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The curious little artifacts of a modern (major) macOS thread
This thread probably shouldn’t even exist, but maybe it ought to. :) Have you run into quirks in macOS/OS X which hint at residual, surviving code from as far back as the Mac OS Classic days? :) I just found one! In High Sierra, importing images from a device in Image Capture (an application...- B S Magnet
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- artifacts mac os 9 mac os x macos old code
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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iTunes 10.6.3 will never die!
iTunes 10.6.3 still works great as of now. iTunes Store works Previews of music videos work iTunes Radio works You can browse podcasts You can also browse movies Same with apps iTunes U works too :) Buying movies/songs on iTunes doesn't work however, it says that you need to upgrade your...- Ryan Bremer
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- itunes itunes 10.6.3 mac os 10.5 mac os x mac os x 10.5 mac os x leopard mac os x leopard 10.5.8 powerpc ppc
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Latest OS able to run Microsoft Office 98
Which version of Mac OS X/OS X is the latest version that can run Microsoft Office 98?- DominikHoffmann
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- legacy software mac os x microsoft office office office 98 os x
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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Mac2K: The Years’ 2038 and 2040 Problems
Mac2K: The Years’ 2038 and 2040 Problems WikiPost struck: 31 January 2023 Last edited: 31 January 2023 OVERVIEW For folks who use PowerPC and even Intel Macs (prior to, say, macOS 10.15 Catalina), it’s never too soon or too late to start planning for the impending, dual Y2K-like hard limits...- B S Magnet
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- 32-bit hfs+ intel mac os 9 mac os x macos posix powerpc y2k38 y2k40
- Replies: 33
- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Protip: you can use Firefox 17.0a1 on mac os x 10.5 Intel
use the https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/2012/07/2012-07-19-03-05-43-mozilla-central/ .dmg file, it's the last one that works- Ryan Bremer
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- firefox mac os x mac os x 10.5
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- Forum: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5)
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Power Mac G4 Cube will not boot any operating system but 10.4.0
So I recently got the Power Mac G4 Cube sent from hell but for some reason the cube has decided to be the biggest pain in computing history, No matter what I do I cannot get the Cube to boot the installer for any version of MacOS 9 or OS X except Mac OS X 10.4.0 and yes specifically 10.4.0. Let...- saltyboat
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- cube wont boot install g4 cube installation error issue mac os x macos 9 wont boot
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Power Mac G5 help!
Hi, I need help with my Power Mac G5! I tried to make a bootable USB for Leopard but when I go into the boot selector, the drive doesn't come up, when I try to launch the installer from Mac OS X, it just reboots into the OS, and when I try to boot into it from open firmware, it just shows the...- Sickminecraft45
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- 10.5 leopard mac os x open firmware power mac g5 prohibited prohibited sign sign usb usb boot
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Development History of Mac OS X
I am researching the early development period of Mac OS X right at the beginning. There seems to have taken place a discussion amongst the developers about the Mac OS Y dock. A philosophical question whether "NeXT" engineers had it "right" with the dock. Some Macintosh purists seemed to be... -
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Shared data folder between user accounts with correct permissions
I just bought a new Macbook Pro with a 2TB internal SSD and I created two user accounts, one for music production (to keep things separated and focused) and one for everything else. I need to be able to access my data from both accounts so I assumed using the "Shared" folder would be the... -
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Wallpaper Folder - Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Zsf0cNNdebSRWJEcBIxclZLQq1qLn2kQ?usp=sharing Here is a folder of every wallpaper bundled with OS X Snow Leopard. I ripped this in it's original quality from my 2006 MacBook Pro, so enjoy! -
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HOWTO: Quad booting a Mini (OS9, OSX, Linux, MorphOS)
Hey guys, first post here and it's gonna be a bit of a monster... I couldn't find a unified guide on all this anywhere, so here it is. I hope it helps someone avoid the frustrations I had. I'm intentionally being verbose here so this is as approachable as possible, sorry if sometimes it seems...- kokakoda
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- linux mac mini mac os 9 mac os x morphos multiboot
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Is GPU acceleration possible on the original Apple TV?
I know that the first generation Apple TV runs a modified version of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, and it’s possible to get regular Tiger and even Leopard running as well. However, those versions run like crap due to a lack of graphics acceleration via the built-in Nvidia GeForce Go 7300 GPU. I think...- LeoI07
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- apple tv apple tv 1 gpu gpu acceleration kext kexts mac os x mac os x 10.4 tvos
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- Forum: Apple TV and Home Theater
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Weird YouTube Changes, State of Age-Gated Videos, And PPCMC7 Becoming The Only YouTube Live Stream Method On PowerPC Macs?
PPCMC 7 is now 1.5 years old, and has seen 25 updates since version 7.0. Recently it has come to my attention that something weird is going on with using VLC and QuickTime to watch YouTube livestreams. Apparently Google changed something, I think it’s to do with the codec/format somehow...- alex_free
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- leopard mac os x panther powerpc ppc ppcmc7 tenfivetube tiger youtube
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Issues with ATI Radeon 9200 Mac Edition graphics card in a Power Macintosh G3 (Minitower)
I bought an in-box ATI Radeon 9200 Mac Edition graphics card on eBay to use with my Power Macintosh G3 (Minitower 266 MHz) and got it in the mail today, so I decided to install it. I first put the card in the top PCI slot, and moved the FireWire/USB card which had previously occupied it into the...- LeoI07
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- ati radeon 9200 mac os x mac os x 10.2 os x os x 10.2 power mac g3 power macintosh g3
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Playing with Panther in 2020
I recently used my 15 inch PowerBook G4 (2005) running Leopard to watch 'A Christmas Story'. After putting it away, I decided to pull out my 2003, 15 inch PowerBook G4 running 10.3.8 to just poke around and enjoy a bit of nostalgia. Panther actually has aged quite well, but technically, its not...- Mr. Dee
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- 2003 software mac os x panther
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- Forum: Mac OS X Panther (10.3)
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Burnable Tiger Install for CD-Rs?
Hey everyone, thanks for the advice on my last thread. Decided I'm going to end up attempting to install Tiger on my G3 Clamshell. (300MHz) That said, I need a Tiger install on CDs instead of a DVD, because of the age of the machine. I had someone mention that there was a CD-Burnable Tiger...- ultrasaw
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- 10.4 cd-rom clamshell install mac os x mac os x 10.4 powerpc g3 tiger
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Clone Windows Partition
Hi, I have MBP 2009 13inch with El Capitan & Windows 10. 2 partition on 1 SSD . Now I bought another SSD and I want to clone my Windows partition to the new ssd. How can I do that?- reklam
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- clone clone partition el capitan mac os mac os x ssd windows
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- Forum: Windows, Linux, macOS, & Others on the Mac
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Resolved The “Open With…” Finder fly-out thread
Something’s been low-key nagging at me for a little while as I flip-flop between machines running Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard, versus running stuff newer like Sierra (or Mountain Lion, via VMware): What’s the process behind the “Open With…” fly-out in Finder and why does it behave...- B S Magnet
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- fetch finder finder app mac os x user interface
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs
How to update Catalina Machine Support Video Card Support Pre-Metal AMD video cards (Radeon HD 6xxx series and older without acceleration, Radeon HD 4xxx series and older with acceleration.) Pre-Metal Nvidia video cards (GeForce 5xx series and older without acceleration, GeForce 3xx...- 0403979
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- 10.15 catalina legacy mac os x macbook pro 13 2011 macos macs opencore os x patcher sonoma unsupported unsupported macs
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Unable to install MAC OS X after restore - Apipa address
Hi there, I'm having an issue with a MAC that we use, it has recently been wiped as this was going to be issued to a new member of staff. When I try and reinstall the software, it comes up with the error "OX X can't be reinstalled because you aren't connected to the internet". I have gone onto...