Does the new style look familiar to you? Even though they talk about a “Glass UI”, there are many Aqua-themed visual cues in WWDC this year, especially to the intro for the new macOS. This year the transition in the presentation started as a Sequoia wallpaper, with a water droplet morphing the visuals before ultimately […]
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. Bill Atkinson was instrumental in the development of the Xerox GUI, Apple LISA, and Macintosh, being brought onboard by Jef Raskin though the University of Washington on April 27th, 1978. Bill was studying Neurobiology and rendering 3D images by writing programs. “Dear Friends and Family, We regret to write that our beloved husband, father, […]
Does 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 on the images when scrolling […]
Not 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 edge of the multitouch surface […]
First 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 also covered on 9to5Mac just […]
The 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 way up to iOS 15.8.4, […]
Quietly 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 final “older-style” MacBook before Apple […]
With 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 are noteworthy in and of […]
Official 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 device is overwhelmingly likely not […]
More 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 to pick up or lookup […]
A 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 when you put it right […]
We’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 operating systems, one thing has […]
Timothy de Denaro is a longtime tinkerer of Macs from our LEM FaceBook and put together one of the most decked-out and modified Macintosh SE 30s ever! Housed wholly in a clear case, wielding two monitors (an external one of course), and.. it even has a USB port..?! . . The USB port is adapted […]
After spending roughly a month and a half in beta, iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 is now available for everyone to download who is currently already on iOS 18, or those who are eligible on a supported device. Looking at the OS update patterns over the last few years, we can anticipate a few more […]
Time and time again, the ports on our devices change – prompting many of us to consider at one point or another whether or not to start buying USB-C accessories. Back when the TouchBar MacBook Pro came out, I held out for a while as accessories in general felt overpriced.. not that I was looking […]
After spending roughly a month and a half in beta, macOS 15.5 Sequoia is now available for everyone to download who is currently already on macOS 15 as well as anyone wishing up upgrade with a supported or OCLP capable Mac. Keep in mind if you’re running an unsupported Mac with Sequoia on OCLP, the […]
Right after the start of fall on October 7th 2019, Apple released macOS Catalina after having been announced June 3rd that same year at WWDC 2019. This version of macOS is named after the Santa Catalina Island, a place off the coast of Southern Cali. This the 7th version of macOS with a California themed […]
This was an incredibly busy week despite lesser articles being written, as much of the time was spent restoring the Tech Spec index to its prior form. We announced this issue at the beginning of the week, and went into detail in a later article. This article reflects the updates to the site within the […]
It’s been almost 2 months since I picked up an M4 MacBook Air 15″ on the day of it’s availability, having replaced the M1 Pro MacBook Pro 16″ as my day-to-day mobile workstation away from the desk. Once I realized I wasn’t locked-into retina mode, it was a game-changer. On PowerBooks and older MacBook Pros, […]
Everyone, thank you for your continued patience as this matter is being sorted out. There will be 2 more milestone updates on this specific topic after this post to keep our readers informed of the progress being made. 2 Days ago, a website plugin meant to clear out any participant bot accounts inadvertently wiped out […]
The eMac G4 was the last of any gumdrop-shaped Macs with a CRT display, feeling like a direct spiritual successor to the iMac G3 versus the iMac G4 taking on a wholly new form factor. These days finding an eMac feels more challenging than say 10-15 years ago, when those seemingly littered the marketplace for […]
Aqua was a UI that dominated much of macOS’s existence from 2000 – 2013, losing bits and chunks of it’s style along the way while morphing into multiple different versions that longtime Mac users have grown to love. The very last version of Aqua to contain any elements of the original Aqua was OS X […]
While we recently talked about adding Intel CPUs to our tech spec index, there have also been a number of ongoing changes and updates which haven’t been covered before, so they will be covered here for our readers. This article reflects the updates to the site within the past week, which wouldn’t otherwise be known […]
In continuation of the expansion of the Tech Spec article and information index on Low End Mac, all Intel CPUs presumably ever shipped with a Mac have now been added to the tech spec index! This effort involved the creation of over 220 new articles and an unusually long index list page as a result […]
This page details the full hardware profile of the Apple Silicon M1 chip. Name: M1 Chip Released: November 17th, 2020 Codename: APL1102 Part Number: T8103 Fabrication Process: TSMC’s 5-Nanometer Transistor Count: 16-Billion CPU ISA: ARMv8.5-A . . Memory Bus Width: 128-Bit Total channels: 2 Bit per channel: 64-Bit Memory Type: LPDDR4X-4266 (2133 MHz) ~Bandwidth: […]
Over the years of being a technology enthusiast I’ve had the opportunity to snap photos of many different electronics, with quite a few close-ups that seemed wallpaper-worthy in my opinion. So went into my photo collection, grabbed up a few I thought were best, and wanted to share them here with everyone. Click on the […]
For the first time ever in the 5 years of the RAID0 array up and running on the Dual 2.0 Power Mac G5.. I ran into a file system/file corruption error. Fortunately, I had the array backed up so I had it back up and running within less than a day. R/W speeds are the […]
In the world of tech this is an ancient tablet from Late 2013, but looks rather modern if you ignore the lack of Touch ID and sit it beside a 9th generation iPad from 2021. And for $20, perhaps is worth a second look as to whether or not it’s useable this day in age. […]
Four years ago today, the world saw the first Apple Silicon Mac to come out after the initial set of three shipped alongside the transition to Apple Silicon. While the M1 Mac mini gets your foot in the door and lets you “BYOB”, some were looking for that familiar all-in-one which also provides a great […]
What originally started as a way to reorganize the splash page for the tech spec index quickly evolved into a deep-dive into every tech spec article – turning into a multi-week long retooling and design project that culminated into a completely re-engineered tech spec index. It seemed like there was a good amount of positive […]
As some of you may know, I’m a huge fan of using Adobe Photoshop (specifically CS4 an on G5 Macs), and I recently re-acquired a hard copy of the Adobe Photoshop CS4: In a Classroom, the book which I used to learn the program to begin with in the early 2010s. In addition to brushing […]
How about a USB 2.0/3.0 SATA 6G adapter that works with just about any hard drive or solid state drive and even has fast transfer speeds on a PowerPC Mac too? Check out – the Apricorn USB to SATA 6G adapter. This PNY SSD previously wouldn’t work inside a PowerPC Mac as it wouldn’t be […]
Early Intel Macs saw their heyday in the early 2010s with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and then some people patching onto Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite.. before ultimately stopping at Mac OS X El Capitan as many Macs lacked SSE 4.1. Many early Intel Macs were eclipsed by later ones with more processing power, but […]
The Apple Silicon steam is rolling, the Intel Macs are in their twilight zone, and PowerPC Macs can still be used in one way or another. Here at Low End Mac, we believe in the long term value of Apple hardware – we want to help elevate your Mac. These apps are already circulated, should […]