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OS X Daily: “Firefox 10 Released to Download” plus 3 more

Firefox 10 Released to Download
AirPort Utility 6.0 for Mac OS X Lion Released with iOS Interface
Encrypt & Decrypt Files from the Command Line with OpenSSL
Police Catch iPhone Thief Using iCloud, Have You Set Up Find My iPhone Yet?

Firefox 10 Released to Download

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:48 PM PST

Firefox 10

Firefox 10 has been released and is available to download for Mac, Windows, and Linux users. The new version isn’t too different from version 9, but includes bug fixes, better extension management, an auto-hiding forward button, improvements to CSS3 capabilities, and antialiasing support for WebGL, as well as some other additions that the average user probably won’t notice. The release notes are posted below for those interested, otherwise just download and enjoy.

Download Firefox 10

Unfortunately, the browser is still lacking the now standardized OS X Lion full-screen button, and the 10.0 release didn’t include any new Mac-specific features. All in all, for a 10.0 release it’s kind of boring, but you can make it more attractive by giving it a Google Chrome style Omnibar with this add-on for Firefox that merges the search and URL bars into one.

Firefox 10 Release Notes:

The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back

Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented (see bug 615976)

Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen (see the feature page)

CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported (see bug 505115)

New bdi element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties (see bugs 613149 and 662288)

Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector

We’ve added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification

Some users may experience a crash when moving bookmarks (681795)

Some synaptic touch pads are unable to vertical scroll

For some users, scrolling in the main GMail window will be slower than usual

If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash

This version of Firefox will not work on Macintosh hardware with Power PC CPUs

Under certain conditions, scrolling and text input may be jerky

Firefox notifications may not work properly with Growl 1.3 or later

AirPort Utility 6.0 for Mac OS X Lion Released with iOS Interface

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 03:26 PM PST

AirPort Utility 6 for OS X Lion

Apple has released an all new version of AirPort Utility for OS X Lion with a redesigned user interface. The revised appearance makes it simpler to use, with the first screen showing a graphical overview of the network and all connected devices.

Interestingly, the new Mac version looks practically identical to the current iOS version, as shown in screen shots posted on MacStories. The left side of the image below shows the iOS version and the right side shows the new AirPort Utility app on a Mac:

iOS vs Mac version of Airport Utility

AirPort Utility is an app that lets users easily manage and set up Wi-Fi networks using Apple’s AirPort base station, AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule. If you use a third party router or wireless backup service, the AirPort Utility app will not be of use to you, however.

You can download AirPort Utility 6 through Software Update, or get it directly from Apple. Corresponding firmware updates for Time Capsule and AirPort were also pushed out today, those will only appear in Software Update if you are actively using those devices.

Encrypt & Decrypt Files from the Command Line with OpenSSL

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 01:00 PM PST

Encrypt and Decrypt files with OpenSSL

Need to quickly encrypt a file from the command line? With OpenSSL, you can encrypt and decrypt files very easily.

For the purpose of this walkthrough, we’ll use des3 encryption, which in simple terms means a complex encryption algorithm is applied three times to each data block, making it difficult to crack through brute force methods. While we’re focusing on Mac OS X here, these commands will work anywhere that OpenSSL is installed, including older versions of OS X and Linux.

Encrypting Files with OpenSSL

The syntax of openssl is basic:

openssl [encryption type] -in [file to encrypt]

As mentioned before, we’ll use des3 for the encryption, and we’ll be using a text file as the input. We’re also going to specify a different output file to prevent any errors. Here is what the command would look like:

openssl des3 -in file.txt -out encrypted.txt

You will be asked to set and confirm a password before the encryption is complete, do not lose this password or you will lose access to the file.

Sidenote: You can also just use an input file with -in filename, but that may cause issues. To prevent any unexpected problems, do not specify the same file as the input and output. This means the original file will stick around either before or after encryption, and you will want to deal with that file individually, preferably through a secure delete method.

Decrypting Files with OpenSSL

openssl des3 -d -in encrypted.txt -out normal.txt

The previously set password will be required to decrypt the file.

Other than switching the placement of the input and output, where again the original file stays put, the main difference here is the -d flag which tells openssl to decrypt the file.

Naturally, you’re probably wondering what happens if you try to open an file that has been encrypted with OpenSSL without entering the password? You’ll probably get an error message, but if you force open the file with something like TextEdit, you’ll see the text “Salted” followed by a bunch of gibberish like so:

Encrypted file

The file will remain unreadable until it has been decrypted through openssl again.

For more about file security, don’t miss some of our other posts, including password protecting a Mac, encrypting partitions, zip archives, files and folders in disk images, and even encrypting iOS backups to keep sensitive data from an iPhone and iPad secure.

Police Catch iPhone Thief Using iCloud, Have You Set Up Find My iPhone Yet?

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:01 AM PST

Find My iPhone

If you haven’t set up iCloud and Find My iPhone yet, now is a good time to do so. This friendly reminder comes to us from a recent New York Times article, which details the story of a police officer using iCloud to bust an iPhone thief and return the iPhone to its rightful owner using none other than the free Find My iPhone service:

The ace up the sleeve of Officer Garland, an avid Apple consumer was something called "Find My iPhone," a free 5.4-megabyte piece of software, or app, that he had on the iPhone in his pocket.

Punching in the victim's Apple ID … he quickly determined by the location of a small gray phone icon on a digital map that the robber was near Eighth Avenue and 51st Street.

As Officer Garland and his partner drove there, the signal source shifted, closer to Eighth Avenue and 49th Street. There, a man later identified by the police as George Bradshaw, 40, of New Lots, Brooklyn, stepped outside a Food Emporium.

Officer Garland pushed the "Play Sound" button on his phone. Instantly, a pinging beep — not unlike the sound of a submarine's sonar — began emitting from Mr. Bradshaw, 20 feet away.

The victim later identified the robber and got her iPhone back.

So have you configured iCloud and Find My iPhone yet on all your Apple gear? It’s easy to do, read our guide on setting up iCloud and follow the instructions below to enable the specific Find My iPhone (or Find My iPad and Find My Mac) feature. You’ll need iOS 5 or later on the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or OS X 10.7.2 or later on the Mac.

Setting Up Find My iPhone (or iPad)

You will need an Apple ID, iOS 5 or later on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, and iCloud setup.

Launch the Settings app
Locate and tap on “iCloud” – if you are asked for an Apple ID you haven’t setup iCloud yet
Near the bottom of iCloud settings, look for “Find My iPhone” and switch to “ON”, allow the app to use location services

Find My iPhone

It’s that easy to turn on, but you’re not quite finished yet because you will want to also install the Find My iPhone app for iOS. The Find My iPhone application is a free download on the iOS App Store, and lets you locate the iOS devices or Macs on a map, send messages and pings to the devices, and even remotely wipe them of their data.

Find My iPhone map and options