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- Community Activity: February 4, 2008
- iPod touch VoIP Users?
- MacBook vs. MacBook Pro?
- How to connect PS2 to a Mac?
- Is there a way to open iPhoto pictures in Photoshop?
- iWeb Question
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http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/04/community-activity-february-4-2008/#comments - Fix for Office 2008 Security Issue
For those that have installed Office 2008, you may have seen some news floating on the internets about improper permissions — that were created by the installer — potentially allowing another local user to access your documents. It’s not a remote exploit issue and most folks are probably not vulnerable (you only need to be concerned if you’ve created another user on the system).
Erik Schwiebert posted instructions for a temporary fix over at Mac Mojo and Microsoft will be issuing an official patch/update to address the issue as well. Erik’s instuctions require some Terminal-fu, so I wrapped them into an executable – Fix Office 2008 Permissions.
Just download/extract the archive and run the executable. You will be prompted for your password since the fix requires elevated privileges.
If you have any issues with the executable or following Erik’s instructions, post them in the comments and I’ll see if your particular install requires any tweaking.
Tags: Commentary, office 2008, os-x, security, Tips
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http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/26/fix-for-office-2008-security-issue/#comments - A Look at Native KDE 4.0 for OS X
This week Slashdot (and many, many others) reported that KDE 4.0 has been released for Windows and OS X. KDE (K Desktop Environment) has been a popular GUI for *nix systems and there have been ways of getting it to run (mostly) on OS X prior to this native port if you were willing to use X11 on OS X). RangerRick (of OpenNMS “fame” did much of the heavy lifting for the Mac side of this project, including the package distributions.
To start, you’ll need to grab the torrent download – I picked the one labeled “everything,” weighing in at over 2GB. Once the download eventually finishes (it was slow for me, but I may have been a bit impatient and started mine before all the primaries were seeded), mount the KDE dmg file and double-click on the
Tags: Commentary, kde, open source, os-x, Software Reviewskde.pkginstaller. It will do most of the heavy lifting and put the base packages and applications on your system. One bit of annoyance is that installer stores everything in/opt, so you’ll have to ⌘-Shift-G (goto folder) in the Finder and enter/opt/kde4/binto get to the apps (alias this into the/Applicationsfolder for faster access).
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http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/25/a-look-at-native-kde-40-for-os-x/#comments - Reflections on another Tuesday at Macworld
This is the fifth year I’ve attended Macworld Expo on the day of the keynote, and it definitely wasn’t as exciting as 2007. But after last year’s introduction of the long-rumored iPhone, how could it be?
Of course, another big difference is that I didn’t get into the keynote this year. There’s always a disconnect between those who attend the keynote and those who don’t. (more…)
Tags: apple-tv, Commentary, macbook air, macworld, media, moscone
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http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/17/reflections-on-another-tuesday-at-macworld/#comments - MacSweeper: Keep This Rogue Mac Application In The Broom Closet
F-Secure is reporting on the first, widespread rogue Mac application that comes in the guise of security software: MacSweeper. It is hosted at www.macsweeper.com, but I do not recommend visiting that site. I’m not convinced this is the first rogue Mac application ever to hit the internets, but the F-Secure folks are top-notch researchers who keep better tabs on such minutiae than I.
The software purports to be an Ad Aware-type application (that’s a Windows product) and manages to always find a problem on each scan. Freeing your system from those evil discoveries will cost you, though, and the software is almost impossible to remove. While long-time OS X users will probably not be enticed to run such software (since they “know Macs are so secure”…right), recent Windows converts are used to having to run these types of programs on almost a daily basis and are much more likely to fall prey to this attack vector.
Perhaps the saddest part of this discovery is what the F-Secure researcher heard when talking with a journalist:
“I visited the macsweeper.com website. I know I probably shouldn’t have but I used a Windows PC so I knew I wouldn’t get infected.”
Ouch.
Remember to always double-check the reputation of a company and a piece of software before downloading/installing and make sure you are running with some type of anti-virus program since we can expect more reports of these types of rogue Mac applications as the year progresses.
Tags: anti-virus, Commentary, malware, os-x, rogue application, security, Software
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