Security Update 2012-001 fiasco and patches

AirPort update issues; iBooks Author licensing change; factory workers and economics; future of Mac platform; FCC Test My ISP program

email migration and tips; QuickBooks registration

AirPort playback problems; Neil Young, audio quality issues and hearing damage

Time Machine

HDMI cable quality/issues

Seagate Momentus XT 750GB experience

smartphones outselling personal computers; iMessage issues

Apple update issues; Mail search problems; FileVault recovery key

RFID-blocking wallet

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Apple released Version 1.1 of Security Update 2012-001 for Mac OS X 10.6.8 - now available through Software Update - in response to problems with PowerPC applications experienced by many who installed the first release.

This release of iBooks Author updates the EULA to clarify restrictions on iBooks Author output.

Zevo ZFS from Ten's Complement brings the ZFS file system to Mac OS X.

Geist Interactive's GoDraw is an extension that adds drawing features to any FileMaker Go-based mobile application.

7toX for Final Cut Pro translates projects from Final Cut Pro 7 XML to Final Cut Pro X XML.

Stephen Oliver's Codepoints gives access to 24,428 records in the Unicode 6.1 database, making it possible to locate and copy any assigned character.

JNSoftware's telephony tool adds improved Safari integration, Firefox 9 and 10 compatibility, Asterisk AJAM support, improved stability and crash handling, and "better support for many devices and services."

BeLight Software's image editor adds over 100 photo frames, 65 vector borders, 40 masks (Pro only), interface updates, eight new image filters for Lion, and a View menu option and keyboard shortcut to view at actual size.

Aroona's video import program adds an option to sync with iOS devices after importing new videos, preliminary support for VIDEO_TS DVD-folders and VOB files, improved support for EyeTV files, and other changes.