◄ Reviving an iMac G4 for every day work
Dave Caolog on breaking out his 20″ iMac G4 (my dream machine): As my MacBook Pro slowly dies, I’ve called my old G4 iMac back into service. Years ago, that machine was wiped clean and given an...
View Article◄ Random thoughts on the Mac App Store
Browsing through Apple’s new Mac App Store, a thought hit me: If you’re a non-techie person (define that however you like), systems like app stores allow you to try out software that, without the...
View Article◄ Navigating the filesystem
Thomas Brand over at Egg Freckles: Yesterday’s Mac trained users on how to navigate the filesystem, while modern operating system like Mac OS X discourage its use. The gap between the abstraction of...
View Article◄ Think Different
The New York Times: Mr. Jobs founded Apple in 1976 with Steve Wozniak, and built the company’s reputation with the Apple II and Macintosh computers. He left Apple in 1985 after a conflict with John...
View Article◄ All In
I learned to type on a Macintosh. A Color Classic, I believe, because of what I remember from the size, shape, and color-ness of it. That was seventh grade. From there, I didn’t touch a Macintosh...
View Article◄ Matt’s Macintosh: 1984
Matt over at Matt’s Macintosh has a lovely office setup. [via Stephen Hackett.]
View Article◄ ‘Something Old’ by John Carey
This lovely image comes courtesy of John Carey over at fiftyfootshadows. Carey shares desktop images available for download — and boy, is this one gorgeous for all kinds of reasons. Says John: I came...
View Article◄ Mac Floppy: disk stories of yore
Thomas Brand, he of the delightful Egg Freckles, has done it again: Mac Floppy is a tumblog of the old Macintosh disk days. Brand covers everything from classic Mac games, to MacPaint, to Disk...
View Article◄ Get your (classic) Mac lingo straight
What’s an extension? An extension conflict? The command key? A fantastic little site called The Essential Mac has all these keywords listed and defined — great if you’re new to the classic Mac...
View Article◄ Where Apple and I Differ
Apple’s release of the new Touch Bar MacBook Pro has made a lot of news. There’s good reason: it’s a signal to us longer-term fans of Macintosh computers that things are different now. I don’t have a...
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