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- OCLP Lead Developer Mykola Grymalyuk to join AppleYesterday on X, Mykola Grymalyuk announced his departure from the Open Core Legacy Patcher team, saying he will be joining Apple’s Bug Bounty team over in Seattle this coming week. “Unfortunately I will have to step down from my role with OpenCore Legacy Patcher, but super excited for what’s to… Read more »
- Farewell, FireWire: macOS Tahoe drops supportIf you tried to plug in a FireWire device like a first-gen iPod to any Mac running the macOS 26 developer beta, you may be surprised to find nothing happens. That’s because there’s no more FireWire support. Apple could do a 180 and not do this, but that’s unlikely. Take… Read more »
- Saving a Wallstreet PowerBook G3The PowerBook G3 WallStreet is a notebook I never owned in my entire lifetime, and now I finally have one! I’ve come across nearly every model PowerPC Mac since I started tinkering with Macs, but the PowerBook G3 series remains elusive – except for the time I helped an acquaintance… Read more »
- Apple News Roundup: Mid-June 2025While the week of WWDC is over, there are other tidbits worth mentioning but may not necessarily receive an entire article all on their own. . . App Store promo codes for in-app purchases Later this year, Apple is going to open the door for developers to create and distribute… Read more »
- Apple Beta Roundup: macOS 15.6, iOS 18.6, and more this weekThis is the first iteration on macOS and iOS post-WWDC, after a recent May 14th update spent roughly a month and a half in a development state. Individuals can opt-in via the Software Update section of the System Settings app, as long as your Apple ID is associated with an… Read more »
- OCLP Tahoe and 2018 Mac mini: A no-go so farWith the announcement of macOS Tahoe at WWDC25 this year on June 9th, we finally know what should or shouldn’t officially support the new update coming this year. Some of us including myself are running on a 2018 Mac mini, so we must now start dealing with what to do.… Read more »
- New Site Banner for summer ’25 and some thoughtsAs the week of WWDC ends, Low End Mac has restored its usual banner theme with a liquid glass twist. Clear your browser cache to see the new site banner! . . The new banner The latest site banner takes inspiration from this year’s WWDC and Liquid Glass themes, while… Read more »
- Testing an OSS P7R4 7-Slot PCI Expansion Unit with a Beige G3Back from the Low End Mac Mailbag is an interesting hardware experiment from a rising contributor in our FaceBook group, Architecture. Enjoy this interesting One Stop Systems P7R4 7 Slot PCI Expansion Unit – and how it works with a Beige Power Macintosh G3! Introduction “Testing an 13 slot PCI… Read more »
- A first look: Tahoe Developer Beta Build 25A5279mAt-a-glance, you’ll notice your desktop is mostly the same after updating (although some settings are reset such as internal drives in Finder). It’s familiar if you’ve used macOS Sequoia – but feels totally different for sure. Different in the sort-of way Yosemite was to Mavericks, or Aqua was to Platinum.… Read more »
- Geekbench 6 results are in: 15-Inch M4 MacBook Air and macOS TahoeWithout a doubt, the latest crop of devices from Apple are set to perform the best on the latest OS update even if it’s no longer the original OS the Mac shipped with. While it can be challenging to imagine or quantify precisely how fast macOS Tahoe will be upon… Read more »
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