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Firefox has a useful feature that doesn’t seem to be available in Safari. It is the master password. It offers an additional level of protection if you choose to have Firefox save your passwords. Having your browser save passwords can be risky if someone gets access to your Mac. If you set a master password, Firefox will ask you for your master password at every session where you want to log in with a saved password. The advantage is of course that one password is a lot easier to remember. You can set the master password in the Security tab. This is one BIG reason which I’m sticking with #Firefox.

First of all they are more reliable and more creative for a start. I’m thinking of putting few reason in upcoming days in my blog why your next computer should be a Mac and not a PC. I’m not seen as biased, but as being a Microsoft Systems Engineer I know how easy or hard how some functions are on a PC. so read the blog and make up your mind.

Macs are consistently consistent

I remember how i suffered and were in the haunted mansion in Windows Vista specially in a domain environment – they type of place with endless wines and far -flung rooms connected by twisty spiral staircases and secret passages. And every time software giant (Microsoft) does a redecorating job (AKA upgrade always), it  moves stuff around for just no apparent reason.

OS X’s logical, minimalist interface sinply involves fewer things that must be learned and released, and Apple messes less with it in new releases such as Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Bottom line: it’s pretty easy to get things done without installing and depending to 3rd party application for very basic need.

Time Machine is a backup utility developed by Apple. It is included with Mac OS X and was introduced with the 10.5 “Leopard” release of Mac OS X. The software is designed to work with the Time Capsule as well as other internal or external drives.

Time Machine creates incremental backups of files that can be restored at a later date.It allows the user to restore the whole system (from the OS X Install DVD), multiple files, or a single file. It works within iWork, iLife, and several other compatible programs, making it possible to restore individual objects (e.g.: photos, contacts, calendar events) without leaving the application.

The best part in Apple Time Machine is the indexing and how it “Backup” gradually check the differences of files and keep the changes to the Time Machine. unlike in PC, it splits the backup files into segments and proceed on.

I think it’s disappointing to all the people who have been expecting for iPhone 5 with a total new look with a better hand on grip. Of course, Apple could resolve some of this by managing expectations with an attempt to provide some information about what is forthcoming with a hardware announcement.

Personally i don’t feel like moving from an iPhone 4 if I am carrying one, but still I’m sticking with my iPhone 3G which is perfect till the release of iPhone 4s. and i really would be feeling a huge difference if I’m upgrading my current 3G to a 4s.

This really is going to be a great upgrade, The camera is awesome, 1080p video too. The 64GB option, dual core A5, Siri. Plus the iOS 5 upgrade coming for the later version iOS devices. There is a great feature coming next week if you live in the “Apple Family.” That is Air Play, which makes it possible to send the content of your iOS device display to your big screen TV wirelessly if you have a $99 Apple TV 2. As a photo and video guy I have a ton of use for that.

Apple have rolled out an upgraded phone experience today, not just a phone. Those of us who follow tech day by day are underwhelmed because we new about all of the experience, except the hardware, and as geeks we seem to want bleeding edge hardware, or at least, very leading edge.

And I’m just counting days to get iCloud service which mean I require an iPhone 3GS or later hardware to run IOS 5 to get the iCloud fully functional. so bottom of the line is now this is the time for an upgrade and switch from the the old 3G to an 4s.

Apple today announced that iCloud — a breakthrough set of free cloud services that includes iTunes in the Cloud, Photo Stream, and Documents in the Cloud — will be available on October 12. iCloud stores your music, photos, apps, contacts, calendars, documents, and more, keeping them up to date across all your devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC. When content changes on one device, all your other devices are updated automatically and wirelessly.

When you sign up for iCloud, you automatically get 5GB of free storage. And that’s plenty of room, because of the way iCloud stores your content. Your purchased music, apps, books, and TV shows, as well as your Photo Stream, don’t count against your free storage. Since your mail, documents, Camera Roll, account information, settings, and other app data don’t use as much space, you’ll find that 5GB goes a long way. And if you need more storage, you can easily purchase a storage upgrade right from your device.

On Monday, Apple released an EFI firmware update for MacBook Air systems that in addition to fixing performance issues with Target Disk mode, implemented compatibility for the upcoming Thunderbolt displays that Apple is developing. Following this update, Apple today released two more updates for the MacMini and MacBook Pro systems which address the same problems and compatibility issues as the MacBook Air update.

All Apple stores are under maintenance wonder whats going on, preparation for millions of people’s wishes or ????

Although many broadband providers claim to offer unlimited broadband downloads some in fact do have “fair usage policys” that they can use to implement restrictions on users who they consider to use excessive bandwidth. In most cases the use of P2P (Peer to Peer) file sharing programs is a large factor in excessive bandwidth use as others can transfer files form your computer to theirs and vice versa.

If you are a very high bandwidth user then it is worth checking the full terms of contract when you take up a broadband contract as although some do state they have unlimited broadband in reality that is not sometimes the whole truth.

You may find if you are a very high bandwidth user that your broadband provider may have a few options that they might take. The most drastic being that they could ask you to leave and stop using their service.

Other options that they might implement is to restrict your broadband access. This can be in the form of reducing the speed your broadband runs at at peak times and also possibly if you use P2P File sharing programs restricting these as they are usually high bandwidth tools.

Another possible option you might find is that your contention rate changes and goes up. The contention ratio is a figure that indicates how many other users you could find yourself sharing with at a maximum at any time. Obviously the more users this is then the more resources other users will be taking up and slowing your connection.

Full disk encryption

FileVault now encrypts the entire drive on your Mac, helping keep your data secure.

Strong encryption

FileVault 2 uses XTS-AES 128 encryption to secure the data on your Mac.

High performance

FileVault 2 encrypts and decrypts your data on the fly with an imperceptible performance impact.

Optimized initial encryption

The initial encryption is designed to be fast and nonintrusive. FileVault 2 quickly encrypts the entire drive live, so you can continue to work as it encrypts. It’s also designed to relinquish processor cycles to higher-priority user tasks like copying files or browsing.

Instant wipe

With FileVault 2, instant wipe removes the encryption key from your Mac instantaneously, making the data completely inaccessible. Then your Mac performs an entire wipe of the data from the disk.

External drive support

FileVault 2 supports encryption of external USB and FireWire drives. and that’s awesome to have it without a mac products just plug any of your external Hard drive USB or NAS and good to go.