BY MEGAN FAROKHMANESH

 

 

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Apple’s new OS X Lion was just released July 20 -- but it’s already got customers roaring -- in anger.

The new system comes with a number of upgrades -- and according to reports, a heaping handful of unwelcome bugs.

 

 

CNET reports -- Microsoft confirmed some Lion users are in for trouble.

 

 

“In addition to the lack of support for Office 2004... In Excel, a crash may occur when moving spreadsheets between workbooks... Other known crash situations involve Communicator, which may shut down when initiating calls or messages.”

 

 

But Microsoft isn’t the only company that’s bug-eyed. The Inquirer adds...

 

 

“Adobe has published a long list of problems that include issues with scrolling, crashing, and application quitting, none of which look particularly good on paper.”

 

 

And reported problems with Flash spell complications for video junkies. Not even YouTube has been spared. Product Reviews learned the hard way, noting... 

 

 

“Having had OS X Lion freeze on us over 10 times, we slowly found a pattern. Occasionally when viewing YouTube videos everything would freeze, and only the mouse pointer could be moved. When this happens there is no way to close programs...which means a force shut down.”

 

 

Tack on a growing list of security threats -- and it’s only the tip of this tale. PC Magazine reports a number of risks with OS X, including...

 

 

“...a vulnerability that enables passwords to be recovered from Macs via Firewire’s use of Direct Memory Access. Yet another is a laptop battery chip vulnerability... [which] can be exploited to ‘brick’ batteries in several Apple laptops.”

 

 

And not even Mac users are safe from viruses anymore. A new, remote-controlled Trojan app is now specifically on the hunt for Lion. The malware -- known as the Olyx backdoor -- evades the Mac’s defenses using a signed digital certificate. InformationWeek reports,

 

 

“Using the digital certificate, the malware ‘installs and runs in the background without root or administration privileges,’...The application disguises itself as a Google application support file, then remains dormant until the infected user logs in.”

 

 

Apple is continuing to patch problems as they occur -- but sources say Lion hasn’t addressed how exactly it’s going to shake off all of its bugs. 

 

 

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