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Not all Macs are made equal. Many these days can extend their display and even support multiple monitors, however there was a time when the Mac you bought could only mirror the display externally. For those Macs such as an iMac G5 or an eMac G4, there is a piece of software known as Screen […]
Way back in 2012 Mac OS X Lion came with a brand new feature called Launchpad – it gave you quick access to your applications folder overlayed across the screen, and it continues to be a staple of macOS to this day, seeing hardly any changes from how it was originally introduced 13 years ago. […]
Imagine this: an alternate earth, with alternate economics, influences, design teams, and whatnot. In this alternate universe, Apple unveiled the Mac Studio in 2006, alongside the first generation of Intel Macs. The Mac Studio was released as an answer for a more powerful small form factor/ITX workstation, a step up from the Mac mini. In […]
We recently heard of the announcement of WWDC 2025 which is set to be in early June, alongside a design preview teased by the official logo for this year. For this year we can expect iOS 19 to be announced, with many rumors circulating around the potential to drop support for certain devices. While you […]
macOS 15.4 is now out and available for all Macs running macOS Sequoia, for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. Since this update covers such a long list of vulnerabilities, it’s strongly recommended you update to this right now. Apple covered the entire list in detail on their site. We also covered new features featured in […]
So you know how Xcode lets you run an iOS app in a simulator and how the current version of macOS Sequoia has iPhone mirroring? As it turns out, you can kind-of sort-of get an iPhone 3G going on your PowerPC Mac’s desktop! You might not be able to hold it or use it very […]
Being the latest yet smallest of the bunch, the iPhone 16e is the spiritual successor to the SE and mini series of iPhones released prior. Intended as an entry level device, it still manages to rock out with the latest hardware specs however it’s hardware redesign poised for a bumped MSRP. This isn’t a budget […]
Hey everyone, and thank you for taking the time out of your day to visit Low End Mac. In light of developments on retooling the website, some solutions were found on fixing the website’s navigation along with other pages! It has been noted by visitors; some of the main pages weren’t working, remarking on broken […]
While this website has been in the process of having new articles written for it whilst simultaneously having old information updated too, different ideas have been floated for how the site can be redesigned too. In line with keeping compatibility for older Macs, it has been decided not to massively overhaul the site theme, but […]
On November 12th 2020, Apple released macOS Big Sur for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, after having been announced June 22nd the same year at WWDC 2020.. This version of macOS is named after the coastal region of Big Sur in the central Californian coast, continuing the theme of California named locations started way […]
They say if you format a drive with the GUID partition table you can install virtually any size drive in a PowerPC Mac, only you may not be able to boot off of it. An Apple Partition Map is required to boot on a PowerPC Mac, however, this partition scheme is limited to 2.19 TB. […]
Every year at Apple’s WWDC in June, the event covers a swathe of topics focusing mainly on the major changes to their operating systems. There are times they’ll announce new products alongside, but mainly this keynote (or rather, sets of keynotes) are aimed for developers. WWDC also acts as a proverbial “state of the union” […]
This week at Apple we see a set of updates across the line for the different OSes, as well as some new features in places like Apple Music Classical, as well as the newer AirPods Max and Airpods 4. In a previous article done on March 10th, Low End Mac covered the iOS 18.4 / […]
On October 25th 2021, Apple released macOS Monterey for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, after having been announced June 7th the same year. This version of macOS is named after the Monterey Bay, continuing the theme of California named locations started way back in 2013 with Mavericks. This version drops support for many Macs, […]
On October 24th 2022, Apple released macOS Ventura for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, after having been announced June 6th the same year. This version of macOS is named after the city of Ventura in CA, continuing the theme of California named locations. Up close and thematically, this is very much the macOS we […]
On September 26th 2023, Apple released macOS Sonoma for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, after having been announced June 5th the same year. This version of macOS is named after the wine region in California’s Sonoma County, continuing the theme of California named locations. Up close and thematically, this is very much the macOS […]
Copyright laws protect work from being freely duplicated and redistributed which extend over to the makings of software and hardware wherever the law is unexpired. When the copyright holder no longer distributes the software, no longer enforces the copyright protections over their own depreciated software, or if the software is distributed but unsupported by the […]
Over the years the Photos app and Quick View in Finder have gained a set of photo editing features, allowing users to make basic edits to their picture/photo files without going out of their way to install something that could do such things. While these features are indeed convenient and helpful, they lack the refined […]
There are 28 Micro Center stores scattered around the nation in 19 states, and each one of them has Mac deals on the latest ’round on what Apple has to offer, as well as good pickings on refurbished M3 Macs, too. From the time of writing this article through the next 10 days, you can […]
On September 16th 2024, Apple released macOS Sequoia for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, after having been announced June 10th the same year. This version of macOS is named after the national park in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, continuing the theme of California locations. Up close and thematically, this is very much the […]
Back in 2015 Simon Royal wrote a piece about the Major and Minor versions of Mac OS X from Kodiak all the way up to El Capitan, which was the latest release at the time. Back in 2015, OS X was being released in “major” and “minor” release cycles, alternating between operating system releases that […]
When Apple teased the iPhone 16e they used a Liquid Metal style logo, creating another unique logo style in the long line of unique logos made for product teases/launches. Thanks to a post shared by @basicappleguy.com on BlueSky, I stumbled into a neat little website where you can upload your own logo and have it […]
Hardware virtualization uses a hypervisor to create virtual machines that run directly on physical hardware, allowing near-native performance. Emulation, on the other hand, imitates hardware entirely in software, enabling the execution of programs designed for different architectures but with significant performance overhead. With this in mind, we can imagine how certain operating systems should or […]
It didn’t take a lot of time making my mind up as I was open to the idea, but I wasn’t necessarily looking for a change right then and there. Every now and again I’d look up the different ‘Books especially while writing technical articles for this site’s index – keeping an eye on what’s […]
Some early adopters of the new Sky Blue M4 MacBook Air are saying the color looks a bit much like Silver, only looking like Sky Blue under certain lighting conditions. While I’ll agree the color is on the lighter side, when putting Sky Blue right up against Silver you can see a difference. The difference […]
Swapping out an optical drive for a hard disk drive to gain extra storage is a sensible way to upgrade your ‘Book if you’re not at all using optical media anymore. Especially if the benefits of storing a ton of stuff on local storage far outweighs the benefits of keeping a SuperDrive or Combo Drive […]
It was a relatively warm spring day as I was taking a long walk outside, when out of the corner of my eye I saw a 20″ 2004 iMac G5 sitting by the curb. It looked worn, the dirt on the bottom made me wonder if it was rained on. I asked for permission to […]
Last an article was posted sharing the M3 Ultra benchmarks for the new Early 2025 Mac Studio, showing just how powerful Apple’s new flagship chip really is. Below are benchmarks for the $1999 M4 Max Mac Studio with 14-Core CPU, 32-Core GPU, and 36 GB of RAM, Comparisons are also made against the M3 Ultra […]
Today the M4 MacBook Air, 2025 Mac Studio, M3 iPad Air, and 11th-Gen iPad were made available to customers around the world along with their respective device accessories. Apple also released some Apple Watch accessories and the new USB-C to MagSafe 3 charging cable in Sky Blue, too. Today, a brand new 15″ M4 MacBook […]
