The RetroMacCast episode #465 has been released. This episode includes a preview of the upcoming Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 6.0 as well as James and John’s discussion on a variety of Macintosh related topics including: eBay finds: classic Mac iPad mini mount, Powerbook clock, and custom sneakers. John talks to Earl Baugh from the Vintage […]
The Macintosh Repository recently added Mac OS X for the PPC based Macintosh machines. For those Mac Users who have older iBooks and Power books with the PPC architecture, these disk images are key. The Macintosh Repository has placed Mac OS X version 10.0 through 10.5 into the repository. For more information or to download […]
MacTracker, the Ian Page produced Apple product information tracking app has been updated. The latest release, version 7.7.2, includes the following changes: HomePod added to the database The latest OS updates have been added Support status and obsolete status of Apple products added Other minor changes, fixes and additions. MacTracker is a Free app and […]
SoftRAID, the venerable RAID software solution, has been updated to 5.6.4 and is now fully compatible with macOS 10.13 High Sierra and also back to OS X 10.6.8. While fully compatible with High Sierra, it does not support APFS volumes – that level of support is slated for the upcoming SoftRAID 6.0. Besides supporting RAID […]
Adam Christianson has released the latest episode of his MacCast podcast. With everything going on this past week with CES in full swing and other news, this episode is packed with a lot of Apple goodness including: What you need to know about Spectre and Meltdown. Apple investors want more parental control. Apple clarifies store […]
While not a new release, Mini vMAC for iOS 2.2.4 was released in October and is available as an XCode project. The port of vMAC, the Mac Plus emulator, was released to the wild by its author, Jesús A. Álvarez, complete with source code and XCode Project build files due to the fact that Apple […]
Ken Winograd, a long time Apple programmer has announced the immediate release of his latest version of TinyBooks Pro. The program which gives small businesses a full blown accounting package has been under development for many years and is available as a one time purchase complete with upgrade. According to the press release: Merrimack, New […]
The venerable Carbon Copy Cloner backup software has been updated to version 5.05. The software has been maintained and regularly upgraded since 2002, with version 5.0 first appearing in August 2017 to more fully support macOS High Sierra and Apple’s APFS filesystem. It has features like bootable backups, updating only files that have been added […]
James Friend, the Australian programmer who ported the Mac 128 and Mac Plus to run in a browser, has a new port which is making the initial rounds. Basilisk II, is now available in your browser thanks to the efforts of James. According to the posting on his website, he says: I recently ported the […]
A few months ago i acquired an Apple IIgs, and to my surprise it had a Vulcan drive inside. The Vulcan was an internal combo of hard drive/power supply with a controller card. At that time, the only hard drive options were an external drive or an IDE card. The Vulcan was attractive by combining […]
