For once, it’s not just PC users who may have to worry about the threat of Malware. Security firm Sophos have said that a ‘bare-bones’, proof of concept malware code that targets Mac OS X users has been making waves on a number of online hacking forums recently.
Depending on which platform you use, the experience of downloading and installing updates to your OS can vary. Which one are you? [Sticky Comics]
OS X Lion Will Use TRIM commands when dealing with SSDs, which will extend the life of the storage devices found in all MacBook Airs. [HardMac via Cult of Mac]
Not content to limit its crazy dpis to iPhone 4 and iMac, Apple has baked support for “HiDPI display modes” into OS X Lion:
You can change the settings in preferences, of course, but Mac OS X Lion has trackpad scrolling backwards from what’s normal. Instead of two finger scrolling down making pages go down, it goes up, like if you were touching the screen. Like iOS. As if we needed more indication that Apple is trying to unify their touch computing with their regular computing. [9to5Mac]
OS X’s secure delete, which overwrites data multiple times so snoops can’t recover them even if they have access to your hard drive, turns out to not work with SSDs. The problem? SSD write algorithms are different, because the physical media is different, but also to preserve its lifespan. The end result though is 2/3 of a file can be recoverable. [ZDnet]
Skype Beta 5 OS X is now up for download—bringing you a host of tweaks, interfaces changes, and most importantly—awesome group video chatting. We can’t promise your Mac Skype vid conferences will feature Jason Chen clones, however. [Skype]
