Security Alerts



Huge Sony PSN Data Breach; What Should I Do?

On Tuesday, Sony officially disclosed a humongous data breach against the Playstation Network or PSN (recently renamed to Qriocity), which allowed external attackers to get their hands on the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of around 77 million gamers. Worse yet, they may have even stolen their credit card information, too. If you read security news, or follow me (@SecAdept) on Twitter, you’ll know this incident has been brewing for around a week now (more…)

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April 28, 2011 — Category: Security Alerts

iTunes Store: About closed captioning

Learn more about purchasing or renting movies from the iTunes Store that contain closed captioning. (more…)

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April 28, 2011 — Category: Knowledge Base

iTunes Store: Which types of items can I buy in my country?

Each type of content on the iTunes Store has different availability based on the country in which you reside. (more…)

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April 28, 2011 — Category: Knowledge Base

MobileMe: Deleting or editing Gallery content

When you edit or delete content while publishing to the MobileMe Gallery, these actions can affect your content (images and movies). For example, iPhoto and Aperture images may not get published to your MobileMe Gallery when performing other tasks like running a different command or editing another image during the publishing process. (more…)

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April 28, 2011 — Category: Knowledge Base

MainStage 2: How to use Apple Loops with MainStage

Although MainStage 2 does not have a loop browser, it is possible to use Apple Loops with Playback. You can also make the loops follow your Concert, Set, or Patch’s tempo. (more…)

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April 27, 2011 — Category: Knowledge Base

iPhoto and Aperture: Minimum and maximum book lengths

This document describes the minimum and maximum length of bound books that you can order through iPhoto and Aperture. (more…)

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April 27, 2011 — Category: Knowledge Base

About the Mac OS X v10.6.7 Snow Leopard Font Update

What’s included? The Snow Leopard Font Update contains fixes for Mac OS X v10.6.7 that address issues displaying and printing OpenType fonts. (more…)

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April 26, 2011 — Category: Knowledge Base

Mac 101: Safari 5

Safari 5 is a fast, innovative web browser for Mac OS X. (more…)

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April 26, 2011 — Category: Knowledge Base

iMac (Mid 2010): iMac shuts down or stops responding during startup

Under certain circumstances, your iMac (21.5-inch or 27-inch, Mid 2010)?computer my not start up properly. The iMac (Mid 2010) may shut down or stop responding during the startup sequence. (more…)

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April 25, 2011 — Category: Knowledge Base

What to do if iPod can’t be updated because the firmware file was corrupt or not found

iTunes may display a message that it could not update iPod because the iPod software update was corrupt or not found. (more…)

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April 25, 2011 — Category: Knowledge Base