As David Emery documented last week on Cryptome, Apple’s original version of FileVault has a serious security flaw, when used in OS X Lion 10.7.3. The authorization process has a debug option left on that logs the password used to access an encrypted volume’s directory tree. In turn, this log file is viewable by anyone […]
According to a FAQ updated today, Intuit is proceeding with earlier rumored plans to update their Quicken for Mac 2007 product with OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility. Since it was originally developed for PowerPC based Macs, Quicken required the Rosetta emulator to run on modern Intel-based Macs. Apple removed Rosetta support in Lion. I suppose […]
Parallels announces version seven of their virtualization product for Mac OS X, with expected availability as soon as September 6. Parallels is widely known as the first product for Intel-based Macs providing the ability to run copies of Microsoft Windows inside of OS X. (A product called Virtual PC gave older PowerPC based Macs this […]
The first article I ever contributed to Techcitement covered my experience trying out the FreeNAS, v8.0 server. Since then, my FreeNAS box has been happily storing Time Machine backups from several different Macs in the household — until now. What changed? OS X Lion! Apple’s ongoing efforts to increase security of their OS includes disabling […]
Most of the news about Apple’s new operating system focuses on the changes that affect the way people interact with it on a daily basis, but what’s potentially equally important are significant changes made beneath the surface. OS X Lion is, by far, Apple’s most security-conscious operating system they’ve ever released. The Register reveals the […]
That Lion OS 10.7 you’re uploading disk images for? It has your Apple ID attached to it.
Inevitable installation glitches and bug reports are flowing in for the OS X 10.7 Lion release. Here’s a brief rundown of the issues I’ve heard about around the scratching post.
OS X Lion, with more than 250 new features, arrives in the Mac App Store this morning for a $30 purchase fee.
I just finished reading an editorial put out by ZDNet where the author expresses his opinion that Apple’s new “iCloud” announcement marks Apple’s attempt at making the PC take a back-seat to doing things over the Internet, without regard to which platform is used to make the connection. With the PC vs. Mac vs. Linux […]
