The Mac App Store, originally released for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, takes a lot of the guesswork and uncertainty out of downloading apps for your Mac, and adds a little bit of security as well. You know you’re getting apps that meet Apple’s stringent requirements to work with its operating systems. Here are five [...]Show More Summary
From an end users perspective, it's always nice to see developers take a step back and focus on streamlining their code, rather than simply piling on new features. Apple used the strategy to great success with Snow Leopard, and now Canonical is set to follow suit with Raring Ringtail, also known as Ubuntu 13.04. Show More Summary
Apple has patched Java for the aged OS X Snow Leopard and tweaked Safari to give users more control over what websites they let run the vulnerability plagued Oracle software. Oracle on Tuesday shipped an update for Java 6 and Java 7 to patch up to 42 bugs—the number depends on the version and platform—for Windows and OS X. Show More Summary
Apple today released a series of updates for both Safari and Java, addressing continued issues with Java security.
The Safari updates arrive as version 6.0.4 for OS X Mountain Lion and Lion and version 5.1.9 for OS X Snow Leopard. The...Show More Summary
Bactrian camels, Arctic wolves, Pakistani snow leopards, oceanic whitetip sharks, and one coat-tailed conductor; that’s a lot to pack in anywhere, even the Hollywood Bowl. But this Friday and Saturday at the legendary amphitheatre, the...Show More Summary
Snow kitteh! The Guardian brings us this footage of the extremely rare and endangered snow leopard, recorded in Qinghai province. [ more › ]
Tibetan wildlife photographer Matse Rangja has been tracking snow leopards for eight years, and his efforts have paid off in a video clip that shows the elusive cat sniffing at the hidden camera's lens. Last October, Rangja captured infrared video of snow leopards roaming the 15, …
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Reader Tim Kisanuki is a bit late to the party and is unsure what to expect when he arrives. He writes: I’ve been running Snow Leopard on my iMac since it was released. I’m finally ready to upgrade to Mountain Lion. Before I do, canShow More Summary
Some users of early 2009 iMacs who have upgraded to OS X Snow Leopard or higher are still reporting issues with a kernel issue that seems to be due to the Nvidia GeForce GT 130 graphics card that came with the machine, with nary a response from Apple proper. There’s a thread on Apple’s support [...]Show More Summary
One big difference between Mac and Windows users, especially over the past dozen years, has been the proportion of Mac-users willing to (and even enthusiastically) stay upgraded to the latest version of Apple's desktop operating system. Show More Summary
Another week, another Java exploit: Computerworld notes that Oracle has once again updated the Java VM for all platforms to fend off a prospective exploit. The update is technically the scheduled February critical updates release, but...Show More Summary
A reader contacted us the other day with an interesting problem: he wanted to use the latest Java update, but it requires an "Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.7.3 (Lion) or later" and his MacBook was running Snow Leopard.
Here's the...Show More Summary
For Angelenos who have yet to make the mountain trek to see the snow this winter season, the Los Angeles Zoo will make that haul much easier with bonus opps: leopards, tigers and bears playing in the snow, oh my! [ more › ]
A 7-year-old girl was injured by a “mountain leopard” in the Galyat area of Bagan, Burma, reports a private news channel in Pakistan. If true, this marks the first documented attack of a person from a snow leopard. The villagers in the area...
Reader Steven Harris is trying to do the right thing by his family, but technical barriers prevent it. He writes: Over the holidays I took your advice to give the gift of tech support by offering my services to my sister. She has anShow More Summary
There are a lot of troubles facing endangered snow leopards in the Himalayan mountains that conservationists and others working to save the big cats can't really control -- habitat loss, poaching, and Yeti rampages, just to name a few. Show More Summary
Apple calls OS X Server ($20) “The Server for everyone.” At such a low cost—and especially compared to the $499 price tag of Snow Leopard Server—it’s a pretty easy purchase. The Mountain Lion add-on is designed to be a really easy, point and click solution; some power users say it’s too simplistic. Show More Summary
California-based Net Applications measures operating system and browser adoption rates by checking stats from visitors to about 40,000 Web sites. A Computerworld post today highlighted the fact that Apple's OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard),Show More Summary