News Favorites

Published June 18th, 2012 at 12:04 PM EDT, modified April 15th, 2013 at 3:04 PM EDT

Below are some of the news articles that have the most long-term interest.  Many of these have gotten somewhat lost in the archives of my blog at this point, so I have summarized them here.  I will be adding more to this page over time.

Security

• What is Gatekeeper?
• Beware of fake tech support
• Java is vulnerable… Again?!
• Mac anti-virus testing, part 2
• Mac anti-virus detection rates
• Eliminating browser redirects and advertisements
• About the Flashback malware
• Do I need a firewall?
• MacDefender information

Troubleshooting

• The myth of the dirty Mac
• Recovering deleted files
• Understanding upgrade nightmares
• Missing disk space in Lion

How-to

• How to reinstall Mac OS X from scratch
• How to prepare your Mac for sale
• Hiding GMail’s “All Mail” from Apple Mail
• Scheduling recurring tasks
• Using Java in Mac OS X