MacUpdate Holiday Mac Application Bundle for $49
- Drive Genius 2 ($99): diagnoses and repairs problems with your hard drive, optimizes your system, and more.
- RapidWeaver 4 ($79): Create professional-looking Web sites quickly and easily.
- DefaultFolder X 4 ($34.95): Fly through Open & Save dialog boxes at lightning speed.
- VirusBarrier X 10.5 ($69.95): Fast, simple, and non-intrusive anti-virus software.
- MacGourmet Deluxe ($44.95): Like iTunes for food, track recipes, plan meals, manage wines, and more.
- LittleSnitch 2 ($29.95): Monitors your network connection to make sure your Mac only sends out what you want it to.
- KeyCue 4 ($27): Displays full keyboard shortcuts for all your applications
- MacPilot 3 ($19.95): Access hundreds of hidden features to customize and improve your Mac OS X experience.
- WhatSize 4 ($12.99): Identify files that are hogging disk space.
- iVolume 3 ($29.95): Ensures all your iTunes tracks play back at the same volume level.
Unlike in past promotions, there appears to be no unlocking requirement and all apps are available from day one. The sale lasts for two weeks.
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Some of this software I might not want. Why would I want the antivirus software? I thought that my Mac is secure enough as it is. That's the whole reason I bought a Mac, so I could forget the slow antivirus software that makes a Computer running Windows slow.
Nice line-up. I think I'll be getting this bundle!
Tnx, MacRumors and MacUpdate!
That looks like a great deal.
Some of this software I might not want. Why would I want the antivirus software? I thought that my Mac is secure enough as it is. That's the whole reason I bought a Mac, so I could forget the slow antivirus software that makes a Computer running Windows slow.
Their Anit-Virus software is less intrusive, yet still effective - so it won't slow your system. There are very few, if not any working virus' for Mac OS X, but it's there incase. One can be made at anytime, there just aren't enough Mac users to be targeted by those who make the virus.
That looks like a great deal.
Some of this software I might not want. Why would I want the antivirus software? I thought that my Mac is secure enough as it is. That's the whole reason I bought a Mac, so I could forget the slow antivirus software that makes a Computer running Windows slow.
I have to agree, but it not wholly for Mac viruses, its to help stop the spread of Windows viruses... I just installed ClamXAV since the 'Apple recommends anti-virus' news... granted that turned out to be old news but XAV has already detected and deleted a few coming in from my g/f's Windows laptop over some of our external harddrives.
At least their not offering McAfee or Norton which should be avoided like the plague.
Their Anit-Virus software is less intrusive, yet still effective - so it won't slow your system. There are very few, if not any working virus' for Mac OS X, but it's there incase. One can be made at anytime, there just aren't enough Mac users to be targeted by those who make the virus.
I haven't seen a Mac virus since the late '90s. Because there are virually zero viruses for the Mac nowadays, I think Apple would be the first to take steps at the OS level to squash any new one that were to appear. A bunch of "exploits" have been found in the past 10 years or so, Apple hears of it and then quietly patches them with those Security Updates. It's amazing to me how Mac antivirus companies can still be taking in millions of dollars on their software for so long now.EDIT: I never bother with these bundles, I have to say this one looks like a great deal though, I will probably jump on it.
Their Anit-Virus software is less intrusive, yet still effective - so it won't slow your system. There are very few, if not any working virus' for Mac OS X, but it's there incase. One can be made at anytime, there just aren't enough Mac users to be targeted by those who make the virus.
That's good to know. As long as it doesn't slow down my Mac and helps protect it, I'm up for it.
Has anyone used Norton Anti-virus? If it's just as good, I'd rather go with it because it's free.
there just aren't enough Mac users to be targeted by those who make the virus.
That's a common mistake people always come up when they talk about virus on Mac OS X. It's not the number of unit that is important, it's the structure of the OS itself that is the cause. It's done in a way that a virus just couldn't access to your root files and cause damage without your permission.
Another common mistake is that there's malware for Mac. Just make a little search in google and you will find a bunch. They're pretty much ineffective thought. No real thread from virus, although there's been one created that could infect Macs but was just experimental and was causing no damage. There's also been some trojans, that use iChat to infect other machines. So in sort, it's just useless for now to use anti-virus.
Has anyone used Norton Anti-virus? If it's just as good, I'd rather go with it because it's free.
Norton is one of the worst, really.
Here's an article about it:
http://gizmodo.com/5101337/giz-explains-why-os-x-shrugs-off-viruses-better-than-windows
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