Back in Late 2016, I had the fortune of finding a cheap ~$30 1st-Generation Titanium PowerBook G4 400 MHz, without too many scratches. It reminded me of the 1 GHz one I had way back in 2011, looked like it was in good shape, so I picked it up. This article is a […]
Category Archives: Miscellaneous Ramblings
As of a few days ago, we reached 14K members in our FaceBook group – 7 months and 2 days after crossing over 13K members on June 26th last year. This is the most we’ve ever had in our group ever, and we’re happy to keep growing. Low End Mac has had a presence on […]
There came a point in time where an idea dawned upon me which I wanted to try out: how would my Power Mac G5 run while cooled with frigid, outside Arctic air? I thought about it for a while, not wanting to damage the precious build I’ve carefully crafted for so long. With […]
Recently shared in our community, someone posted a link to Infinite Mac, a resource I’ve long forgotten about but has sparked discussion– now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, we aim to: Greatly increase daily article output Save the knowledge […]
Something I check every now and again mostly since 2020: does YouTube still stream in 720p on a Power Mac G5 today? More specifically, can an original Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0 get it done? The answer, remarkably, is still a yes. This day and age with our media-centric forms of content consumption, […]
Recently posted in our community, Greg Hrutkay was working on some Xserves, using some RAM out of his Mac Pro, someone chimed in about bad RAM slots in their Power Mac G5 – now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, […]
Hey everyone, . Thank you for joining and continuing to be a better part of our group/community, as we are growing faster than ever as of late. . I’ll be back into the swing of things writing articles soon, but have decided to take a short break as I’ve been at 100% for basically a […]
In continuation of the site updates posted before, we will continue covering changes in the form of periodic posts whether they’re big or small. We want our readers to see the changes done to the site, many small ones can be time consuming and hard to notice. . This article reflects the most recent updates […]
Hey guys, here’s another out of the norm post about YouTube – but since I’m mainly known as a Mac YouTuber it still feels fitting to write this on here. You guys know me as Greg Hrutkay (a.k.a. Hrutkay Mods) and I’ve been on YouTube since October 4, 2010. When I originally joined YouTube with […]
I’ll get back to writing soon, but wanted to explore this idea from yesterday some more. I made a second cutout with smaller font, used a single LED light source for most photos this time, but used both cutouts for different photos. No AI was used to make any of these photos! The Second cutout […]
I felt inspired to try new things with lighting effects, just to experiment and snap a couple pictures. This cutout and set of photos is mostly just a draft, and could pave the way for further ideas. The most challenging part was working with limited sets of tools on the spot, so I had to […]
That’s my question for you today – which Mac was your first, or which one caught your attention to show an interest in Apple computers? For myself, the journey started in 2008-2009. I was a PC user then in 2008, was having issues with my old modified Gateway PC, and a friend of the family […]
Since some readers liked the unusual Mac mods in a recent article, I’ve decided to go with a part 2 to share some more! I was a PC user before I became a Mac user in 2008, the mindset of modifying/upgrading your PC as you desired made it’s way over to how I interacted with […]
Some of us like to tinker around with our Macs – upgrading, modifying, even pushing the machine well beyond what it was ever meant to do. As a longtime technology enthusiast who likes to explore and experiment, I’ve tried tons of impractical things with my Macs over the years. Sometimes to attempt adding new functionality, […]
Dear readers, As you all know, Low End Mac strives to help you get the most out of your Mac, to maximize the life of your Apple gear, upgrading only as necessary or desired. With many devices left out of the fold, it’s only natural for one to find alternative ways to upgrade past Windows […]
My journey with Apple Silicon for the Mac is perhaps atypical, but I was always open to the possibility that in the future my daily driver wouldn’t be a Mac Pro. The classic Xeon cheese graters are still useful to this day, however – I still have my 2008 3,1 now for old drives and […]
When we type on our iDevices, we expect every keystroke to be as accurate as possible, or at least as close to our perceived rate of success as can be, and for typing to be at least reasonably comfortable. When the on-screen keyboards don’t type the way we expect, instances happening on and off, it […]