This is the first iteration on macOS and iOS post-WWDC, after a recent May 14th update spent roughly a month and a half in a development state. Individuals can opt-in via the Software Update section of the System Settings app, as long as your Apple ID is associated with an Apple Developer account. Key […]
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For those who want to add a little flare to their desktop and wanted the new wallpapers in particular – here they are! Due to the compression which happens on WordPress, a larger wallpaper is provided in the link below. You may also click on the images, which will enlarge to 2560 x 1657.The images […]
The tagline on Apple’s website reads “New Look. Even more magic.”, with an OS release date set to arrive this fall. Although you can download the developer beta right now, it is still far from being a completed consumer OS update. . . The last major iOS redesign was with version 7 – Apple says […]
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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Low End Mac has been through a lot of changes over the years. For much of Low End Mac’s earlier days, we used Claris Home Page to edit and design our content (many different table-based designs). We switched to Cascading Style Sheets some years back and then to WordPress, so every now and again you […]
This day in age, a certain recent OS started shipping with it’s own built-in password manager app – and as it turns out, there’s been a password manager app out for PowerPC for a little while! Version 3.5.15 was out in 2010, so this app certainly falls into the category of abandonware. Password managers aren’t […]
This may be old news.. but I just only recently stumbled into this! If you’ve ever wanted to enable two-finger scrolling on your pre-2005 PowerPC ‘Book – there’s an app for that. iScroll 2 is a modified ADB driver, it works with Mac OS X 10.3 and up (although a certain version of the driver […]
Earlier this week on April 2nd, Apple seeded the iOS 18.5 and macOS 15.5 betas, shortly after sending out the finalized version of iOS 18.4 and macOS 15.4. Both updates brought a massive list of security fixes, which makes it a strongly recommended up date if you haven’t already updated your device. This topic was […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 / […]
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 […]
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 […]
Does anyone else remember that old classic macOS app which had a set of googly eyes just sitting in the menu bar following the direction of the mouse cursor? Well as it turns out, there’s a modern version of this app which does practically the exact same thing. This app sits in your menu bar […]
You might be thinking the Sky Blue color, right? While this new color changes the entire aura of the MacBook Air and gives it a very desirable appearance, the design change is actually a lot more nuanced and can be hard to spot unless pointed out. First pointed out by iCulture.nl, “Apple finally fixes the […]
Earlier this week on March 4th, Apple came out with public betas across a variety of their OSes, including: iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and macOS. Covered earlier this week by 9to5mac, Public Beta 3 is now available for those OSes. You may sign up for the beta software on Apple’s Beta Software Program site. By consenting […]