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- Imagine this: An M4 powered 24-Inch Late 2006 iMac running SequoiaDoes anyone else remember those chunky polycarbonate white iMacs from the mid-2000s? For a short while in Late 2006, Apple also made a 24-Inch model as well. Imagine what it would look like if we took an M4 chip and one of those and just… fused them together? . Click… Read more »
- Apple’s Magic Mouse: A futuristic marvelNot everyone is a fan of the original Apple Magic Mouse or the Magic Mouse 2, some even give it about as much flack as the original Round USB mouse. Not to borrow an old slogan.. I “think different.” Ergonomics are the chief complaint about the device itself, the sharp… Read more »
- macOS 26 rumors: Last Intel Macs may have another year of supportFirst covered yesterday by Marko Zivkovic of AppleInsider.com, it appears as though some Intel Macs will be dropped from the list of supported models while the absolute latest generation of intel Macs will continue onto this new update. The report cites “anonymous people familiar with the matter.” This topic was… Read more »
- 6 Years Ago Today: Apple releases the very last iPodThe latest and greatest device to bear the same name as the revolutionary “1000 songs in your pocket” was a spec-bumped version of the 6th Generation iPod touch. Featuring double the ram, and base storage of its predecessor as well as other iterations. This device can officially run all the… Read more »
- 16 years ago today: Apple quietly updated the Mid-09 MacBookQuietly made available on May 27th 2009, the 13″ Mid-2009 MacBook was a silent upgrade to the lineup of portables, released without much fanfare or any press release, for that matter. This was the second “older-style” A1181 MacBook model sold after the debut of the Aluminum Unibody MacBook, and the… Read more »
- macOS 16 New Features: What we know so farWith the annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) ’25 less than a month away, we anticipate the release of multiple new versions of existing Apple OSes including the successor to Sequoia, macOS 16. While much is still under wraps, there are some known additions coming to this new macOS which… Read more »
- 8BitDo Pro 2 Bluetooth gamepad with PowerPC OS X Leopard in wired modeOfficial documentation says this controller requires at least macOS Ventura 13.2 or above, and that USB wired connection is only available for macOS or iPadOS with USB-C ports. Even if you can adapt a USB port to a Type-C on a PowerPC Mac and get a peripheral connected, a newer… Read more »
- Trying out USB-C on a PowerPC MacMore than an interesting thought experiment or project, the idea suddenly returned when I saw two USB-A to USB-C style adapters at a convenience store of all places and thought: “Why not”..? For a while I’ve thought about adding USB-C ports to my Power Mac G5, although I never thought… Read more »
- Up-close comparison: M4 Air Sky Blue vs a few different colorsA little while back I covered an up-close comparison between the Sky Blue tone of the new M4 MacBook Air and Silver, as some early adopters are saying it is challenging to distinguish at times from Silver. It was noted that Sky Blue can give the impression of Silver but… Read more »
- WWDC ’25: New message stickers today, and what to expect thenWe’re halfway through may and this year’s World Wide Developer Conference at Apple is set to kick off in roughly a month, and the latest update dropped for the Apple Developer app contains new WWDC ’25 stickers. As rumors circulate online about what’s potentially on the horizon between devices and… Read more »
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