“I’ve said here before that, ‘I’m more secure on a Mac than I was on Windows,’” Kenneth van Wyk writes for Datamation’s IT Management. “But now we have a couple new(ish) kids in town: Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. It’s time to see if that statement still holds true.”

“Well, after using Snow Leopard for a few months, and taking Windows 7 for a good spin, I’m happy to report I’m still more secure on a Mac,” van Wyk writes.

“To paraphrase Jeremiah Grossman, it needn’t be the case that one operating system is more secure per se; what matters is where you’re safest,” van Wyk writes. “Safe and secure are two different concepts, and I’m convinced that what matters to the consumer is where he is safest. And I’m convinced I’m safer on a Mac than I ever was on Windows.”

Full article here.

Source: MacDailyNews

Just recently, Apple released new 13- inch  and 15-inch MacBook Pro having a feature never seen in an Apple laptop: a Secure Digital (SD) memory card reader.

The reader is handy for transferring videos and photos from a camera, but you can also use the reader with an SD Card startup disk. This is helpful for when you need to troubleshoot the MacBook Pro.

Roman Loyola of Macworld provided a video on how to create a SD card startup disk for the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros. The video can be found in their Youtube channel: Macworld. Materials needed are SD card with a capacity of at least 8GB, and the OS installation disc that came with the laptop.

Download Macworld Video #114

• Format: MPEG-4/H.264
• Resolution: 480 x 272 (iPhone & iPod compatible)
• Size: 11.5 MB
• Length: 4 minutes, 3 seconds

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Apple has released Security Update 2009-004 for Tiger PPC, Tiger Intel, Leopard, Server Tiger Universal, and Server Tiger PPC which is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X.Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.

Security Update 2009-004 is available via Software Update and also as standalone installers.

More info and download links for Security Update 2009-004:
• Tiger PPC (130MB)
• Tiger Intel (166MB)
• Leopard (166MB)
• Server Tiger Universal (204MB)
• Server Tiger PPC (130.97MB)

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "JMS in TX" for the heads up.]