Intel NUC server sitting atop my old Mac mini.Over the past year I’ve written frequently about my love of the Mac mini. There has been a Mac mini running as a server in my house basically since it was first introduced in 2005. The specific uses ... | Continue reading
Here’s a bit of numerology for you. Today marks 17 years, one month, and 29 days since Mac OS X 10.0 was released on March 24, 2001. That’s a strangely odd number—6269 days—but it also happens to be the exactly length of time b... | Continue reading
The original iMac. (Photo courtesy Stephen Hackett.)20 years ago today, Steve Jobs (the interim CEO of Apple) stood on the same stage from which he introduced the original Macintosh, and spent the first half-hour of his presentation trying to convince t... | Continue reading
If there’s one thing I’ve learned writing about tech, is that’s if I mention using any sort of accessory in passing without providing details, people will ask for the details. And so I was already planning on writing this when a reader... | Continue reading
Among the casualties of the impending transition to 64-bit apps is one long-lasting oddity: QuickTime 7 Pro. What makes this app so unusual are a few factors. For one thing, it’s one of Apple’s own apps. For another, it was first release... | Continue reading