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Report sees boost in Apple's internet presence
News Apple's Mac operating system in December made a stronger showing among users accessing the web, according to preliminary figures from Net Applications. It accounted for 88.68 percent of web hits, according to the Operating System Market Share chart...
[January 2, 2009, 8:15]
Mac OS X - it hits, it misses
News Under Mac OS X, Classic mode brings up Mac OS 9.1 within the newer operating system to run older software. The next-generation Mac operating system, which will be released Saturday, will not support CD-rewritable, DVD or DVD-recording drives -- key...
[March 21, 2001, 8:24]
Apple tells Mac users to install antivirus software
News Rather than an admission that the Mac operating system is suddenly insecure, this is more a recognition that Mac users are vulnerable to web application exploits, which have replaced operating system vulnerabilities as the bigger threat to...
[December 2, 2008, 7:28]
Apple OS launches without core features
News On Wednesday, the company released the final, or gold, code for the next-generation Mac operating system. With pent-up demand for the oft-delayed operating system, Apple hopes to sell high-margin boxed copies first before offering Mac OS X on new...
[March 8, 2001, 8:57]
Apple refreshes Mac OSX
News Apple Computer has issued an update to its Mac OS X operating system just three weeks after the software's debut. Mac OS X is the first complete overhaul of the operating system since its release in 1984.
[April 17, 2001, 8:08]
Apple sauces up OS X for gizmos
News Apple Computer has released another update for its Mac OS X operating system, adding more support for peripherals such as digital cameras. Built on an entirely new software base, the Unix-based OS X was considered the most important upgrade of the...
[December 28, 2001, 9:50]
Apple's Tiger draws Mac developer's ire
News Apple is predicting that rivals will mimic Mac OS X Tiger, but one developer says it's the new Mac operating system that is doing the copying. In the long run, though, Rose knows that he will have a tough time competing with something that is a...
[June 29, 2004, 9:10]
Apple polishes OS X with upgrade
News Apple Computer is expected to unveil a long-anticipated upgrade to the Mac operating system on Tuesday. Mac OS X version 10.1 is considered by many analysts, Mac users and software developers to be the most important operating system upgrade that...
[September 25, 2001, 9:03]
Panther gets patched
News The advisory also falls just days after Apple's much ballyhooed release of the latest version of its operating system, Mac OS X 10.4, widely known as Tiger. Apple on Tuesday released 20 patches for its OS X operating system designed to fix flaws...
[May 5, 2005, 10:15]
Mac OS X gets patches
News Apple on Tuesday issued updates for its Mac OS X operating system to fix 26 security flaws, some serious. The bulk of the Mac OS X flaws affect both the client and server versions of the operating system.
[August 3, 2006, 9:20]
Corel takes Apple to its heart
News Proving that it has truly forsaken its PC-only heritage, Corel on Thursday announced new software titles for the Mac OS X operating system and pledged to bring all future titles to the new OS. Corel has been quick to bring its titles to the new Mac...
[November 16, 2001, 11:23]
Apple to build browser into OS X
News Apple is planning on taking a page out of Microsoft's book, and integrating its new browser technology into the Mac OS X operating system. This deal has now expired, so Apple is free to expand its own browser offerings, and is planning to build...
[January 9, 2003, 16:26]
Apple to unleash Tiger on 29 April
News Apple said on Tuesday that the updated desktop and server versions of its operating system, dubbed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, will be available 29 April. Apple CEO Steve Jobs touted the security and search features of the desktop operating system.
[April 13, 2005, 9:45]
Mac-clone company offers custom updates
News Psystar, a Florida-based company that last month began selling generic PCs with Apple's Mac OS X operating system pre-installed, has addressed one of the major shortcomings of the systems by offering bug fixes and software updates.
[May 28, 2008, 11:22]
Apple sets date for unleashing Panther
News Apple Computer said on Wednesday that its Mac OS X version 10.3 operating system, dubbed Panther, will become available later this month. The new operating system also features improvements under the hood designed to bolster its Unix underpinnings...
[October 9, 2003, 12:00]
Apple patches critical OS X security flaws
News Apple has issued "highly critical" security updates to address more than a dozen vulnerabilities in its Mac OS X operating system. The new Mac OS X patches follow one issued earlier this month by Apple to address vulnerabilities in four areas of...
[December 1, 2005, 8:20]
Microsoft to woo Mac users with MSN 8
News Microsoft on Thursday released a version of its MSN Internet service for the Mac OS X operating system to expand its market reach. MSN for Mac OS X marks the first time that the software giant has created a version of the Internet service for this...
[May 15, 2003, 16:02]
Apple patches 15 Mac OS X holes
News Apple Computer released an update to its Mac OS X operating system on Tuesday to fix 15 security issues in the software. Many of the problems are flaws in the operating system's underlying open-source software, including a critical flaw in the...
[September 8, 2004, 9:10]
OpenOffice worm hits Mac, Linux and Windows
News Malware targeting OpenOffice documents is spreading through multiple operating systems including Mac OS, Windows and Linux, according to Symantec. According to the Symantec Security Response website, the worm is capable of infecting multiple...
[June 11, 2007, 9:03]
Apple users targeted by IM Trojan
News A malicious program that could be the first Trojan in the wild to target Apple's Mac OS X operating system has been discovered, security experts confirmed Thursday. Classified as both a worm and a Trojan, Leap-A appears to have begun its movement...
[February 17, 2006, 8:25]
