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  • Allan

    Apple News - Spring Forward

    By Allan, in OSx86,

    Finally we have many new products from Apple that we've eagerly awaited.

    The most anticipated new MacBook:
     
    We have a MacBook Air successor!
     
     
     

    Take a look at the new USB-C: a single USB-C versatile port combines USB, DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA and power.


     
     
     



     
     



     
     



     
     
    We have 3 options of color for the new MacBook - available in gold, silver, and space gray - similar the iPhone 6 colors.
     

     

     

     
     
    And an updated MacBook Pro!

     
    The new hardware is awesome:
    2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz
    8GB 1866MHz LPDDR3 memory
    128GB PCIe-based flash storage
    Intel Iris Graphics 6100
    Built-in battery (10 hours)
    Force Touch trackpad

    And finally the full information about Apple Watch!
     
    Battery life for Apple Watch will last 18 hours during a typical day of usage, making it appropriate to charge every night with the magnetic charger.
     
    Apple Watch Pricing
     
    Pricing on Apple Watch ranges dramatically, from $349 to beyond $10,000!
     
    Pricing for the base model Apple Watch begins at $349 for the smaller 38mm model, $399 for 42mm larger model, both in the Sport model with a plastic band.
     
     



     
    The stainless steel Apple Watch begins at $549 and goes up to $1099, depending on the choice of watch band and the size of the screen.
     



     
    Finally, the Apple Watch Edition begins at $10,000, available in varieties of solid gold, and the price goes up from there.
     




  • Allan

    Today we published a new research paper on WireLurker, a family of malware targeting both Mac OS and iOS systems for the past six months.

    We believe that this malware family heralds a new era in malware attacking Apple’s desktop and mobile platforms based on the following characteristics:
    Of known malware families distributed through trojanized / repackaged OS X applications, it is the biggest in scale we have ever seen
    It is only the second known malware family that attacks iOS devices through OS X via USB
    It is the first malware to automate generation of malicious iOS applications, through binary file replacement
    It is the first known malware that can infect installed iOS applications similar to a traditional virus
    It is the first in-the-wild malware to install third-party applications on non-jailbroken iOS devices through enterprise provisioning

    WireLurker was used to trojanize 467 OS X applications on the Maiyadi App Store, a third-party Mac application store in China. In the past six months, these 467 infected applications were downloaded over 356,104 times and may have impacted hundreds of thousands of users.

  • Allan

    New Apple Devices - Keynote

    By Allan, in OSx86,

    The new Apple Devices is...

    iPad Mini 3 - With Touch ID
     
    16GB - US$ 399
     

     
    iPad Air 2 - 18% Thinner - 6.1mm thin - 0.96 Pound
     
    With TouchID too.
     

     
    The new Mac mini
     

     
     
    Intel Core i5 dual core 1,4 GHz, 4GB RAM, HDD 500GB and Intel Graphics 5000 - $499
     
    Intel Core i5 dual core 2,6 GHz, 8GB RAM, HDD 1TB and Intel Iris Graphics - $699 *
     
    Intel Core i5 2,8 GHz, 8GB RAM, Fusion Drive 1TB and Intel Iris Graphics - $999 *
     
    * Configurable to 3.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz) with 4MB on-chip shared L3 cache.
     
    New iMac with 5k display. Awesome!!
     

     
    TechSpecs:
     
    Intel Core i5 quad-core 3,5 GHz, or Core i7 quad-core 4 GHz.
    AMD Radeon R9 M290X (or M295X).
    8 GB RAM (or 32 GB).
     
    Fusion Drive 1 TB (or 3 TB).
    2 Thunderbolt 2 ports, 20 Gbps;
    And Wi-Fi 802.11ac.

  • Allan

    OS X Yosemite is coming, and how you can be prepared for the new OS X?

     

    Follow the tips below ;)

    Most of us are counting the time to have on hands the final release of OS X Yosemite, which will bring significant changes in their appearance and stability.
     
     
     



    Now, the most important thing before you install and use the new OS X, is you check if your current Hack will be compatible with OS X Yosemite without major issues, and prevent some possible Extress.
     
    Basics.
     
    Well, if you currently use OS X Mavericks, it's likely that you can use the Yosemite. But not everything is perfect. Something you should be aware of, is the fact that some components like Video, WiFi, USB kexts, or for port activation of your graphic card like HDMI, VGA or DVI.
     
    In the most of cases, we only use HDMI, which requires a patch at AppleIntelFramebufferCapri kext, you can use without issues Mavericks' kexts in Yosemite, but it may happen, just as happened to me, some video crashes and artifacts at your display.
     
    What you can do now is to keep a backup of the used methods and their respective patches at a Pendrive, or store it at your cloud account using DropBox, iCloud etc ...
     
    Average.
     
    Always keep a backup of your working kexts and/or plugins.
     
    Backup your DSDT, SSDT and any other custom ACPI table you have. If you use Chameleon, also make sure you have a backup of the Extra folder with its contents, like org.chameleon.Boot.plist and FileNVRAM.
     
    Now, for those who uses Clover in UEFI mode, will be pretty easy. As Clover uses the EFI partition to store its files and this partition is independent from the partition where OS X is installed, if you do not re-partition your drive, you have nothing to worry about.
     
    So, be careful while installing OS X 10.10. Never change the partition layout of your HDD, for example, change it from GPT to MBR, by doing this your EFI partition will be deleted.
     
    Advanced.
     
    If you are unsure about something, or did not like Yosemite and wants to return to the Mavericks, make a full backup of OS X. Do not think that Hack things are like real Macs, and that at any issue you can use Time Machine to revert things back.
     
    Use tools that will fit your needs and save you time.
    An excellent tool is the CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner - 30 days of use) or SuperDuper which is free.
     
     

    The advantage of CCC is that you can save the bootloader, then, just restore it to an external HDD/Pendrive and install it normally.
     
    SuperDuper only backup OS X and not the bootloader. But this is not a problem, because onceOS X was restored, download and install the Bootloader does not take 3 minutes.
     
    Now one tip that will allow you a quality support is: Never use methods of other forums, even more those we don’t give support, as Tonymac, Niresh and others.
     
    Understand that we don’t hate them, but think logically: If you like to use their tools, the best thing shouldn't ask for support at their forums? And vice-versa with respect to us.
     
    Another tip that can help you a lot, always be patient. Look, we all use a new OS X, where the problems will probably be solved differently. So, don’t expect the developers or Staff members use a magic wand to fix the problems, they also need to study new ways, and when they are available, we put in the best way for you.
     
    Well this are the tips that I bring to you. And I await with much anxiety the next Keynote.

  • fantomas
    Apple offers to developers the first Golden Master of OS X Yosemite.
     
    Remember that the Golden Master means that the development of OS X Yosemite is completed but despite this, it remains to Apple to finalize the development of different software and features that accompany it, hence it's called "Candidate 1.0".
     
    But it's not the first time, Apple already did it with OS X Mavericks.
     
    This GM can be downloaded via App Store

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