Oct 2010
Mac OS X Trojan Warning
27/Oct/10 08:35 Filed in: Hints and tips
A new Trojan horse malware that affects Mac OS X has been uncovered by Macintosh Security site SecureMac. The Trojan is called "trojan.osx.boonana.a" and is being disguised as a video and distributed through social-networking sites like Facebook. Read More...
Mac Office 2004 Update problem
15/Oct/10 07:11 Filed in: Hints and tips | Updates
A couple of days ago Microsoft released updates to both Office 2004 (11.6.1) and Office 2008 (12.2.7) for Mac.
Whilst the Office 2008 update seems to have passed without incident, there have been numerous reports of users unable to open spreadsheets in Excel 2004 after applying the update.
Microsoft is apparently aware of the problem and investigating it, but until a fix is released the only option is to downgrade the installation by reinstalling from your original software disk, then reapplying the Office 2004 11.6.0 update (the last stable update), or restoring to a pre-update version from a Time Machine backup.
UPDATE: Microsoft have released the Office 2004 11.6.2 update to address this issue.
Whilst the Office 2008 update seems to have passed without incident, there have been numerous reports of users unable to open spreadsheets in Excel 2004 after applying the update.
Microsoft is apparently aware of the problem and investigating it, but until a fix is released the only option is to downgrade the installation by reinstalling from your original software disk, then reapplying the Office 2004 11.6.0 update (the last stable update), or restoring to a pre-update version from a Time Machine backup.
UPDATE: Microsoft have released the Office 2004 11.6.2 update to address this issue.
iOS4 Daylight Saving Bug
11/Oct/10 21:54 Filed in: Hints and tips
Wondering why your daily iDevice alarm is going off an hour early? Read More...