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Phishing DNS Trojan hits Mac OSX

MacWorld reports a genuine Trojan risk on Mac OSX

It was always inevitable that the stronger market share Apple achieve, the more chance there is of the less desirable elements of the internet world to want to attack its system and users. Though nowhere near as vulnerable as most Windows systems, we will certainly see an [...]

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Nokia E61i with iSync on Mac OSX 10.4.x

I’m very happy with my Nokia E61i, but have been struggling to get it synchronised with my mac for a couple of weeks. It seems that since OSX 10.4.9, E61 synchronisation is out of the box, but still not E61i.
Some searching produced instructions here at MacOSXHints.com which means manually editing the iSync data files, [...]

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Mozy - Secure online backup dirt cheap, actually, free!

I currently use .mac as an additional backup for some of my most essential files, such as business and personal accounts, passwords and logins, etc., but I get nowhere near using the broader offering of .mac. I’ve therefore been on the lookout for a viable, more cost effective alternative - yes, that means possibly dropping [...]

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Speeding up a sluggish Mail.app - significantly.

Troubles with Mail.app today - lists of mailbox contents were simply not displaying and in recent days the app was hanging trying to organise and list messages - sent me on a quest. I found this little gem to fiddle in Terminal for a few mins which ends up not only noticeably speeding up mail [...]

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Wide screen Mail

It started with my notebook application (currently Mori) and now I am wanting it ecerywhere: three column wide screen layouts.
Thanks to a new plugin, OSX’s Mail can now be added to my list (take a peek at the screenshot, and yes, that is my real mail account and folder list on the left!). The plugin [...]

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