Chances are if you are setting up a blog about Apple, OS X, Macs or anything else that originates in Cupertino that you will have at some stage Googled “free mac wordpress themes” or something similar.
To save you the effort of trawling through the duplicates here is a collection of the better themes that you might find.
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After what seems to be the longest Time, Apple have finally released an update for Java that addresses the long standing vulnerability that if exploited could result in malicious code being executed on your Mac.
For many the only safe solution until this release was to disable Java in the browser preferences rendering sites that depend on Java ( not Javascript ) unusable.
The update is available through Software Update and weighs in at a hefty 158Mb.
The latest update to OS X Leopard ( 10.5.7 ) has just launched through Software Update. Full details of the fixes and improvments can be found here
Calaboration is a simple application from the Google Code library that allows you to easily setup to link to your Google Calendars. Upon launch you are prompted to login to your Google account ( it supports Google Apps for Domains accounts ) after which you are presented with a list of the calendars associated with the account to select from.
Once selected the calendar will appear in iCal allowing not just easy review of Google calendars but also updates to be made.
Calaboration is NOT a sync app. Once it has been …
Daniel Dilger has posted a thoughtful and well reasoned summary of why he thinks Microsoft have got it all wrong with Windows 7 ( Why Windows 7 is The Next Zune ). Whether you are pro or anti-Microsoft I think you will find his argument pretty compelling. With the rise of OS X and Linux ( netbooks ) Microsoft are really beginning to see some solid competition and it is fairly clear that Windows 7 is not a get out of jail free card for Redmond.
Personally when I read about …
Tidbits.com has a report on the 10 new features that appeared in the latest update to iPhoto 09 ( xx ) that Apple neglected to advertise. One of the new additions that is particularly interesting to me and many others with more than one Mac, is the ability to open iPhoto libraries from external drives or network drives. This works for any logged on user not just the person who created the library.
This is a real benefit and means I can now maintain a single library on the network and …
Coming soon on Ukmac a Free giveaway of Norton AntiVirus for Mac. Check back here soon for more details.
Spotify is a new audio streaming service that is unlike most of those that have gone before it. Once you have downloaded the app ( Windows and Mac versions available ) you have a world of music available to listen to with no downloading required. Unlike other streaming services Spotify streams are high quality 160 kb/s Ogg files and begin playing the instant you click on a track with no signs of buffering or delays in startup.
Spotify has signed a number of deals with record labels and distributers who provide …
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