Use Wiki Calendar in iCal Server 10.7 with Mozilla Sunbird

By BXTra |

I have set up iCal Server on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Server. Everything works great with all iDevices (iPhone, iPad). However, I would like to share my wiki calendar to PCs also and there is no easy way to do that. Apple doesn't provided any documents for users. I have to search many forums and website to make it work.  Below is what I found.

Start with setting Sunbird to connect to your iCal calendar. The information from this website ( http://trac.calendarserver.org/wiki/CalendarClients ) does work :

Apache 2.4 Delivers More Performance

By BXTra |

After 17 years of existence, the Apache HTTP web server is one of the most successful and dominant open source projects of all time. Today Apache is looking to extend that streak of success with the new Apache 2.4 web server release, marking the first major Apache web server update since the 2.2 release in 2005.

A key focus in the 2.4 release is improved performance which is delivered by way of multiple innovations.

OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Kills OS X Support For A Number Of Macs, Here’s The List

By BXTra |

Chances are, you’re already salivating to download the latest version of OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion, when it’s released later this summer. For a fair number of Mac owners, though, installing Mountain Lion is going to require buying a new machine, as Apple has abandoned support for Intel’s GMA 950 and x3100 chipsets.

Here’s a list of the machines that can run Lion that can’t run Mountain Lion :

Apple Officially Drops 'Mac' Name from OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

By BXTra |

With the launch of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion in the middle of last year, Apple was clearly trending towards dropping the 'Mac' From 'Mac OS X', which has been the name of the Macintosh operating system for more than 10 years.

Though it still used the 'Mac OS X' naming scheme in press releases, Apple called the new system 'OS X Lion' on both the main product webpage and the Mac App Store product page [Direct Link].

Apple unveils Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion coming this summer with 100+ new features

By BXTra |

Apple on Thursday announced Mac OS X 10.8, dubbed "Mountain Lion," the next major release of its Mac operating system, set to launch on the Mac App Store this summer, with a preview now available for Mac developers.

A developer preview of the forthcoming operating system update was released to developers on Thursday, and Apple has boasted that Mountain Lion packs over 100 new features, including many brought from the iPad and iOS mobile operating system.

"Passware" Forensics vendor warns Mac OS X FileVault vulnerable to decryption

By BXTra |

Passware, a vendor of forensics tools for recovering data for law enforcement, has issued a warning that its forensics tools can bypass the security of FileVault disk encryption in Mac OS X if the computer is left powered on, recovering decryption keys from memory.

While catering to law enforcement, the company issued a warning to home users "of the vulnerabilities of Mac encryption solutions and advises users to shut down their computers especially when working with confidential data."