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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, March 7, 2013
 

 

OS X
News
  • "Pwn2Own: Down go all the browsers/In the first day of the Pwn2Own cracking contest, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10, Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox web browsers have all gone down in flames." ["Not everything was 'pwned' though. No one broke Adobe's Flash Player and Adobe Reader on Windows 7 or Safari on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Adobe products may yet go down. Vupen is going after Flash today and George Hotz, best known for unlocking Apple's iPhone, is taking on Reader."] ZDNet 1:14 PM
  • "Nvidia intros new Keplar-class Quadros and K5000 spotted in Mountain Lion update" Architosh 2:00 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Suddenly getting the message: Time Machine could not complete the backup. The back-up disk image '/Volumes//.sparsebundle' could not be accessed (error -1). It might be that the sparcebundle has become corrupted, or is on a disk sector that's going bad, or has had permissions screwed up in some way. I'd first check the Time Machine drive with DiskWarrior (Turn Time Machine off in System Preferences first). Another good tool is Smart Utility, which will show a failing drive with too many bad or reallocated sectors. The number you'd like to see is 0. Drives used for Time Machine will fail just like any other drive. If the drive looks good, I'd first save the old sparcebundle somewhere, then delete it from Time Machine and start over. ... I had same problem; the fix for me was to allow 'guest' access to my Time Capsule volume using the Airport Utility. I think the issue has something to do with the latest firmware update, but I have not had time to check this out. Anyway, Time Machine is now working fine for me again. HTH." MacInTouch 4:09 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Curio 8.3 review: Free-form project management combines whiteboarding, mind mapping and note-taking" Macworld UK 8:37 AM
  • "Configuring Parental Controls" Macworld 8:39 AM
  • "How to Record a Skype Call" Mactuts+ 8:38 AM
  • "Timelines in Final Cut Pro X" FCPXtv 7:29 AM
  • "Remotely Control Mac Brightness, Volume & Media Apps From Android" AddictiveTips 8:39 AM
  • "How To Stop OS X From Sleeping While Certain Apps Are Running" Macgasm 8:31 AM
  • "Disabling iTunes in the Cloud Content" iLounge 4:00 PM
  • "Think Different About Mac Browsers To View And Surf Multiple Webpages At The Same Time" Mac 360 7:28 AM
  • "How To Keep On Top Of Mac App Updates Without Using The Mac App Store" Mac 360 7:28 AM
Press Releases
  • "Mothership releases Prepo 2, helps devs create app icons and retina artwork" TUAW 3:36 PM
  • "iBomber Defense Pacific In Action At Mac Game Store" Inside Mac Games 9:38 AM
  • "NumLock Utility Brings Number Lock Key Back To The Mac" Cult of Mac 9:37 AM
  • "The 7th Guest 3 Is In Development, Coming Soon-ish To Mac And iOS" Cult of Mac 8:26 AM
  • "F1rmware: Get, Install the iOS Version You Need" FairerPlatform 7:29 AM
  • "Smina: Smina is a fork of AutoDock Vina that is customized to better support scoring function development and high-performance energy minimization." Macs in Chemistry 7:28 AM