One more screenshot of the classic MacOS 8/9 theme under XFce. Honestly, from all the themes I've done, this one I enjoy the most. It's rather convincing because it doesn't use docks or launchers that all modern OSes use, so it feels different.

Never forget that on this day in 1996, at the lowest point in Apple's history, it managed to fight its way back from the brink.

I wonder if there was ever a #Macintosh with a 5¼ floppy drive.

Just about every other microcomputer in the mid-1980s had a 5¼ drive—and many of them had nothing else—but the #Mac (and #Amiga) were notable for having only 3½ drives.

But were there any exceptions? And did the Macintosh operating system have the ability to use a 5¼ drive if one was connected?

PowerPC processors, Newton PDAs, and other relics of Apple's past are still present in modern Mac computers. You just have to look in a font! #mac #apple #vintagecomputing

https://www.spacebar.news/apple-history-hiding-in-mac-font/

My classic Mac setup

Thanks to @BlueSCSI and @KayKoba my new #Mac #Quadra 700 is booting up! I transferred my A/UX image from the emulator, and it appears to be booting up ok, but I'm sure there are bound to be some hiccups. #retrocomputing #A/UX

After 27 Years, Engineer Discovers How To Display Secret Photo In Power Mac ROM - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Tuesday, software engine... - https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/06/27/2358259/after-27-years-engineer-discovers-how-to-display-secret-photo-in-power-mac-rom?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #mac

MacOS users...

What backup software do you use on your MacOS devices?

I don't need anything fancy, just something in case something happens at some point.

Is Time Machine good and/or recommended? Is there something different or better that y'all recommend?

Retro computing Lab at the BIT - Bamberger Informatik-Tag today…

https://www.uni-bamberg.de/bit/

I paid way too much for it, but check out my new Quadra 700! This will hopefully be my new A/UX machine. #retrocomputing #mac #quadra #quadra700

A brand new 68k Mac emulator quietly dropped last night!!

“Snow” can emulate the Mac 128k, 512k, Plus, SE, Classic, and II. It supports reading disks from bitstream and flux-floppy images, and offers full execution control and debugging features for the emulated CPU. Written using Rust, it doesn't do any ROM patching or system call interception, instead aiming for accurate hardware-level emulation.

Download link (Mac, Windows, Linux): https://snowemu.com
Documentation link: https://docs.snowemu.com
Source link: https://github.com/twvd/snow
Release announcement: https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12509

(edit: I'm not the author - just spotted this on the Emaculation forum and had to share it!)

I am building gcc-15.1.0 on my iMac G4 (Tiger) machine. It is on stage2, which is a good sign.

It will include C, C++, Fortran, Modula-2, Objective C, and Objective C++ compilers.

It will depend on my new PowerPC Mac OS X modernization library, libpcc: https://github.com/ibara/libppc

I'll write a blog post about how to use it once it is all compiled; my goal is to produce a turnkey solution that just works(TM), including assembler, linker, and other utilities, as recent as possible for PowerPC.

And libppc can be instantly extendable to incorporate more C11 and later features. Hopefully others in the retro Mac community are interested in building that up with me.

My ultimate goal is to build some flavor of WebKit some day and have a modern web experience (even if slow, and possibly using X11). But in the meantime we will probably build a lot of excellent modern software to keep these machines going.

If you are a part of a "very small percentage", Apple has a repair program for you!

Apple Launches 2023 Mac Mini Repair Program Due to Power Issue

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/13/apple-launches-2023-mac-mini-repair-program/

#mac #apple

This is interesting. CopyQ is the first FLOSS app I've seen to give instructions on how to get around the "Can't run $X. Move to Trash" frustration you usually see.

https://copyq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

Specifically it has you run:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/CopyQ.app

codesign --force --deep --sign - /Applications/CopyQ.app

Much as I find a lot of Apple's recent directions super distasteful, I still "live there" whenever I'm on my laptop, so I'd best get cozy with those commands :)

Apple zeigt KI-Funktionen - wann wird Siri endlich intelligent?

Apple hat auf seiner Entwicklerkonferenz neue KI-Funktionen vorgestellt. Doch die große Siri-Revolution lässt weiter auf sich warten. Hat Apple im KI-Rennen mit ChatGPT, Google & Co überhaupt noch eine Chance? Von Angela Göpfert.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/apple-siri-ki-102.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

Apple Will End Support For Intel Macs Next Year - Apple announced that macOS 26 "Tahoe" will be the final version to support Intel-b... - https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/06/09/2245206/apple-will-end-support-for-intel-macs-next-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #mac

Are there any good #opensource alternatives to #canva that run locally on a #mac ?

I enjoy using Canva but concerned about lockin and outages.

Use case: mainly social media graphics, simple stuff