Apple special event: Streaming live to fanboys

Hear about all the launches live on your Apple device

Usually when Apple puts on one of its launch events th...

Plex/Nine, Plex for iOS near release

New versions of the Plex media player are en route for Mac and iOS devices, the developers have revealed. The updated Mac app is being dubbed Plex/Nine, and should be launched at midnight Eastern time. The major addition is a separate Media Manager for Snow Leopard, which should make it easier ...

Apple posts fresh Leopard, Snow Leopard security updates

Apple has released a new security update, 2010-005. Four versions of the file are available, directed at the regular and Server editions of Leopard and Snow Leopard. Several vulnerabilities are fixed across all patches; these include ones with maliciously crafted fonts and PDF files, as well as...

About Snow Leopard’s Dock icons

Reader BRothrock is unsatisfied with the way folders are displayed in Snow Leopard's Dock. B writes:

Early Mac OS X 10.6.5 reaches developers

Apple has begun seeding the first build of Mac OS X 10.6.5 to developers, 10H525. The update is said to target several areas, including support for Exchange Server, and WebKit views embedded within programs such as iTunes. By default, v10.6.5 also includes the contents of the Snow Leopard Graph...

Axon debuts tablet geared for Mac OS X installation

Axon Logic is finally ready to take pre-orders for its Haptic tablet designed for 'hackintosh' Mac OS X installation. Although the company officially warns against installing Mac OS X due to licensing restrictions, the tablet is said to be specifically built for compatibility with any Darwin-base...

iLife ‘11 set to go 64-bit, drop iDVD?

Some significant changes are coming to the next iLife suite, a "well-informed" source claims. The software is first of all said to be going 64-bit, potentially providing significant performance boosts within Snow Leopard. Allegedly being dropped as a default app is iDVD, Apple's disc-authoring ...

Seagate unveils first-ever 3TB external drive

Seagate claimed a record in storage today by launching a 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk drive. The first of its kind packs a single, 3TB disk inside and is large enough to need a 64-bit OS to work: it needs either Mac OS X Snow Leopard and either Windows 7 or Vista in their 64-bit versions to see mor...

NEWS: What the hell is an OS?

Unravelling the tech talk of today

Welcome to "What the hell is" on Pocket-lint where we break down tech jargon a piece at a time until you don't have to be a geek to know what someone is banging on about. This week is the turn of OS which is the short hand f...

Apple sneaks anti-malware update into Snow Leopard

Ten months after it debuted rudimentary malware scanning in Snow Leopard, Apple this week quietly added a signature for a third piece of malware, security researchers reported.