Change the Login Screen Wallpaper in OS X Lion. Or you could just download Onyx–a really handy, free maintenance utility that conveniently uncovers. The modified apps were distributed through MacUpdate, a third-party Mac software aggregator. Deeper is a personalization utility and OnyX is a popular maintenance tool. Both apps were created by veteran development studio Titanium Software.
Posted by: Date: Wednesday, November 28th, 2018, 03:37 Category:, Following up on our of incompatibility issues between Apple’s iCloud and Windows 10 build 1809 following the October 2018 update, Apple on Tuesday pushed an update to iCloud for Windows, bringing the app to version 7.8.1. The update comes after users reported major compatibility issues between iCloud for Windows and the latest Windows 10 October 2018 update, affecting things such as Photos syncing and many other features.
After the kerfuffle, Apple and Microsoft began working together to resolve the compatibility issues. Essentially, users trying to install iCloud for Windows on the latest Windows 10 build would see an error message, while those who already had the app installed experienced numerous issues with Photos syncing and more. Posted by: Date: Monday, November 26th, 2018, 03:38 Category:, Apple is apparently expanding its reach in the artificial intelligence field via the acquisition of Silk Labs, an on-device AI technology startup. Last Tuesday, an anonymous source reported that Apple quietly snapped up Silk earlier this year. Details of the acquisition are unknown, though the report estimates the deal was a trivial investment for Apple.
Silk had about a dozen employees at the time of the purchase, while startup financing firm PitchBook estimates the company raised approximately $4 million in funding. Posted by: Date: Thursday, February 8th, 2018, 03:11 Category:, Even though it was corrected, this could be called a snafu.
Download aggregator web site MacUpdate briefly linked to three malicious applications masquerading as legitimate downloads for Firefox, OnyX, and Deeper, that not only install the apps, but also deposit Monero, a cryptocurrency miner on downloader’s systems. On February 1st, MacUpdate updated its legitimate download links to installers for the three apps. Over the course of the incident, download links to OnyX and Deeper by Titanium Software were replaced with similar URLs and Firefox downloads were redirected to a bogus installed.
The payload was delivered as a.dmg file, but the installers were scripts that download and install the payload, plus retrieved a legitimate copy of the app in question to convince the user that the app installed properly. Posted by: Date: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018, 03:33 Category:, As tired as you are of hearing about the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, Apple has just released something that could help with part of these.
The company has released both a macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 and iOS 11.2.2 supplemental update designed to help prevent Spectre attacks in the current Mac and iOS operating systems. Prior to this, there was still the possibility of exploiting the Spectre vulnerability through Javascript in the Safari browser.
While there’s no absolute fix against the vulnerabilities, this patch, and others like it, can help mitigate the risk and make the bug that much harder to exploit. Posted by: Date: Monday, March 28th, 2016, 08:59 Category:, This is why they invented bug fixes. Following last week’s release of iOS 9.3, a significant number of users have complained about an apparent iOS bug that causes Safari, Mail, Messages, Notes, Chrome, and select other preinstalled and third-party apps to crash or freeze after tapping or long-pressing on web links.
The issue has actually spread, with some users claiming to have encountered the bug in iOS 9.2.1 or earlier versions of the firmware. A wide range of devices appear to be affected, including the iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Air 2, and iPad mini. Posted by: Date: Thursday, November 12th, 2015, 12:13 Category:, If you’ve been hankering for the day Firefox would be available for iOS, it’s finally here. Mozilla has announced that its Firefox browser is now available for iOS and can be used on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Until today, Firefox for iOS was available as a public preview, and only in New Zealand. Launching first in New Zealand has become a common practice for testing new apps and features on the Web — companies use the country as a test market because it has a small population and English is the primary language.
Posted by: Date: Friday, September 4th, 2015, 07:23 Category:, If you’ve been hankering for Firefox on your iOS device for years, it looks like it’s on its way. Mozilla has launched a limited trial program of the web browser in New Zealand to shake out bugs and gather data ahead of a planned worldwide debut later this year. Mozilla announced availability of the first Firefox for iOS preview on Thursday, noting testing will expand beyond New Zealand to other unnamed countries before a full public launch.
Posted by: Date: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015, 10:52 Category:, If you haven’t updated your version of Adobe Flash Player lately, now might be the time to do it. The developers at Mozilla, having noticed that the staff at Hacking Team had three working exploits for Adobe Flash, decided to block all versions of the Flash Player plugin up to version 18.0.0.203 on Windows.
Mozilla said Flash would remain on the Firefox blocklist until Adobe fixes all known vulnerabilities. Since the announcement, Adobe appears to have updated its Flash player to version 18.0.0.209, which is not blocked.
When it comes to Mac optimization, choosing the right software can be a hard decision, especially if you don’t want to fill your computer with tons of apps. So there are several factors you should consider before you even download an app, particularly whether it is user friendly or not and how much it will cost you. Ask yourself: will I understand what it does when it performs a task? Can I automate tasks? What kind of features does it pack, and which ones will I need to use the most?
These are all questions we answer in our reviews of CleanMyMac, a paid and much favored Mac optimization solution, and the free software OnyX that has a long-standing reputation in the field. In this comparison you’ll get more insights into how the qualities of the two compare to each other. Customer Support OnyX CleanMyMac X 24/7 n/a Email Live Chat On Call Remote Desktop Community Twitter Facebook OnyX Designed by Titanium Software, is free Mac maintenance and optimization software that has been around since OS X Jaguar in 2002, and so it has had a ‘few’ years of experience in this area. OnyX has a nice, clean user interface that provides you with details of what you are about to do using this third-party software. Some tasks – such as repairing disk permissions and clearing out various different cache files – can be done manually, but with OnyX there are specific scripts listed under different menu items, including maintenance, clearing, automation, utilities, parameters, info and log. Select any of these and you’ll find additional information about the task you are going to perform. OnyX requires your input before selecting each task but, unlike some of its rival (and paid) apps, it doesn’t give the user the option to go through the files it is going to delete after you hit the “Execute” button.
Automation Option After launching OnyX, the app will prompt you to verify the startup drive and it will do so every time you relaunch it. And if you are performing a thorough cleaning – recommended from time to time to keep your Mac clean and to optimize its performance – then you’ll need to restart your computer a couple times, such as after emptying the system, user and font caches. You can stop the prompt by selecting “Don’t check” in Preferences Advanced.
If you don’t want to perform every task manually then OnyX has an automation option, which will perform a handful of maintenance, rebuilding and cleaning actions you can select by checking the boxes. CleanMyMac One of the most appealing features of, the paid Mac optimization software developed by Ukraine-based MacPaw, is its pleasant user interface that focuses on visually guiding the user through the task with nicely designed elements that shorten the learning curve.
But the software is not short on useful features, either, such as Smart Cleanup, which has CleanMyMac scour your computer’s most hidden spots for ‘trash’ such as caches and system, photo, mail and iTunes junk files. Those last three are especially useful to empty since they build up over time.
In our testing, using CleanMyMac helped us to reclaim 18GB of storage space, of which mail attachments accounted for 5GB. Maintenance Options The feature that will locate large and old files can help you to remove them, but only once you’ve selected them for deletion. This is an advantage that CleanMyMac has over OnyX: you can review the files you are about to erase and deselect any you want to keep. As for system maintenance tasks, CleanMyMac includes a set of scripts to optimize your disk’s performance, resolve various app errors and more. CleanMyMac is available as a free download, but you will need to purchase a license – at $39.95 – to unlock all the features the app incorporates. Conclusion Both OnyX and CleanMyMac offer powerful features that you will need in order to reclaim that ‘lost’ space and optimize your hard drive or flash drive. It is up to you to decide whether the extra features that CleanMyMac offers, such as reviewing the files before deletion and the removal of unwanted photos, mail attachments, and large and old files is worth the $39.95 price tag.
On the other hand, OnyX includes the basic maintenance and Mac optimization scripts you need to get your computer rolling again for free.