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Saturday Mac riddles 310

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: London to […]

May 31, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac OS version numbers

How Apple adopted a triplet version numbering scheme by 1988, then complicated it with additional revision numbers, Supplemental Updates, RSRs, and more.

May 31, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 309

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 309. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Glazed […]

May 26, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 309

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Glazed opening […]

May 24, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of alerts

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Originally alert boxes, these have brought us information, warnings and errors in different formats. Although they should be rare, macOS has used them increasingly, sometimes uninformatively.

May 24, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 308

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 308. Here are my solutions to them. 1: One […]

May 19, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 308

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: One of […]

May 17, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of architecture transitions

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68K to PowerPC in 1994-1998, on to Intel in 2006-2009, and to Apple silicon from 2020. The 68K emulator, Rosetta, and Rosetta 2 that enabled backward compatibility.

May 17, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 307

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 307. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Workshop […]

May 12, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 307

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Workshop exhibition […]

May 10, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

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