Tag: Lion

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Perian Project comes to a close.

From perian.org:

We began the Perian project over 6 years ago. We wanted to simplify viewing your content. Our team has attained that goal and with that in mind, Perian will be retired soon. Our stewardship has been a blast but it’s time for all of us to move on.

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Starting 90 days after the final Perian release, we will no longer provide support. We’ll wrap up our loose ends, pack up our bags, and move on to new and exciting projects.

Here’s what our roadmap looks like:

  • We will soon release the final version of Perian, including all the fixes we’ve worked on since the last release. It may — or may not — work on 10.8.
  • We will post the source code to either Google Code or Github.

Thanks to The Perian Project Team members for doing such a great job all these years.

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Cocktail 5.2 (Lion Edition)

Cocktail 5.2 for OS X Lion is now available.

Cocktail is a general purpose utility for OS X that lets you clean, repair and optimize your Mac. It is a powerful digital toolset that helps hundreds of thousands of Mac users around the world get the most out of their computers every day.

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Snow Leopard has arrived so I can move to iCloud.

I received a copy of Snow Leopard in the mail so that I can move my MobileMe account to iCloud. A Snow Leopard 10.6.3 DVD and a thick multi-language Software License Agreement booklet are packed in a brown padded envelope.

I personally will move my MobileMe account at the last moment possible because I still have some Macs that will never be able to run OS X Lion ever. Namely the PowerPC based Macs. In the meantime, I have been using a different iCloud account since Summer 2011.

Apple is committed to keep MobileMe service until June 30th, 2012.

 

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Snow Leopard is on its way.

I have not moved my MobileMe account to iCloud yet for many reasons. Anyway, Apple offered me a free copy of Snow Leopard so I can upgrade to Lion. I already have OS X Lion on one of my Macs, but that’s beside the point. Let’s say I’m doing this for science.

Apple is mailing a copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard to me and sent me the following email:

1. Get your free DVD of Snow Leopard
After you install Snow Leopard on your Mac, run Software Update from the Apple Menu to get Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with the Mac App Store.

2. Next, upgrade to Lion
Open the Mac App Store from the Dock and purchase Lion for $29.99.* The installer will download to the Dock and automatically launch.

3. You’re ready to move to iCloud
Your Mac is now ready for iCloud. Visit me.com/move from a Mac or PC to make the move to iCloud.

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Perspectives

The news from the first week of April 2012:

There seems to be a consensus of approximately 500,000 to 600,000 computers were affected by The Flashback Trojan. Forget about the possibility that some of the machines were running FreeBSD, Linux, Windows, or other operating systems. (Ars Technica)

After Apple released Java Update and Flashback malware removal tool there are two types of headlines:

Notice the language contrast between the two headlines. The prior sounds more negative then the latter.

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Apple releases Flashback malware removal tool for OS X Lion.

From Apple Support:

About Flashback malware removal tool
This Flashback malware removal tool that will remove the most common variants of the Flashback malware.

If the Flashback malware is found, a dialog will be presented notifying the user that malware was removed.

In some cases, the Flashback malware removal tool may need to restart your computer in order to completely remove the Flashback malware.

This update is recommended for all OS X Lion users without Java installed.

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Apple releases Java for OS X 2012-003 to address Flashback malware.

From Apple Support:

This Java security update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware.

This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets. Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application. If the Java web plug-in detects that no applets have been run for an extended period of time it will again disable Java applets.

Available for OS X Lion and Mac OS X Snow Leopard (Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 8).


It is recommended to disable Java in Safari. Go to Safari Preferences > Security > uncheck “Enable Java”

Apple no longer includes Java runtime with OS X Lion. If you never had any programs that required Java, OS X Lion will not prompt you to download and install the Java update.