Mac OS X Lion 10.7 released for public use – get 250 new features at just $29

Jul 222011
 

The 8th and the latest version of Mac OS X Lion i.e. version 10.7 has been released for public use. In a very dramatic style, Apple announced its newest operating system and not only that, Apple also didn’t shy away from calling it the “the world’s most advanced desktop operating system”.

According to Apple, 250 new features have been added in the latest version of the MAC OS i.e. OS X Lion 10.7. The OS has picked up quite a bit from the iOS and that makes you feel like using an iPad instead of a Macbook. The OS can be obtained in two ways: first, by downloading it from the Mac App store for $29 and second, by means of a USB flash drive install which is a little pricier at $69. Once downloaded the installation takes less than 20 minutes.

After installation, the first feature that grabs your attention is the inverted scroll, to add further surprise Apple calls it as ‘natural scroll direction’ (thankfully, the feature can be switched off from system preferences).

Two other features that will greet you when you boot up are Mission Control and Lauchpad. Mission Control will take a shot of desktop with all opened windows in the center of the screen, whereas, Launchpad will effectively transform your Mac desktop in to a mobile looking one. Another new useful feature is the ‘Spotlight’. In the latest OS, using ‘the spotlight’ search results will also include results from the internet (from Wikipedia and also dictionary results).

Applications like QuickTime and Safari have also been upgraded in the OS X Lion 10.7 upgrade. Many features like merging, exporting audio-only tracks, rotating clips, and recording a portion of the screen are the highlights of QuickTime. Safari has been given a performance and security update which fills up quite a few holes that existed in the earlier version of Safari.

Another feature of the upgrade is the multitouch gesture support. Apple integrated this in the ‘Finder’ and other proprietary applications. For example if you swipe three fingers from left to right, dashboard will appear. Though this is a good feature but sans two fingered scrolling and cursor control, the rest are not that useful.

Now arguments can be made on whether the OS is the ‘best till date’ or not; but features like AirDrop and versions are enough to keep you interested. If not them then at least one out of the 250 will catch your attention. Thus, with the modest tag of $29, it is a must buy.

The First Million Dollar of a 16 Year Old Kid

Aug 162010
 

His name is Christian Owens and he made his first one million dollar at the age of 16. He thought himself how to design a webpage when he got his first computer at the age of seven and four years later he started his own company. Inspired of course by his hero and idol Steve Jobs, his first simple site that maybe some of you already know: the Mac Bundle Box. The site has a cool design and rooted back to Apple’s own looks and guidelines.

The page is selling a Mac OS X for a discounted price for a limited time. He is the one dealing with the developer to get the apps that they have at a certain price and sell it for a tenth of its price. Of course, selling your apps in a discounted price will be a good promotion.

This teenager is on his way to become as rich as his hero, but still keeping his feet on the ground by giving some percentage of his sales to a certain charity. (Oh, I think this the reason why he is so blessed, for having a good and kind heart.)

Extending his business, he is now having a pay-per-click advertising company name Branchr that distributes 300 million ads per month on over 17,500 websites, iPhone, and Android applications. In addition to that, he employs 8 adults including his 43 year old mother.

We all know what will be this kid after a couple more years, as he is planning so many things in life and his busines is going strong. His secret? It is hardwork, determination and focus in doing something great!

Mac OS X Snow Leopard Update 10.6.3

Mar 302010
 

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.3, the 3rd major update for Snow Leopard. The update offers hundreds of bug fixes. Update 10.6.3 is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

•    improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X
•    address compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications
•    address an issue that causes background message colors to display incorrectly in Mail
•    resolve an issue that prevented files with the # or & characters in their names from opening in Rosetta applications
•    resolve an issue that prevented files from copying to Windows file servers
•    improve performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode
•    improve sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand
•    address a color issue in iMovie with HD content
•    improve printing reliability
•    resolve issues with recurring events in iCal when connected to an Exchange server
•    improve the reliability of 3rd party USB input devices
•    fix glowing, stuck, or dark pixels when viewing video from the iMac (Late 2009) built-in iSight camera

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4014.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit:

Change Your Password Using Auto Generators

Oct 202009
 

Using same password on multiple websites is not secure! No sh** right? Well maybe it’s time for you to change password today. So here are some Auto Password Generators that help me any millions others to keep our stuff secret.

Personally I have three methods of changing and keeping my password secure:

1. Change password every 60 days

2. Use password generator

3. Use password software (not so much secure, but if you have 50 passwords in your head it could explode. Sometimes passwords like H1N1Flu is cool and easy to remember right?)

My favorite auto password generator I use:  PC Tools PSWD Generator its good because it uses common words like this example:

Password: kUphup8a
Phonetics: kilo – UNIFORM – papa – hotel – uniform – papa – Eight – alpha

Now to store this password you can use free password storage like: KeepPass for Windows and for Mac simply use OSX Keychain which comes with your Mac OS X Admin you can also use it with Firefox. Our friends at Mashable had cool post about Password Managers which will introduce you to 16 different tools to use with Firefox

As former Network Engineer I have seen a lot of complaints and no.2 was always (Lost Password, Stolen Password) so don’t think just because you have hard password you are secured and nothing will happen to YOU.

It’s easy to change the password but it’s hard to recover -  prof identity

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