. For testing purposes, we enabled telnet and try to ...
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• The Highest Speed External Hard Drive From Buffalo !

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 441
  Hereafter, you can think of DriveStation HD-HXU3 for the high speed external storage solution that comes from Buffalo Technology. It is compatible with USB3.0 interface and high speed transfer rate is up to 130MB/s, 3 times faster than normal USB2.0 Moreover, it is ideal for editing and managing bandwidth intensive ...
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• Chrome OS Has Another Competitor

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 584
  Though I don’t consider windows in the same ballpark as Chrome OS, many think it is a competitor for the dominant position on the world’s desktops. This is rather odd since Chrome OS is like a sacrifice bunt in the ballpark versus Windows grand slam. Beyond that, the unfinished work that is Chrome is now being ...
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• Sony VAIO UX upgraded, a lot

  
  Mobilewhack.com — Authority: 645
  The Sony Vaio UX first made its debut back in 2006 but failed to really catch on due to the device’s small niche and high price point. However, that hasn’t stopped modders from working continously upgrading the UX into the end-all-be-all device.What you see above is the creation of some Micro PC Talk forums’ ...
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• Move Fail Dalam Mac OS X

  
  Od3n (dot) Net — Authority: 116
  Tekan kekunci Command ⌘ dan drag and drop fail tersebut.
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• Mac OS X v10.6: Waking a Mac from sleep via a third-party USB Bluetooth adapter

  
  The UNIX and Linux Forums — Authority: 170
  Some Intel-based Macs can be ordered without built-in Bluetooth. If you want to be able to wake your Intel-based Mac from sleep via a third-party Bluetooth adapter in Mac OS X v10.6, use a certain adapter. More from Apple OS X Support ...
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• Why It’s Gotten Straight Stupid to Buy a Mac Pro [Rant]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 542
      Never before has it been so apparent that a power tower—pretty much the laziest design in the computer industry—is being sold by a design-centric company with neither design nor power. And I’m not sure that the solution is just a refresh away More here: Why It’s Gotten Straight Stupid to Buy a Mac ...
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• OneSwarm 0.6.9

  
  TechBeta — Authority: 146
  Although widely used, currently popular peer-to-peer (P2P) applications offer no user privacy. By design, services like BitTorrent and Gnutella share data with anyone that asks for it, allowing a third-party to systematically monitor user behavior. As a result, using a P2P network means that your online activities ...
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• Twitter & Growl — real world solutions

  
  EchoTech — Authority: 104
  By-far-and-away the most popular blogs I have ever written are How To: Growl and Twitter and Twitter + Growl = Trowel v1.0 . These simple how to’s, provide a solution to a simple problem. How do I pipe my Twitter time line to Growl ? It shames me to say this but I no longer use my own solutions. If I ever ...
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• Convert WMV to MOV for free

  
  OS X Daily — Authority: 664
  You can easily convert WMV movie files to MOV format for free by using the FlipForMac Quicktime component plugin and QuickTime itself. Here’s what you will need to do: Convert WMV file to MOV format in Mac OS X First download FlipForMac , it is a WMV component plugin for Quicktime, the free version is all you ...
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• Sony VAIO UX handheld gets 3G wireless, quad OS, inflated sense of self

  
  F-Default — Authority: 542
      As we’re all undoubtedly aware, old gadgets don’t really die — they just just get modded eternally (as the continued appearance of Atari on these pages will attest). Read more from the original source: Sony VAIO UX handheld gets 3G wireless, quad OS, inflated sense of self
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