So most of you know that the 30th anniversary of the Mac was observed on January 24 of this year. Unlike in previous years, Apple actually paid attention to the event, and had some videos and other information honoring the anniversary on their site. Certainly those of us who were interested in such things in […]

As you might expect, Apple is getting a lot of grief from some critics over the alleged failure to deliver a fix to the notorious SSL/TLS bug in a timely fashion, particularly for OS X. The iOS updates came out last Friday; the OS X update, folded in with 10.9.2, was released on Tuesday. But […]

When the Flashback trojan horse outbreak occurred in 2011, an estimated 600,000 Macs were infected, a frightening development for those who felt the platform was pretty safe and secure. A Java virus, Apple received lots of criticism for not releasing a fix promptly. At the same time, those who felt that Mac malware would intensify […]

Consider a new Mac user, one  attracted to the platform because they bought an iPhone or an iPad. They discover an App Store icon in the Dock, and they likely assume that’s probably the best — or the only — place to get Mac software. And therein lies the developer dilemma. Certainly this attitude makes […]