Dropbox Dropping Support for OS X 10.4 – 10.5

Dropbox This is kind of a Big Deal for Mac users who are using older Macs running OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard), particularly those who are still using PowerPC-based Macs.

As of May 18, 2015, Dropbox will end support for both OS X 10.4 and 10.5. What this means is that users of those OS X versions will not be able to use the desktop application on those Macs.

NOTE: You will still be able to use the Dropbox website to upload/download files, and will still be able to use your iPhone/etc. clients, and other compatible devices/computers.

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Jan 21, 2015 Updates: LastPass for Mac, CrashPlan, iPhoto Library Manager

LastPass iPhoto Library CrashPlan Three interesting updates/releases for Mac users – LastPass, the password manager, has finally been released for OS X users, and iPhoto Library Manager 4.1.11 and CrashPlan 3.7 (a cross-platform online/cloud backup service) have been released.

CrashPlan now has better support for OS X 10.10 Yosemite, but the big news is that LastPass, a popular cross-platform/cross-application password manager is now officially available for Mac users.

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