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What is the “Flame” Worm and Should I Worry About It?

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If you’ve followed security or technical news over the last few days, you’ve probably heard about the “Flame” worm.

Final Cut Pro X: Frequently Asked Questions

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Learn more about Final Cut Pro X with these frequently asked questions.

Aperture 3: Number of Aperture items seem to vary when sharing with the Media Browser

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Previews from your Aperture library can be shared with other applications, like iMovie, Pages and GarageBand by using the Media Browser. Sometimes, the number of items displayed in your Aperture library may be different than the number shown in other applications. There also may be some differences in item count between some of the other applications.

Mac OS X Server: How to reset the Open Directory administrator password

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Learn how to reset the Open Directory administrator password.

Final Cut Pro X: About media formats and creating optimized media

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Final Cut Pro X includes an option to "Create optimized media" which transcodes video to Apple ProRes 422. This can provide better performance during editing, faster render times with better image quality, and faster export. If the original camera format can be edited with good performance, this option is dimmed.

WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 19

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Facebook Malware, SecureID Hack, and DoJ Breach Another week, another security summary video… This week, I clue you in on two new Facebook-related malware attacks, some new research that allows local attackers to clone SecureID tokens, and a major Anonymous-related breach that has put 1.7 gigabytes of Department of Justice data into the hands of the public. Watch the video below for details on these stories and more

Final Cut Pro X: Custom video effects may render as blue frames

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In some cases, custom versions of video effects (referred to as "Templates" in Motion) created or modified in Motion 5 for use in Final?Cut Pro X may render in Final?Cut Pro X as blue frames. Affected custom video effects in Final Cut Pro X can be effects, transitions, titles, or generators.

Setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd generation and 3rd generation)

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Learn about setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd generation and 3rd generation).

WatchGuard Announces Fireware XTM 11.5.3 Update 1

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Available for All XTM Appliances WatchGuard has released Fireware XTM OS v11.5.3 Update 1. This update is for appliance software only, and is intended to improve stability and provide additional key bug fixes for all XTM customers. For a list of issues resolved in Update 1, see the  Resolved Issues  section of our Release Notes

Remote Desktop: Unable to create custom client installer after updating to OS X Lion v10.7.3 or 10.7.4

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After updating to OS?X?Lion v10.7.3 or 10.7.4, Apple Remote Desktop 3.5.1 users may be unable to successfully create a custom client installer using the Create Client Installer choice in the File menu. When attempting to create the custom installer, the application may display an alert stating "An unexpected error occurred while creating a custom installer."