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August 1st, 2007

300 Mac Tips

Miraz makes a milestone.

Just a quick note to you Mac OS users out there…

Miraz Jordan, who co-authored WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide with me last year, has just released the 300th issue of her Mac Tips newsletter. In case you’re wondering how long it takes to issue 300 Mac Tips, Miraz has

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August 1st, 2007

Can YOUR Mouse Last 18 Years?

Jo’s did.

The call came early this morning. It was Jo, at the radio station.

“I was working on invoices on my Mac,” she told me. “And my mouse just died. Do you have a spare one?”

Jo’s Mac is a Mac IIci. We’re talking a circa 1989 computer. She still uses it every

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August 1st, 2007

Security Update 2007-007 Now Available

Information from Software Update

Security Update 2007-007 is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:

bzip2 CFNetwork Core Audio cscope gnuzip Kerberos mDNSResponder PDFKit PHP Quartz Composer samba WebKit WebCore

Security Update 2007-006 has been incorporated into this security update.

For detailed information on this update, please visit

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