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We believe in the long term value of Apple hardware. You should be able to use your Apple gear as long as it helps you remain productive and meets your needs, upgrading only as necessary. We want to help maximize the life of your Apple gear. lowendmac.com

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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 2h
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Let's Chat with 65scribe - YouTube creator and Macintosh Collector Supreme!
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Ken @kenfager.bsky.social · 21h
Long live PowerPC.
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 7h
Talent is a lie, just do it anyway. 💪 @ronscompvids.bsky.social
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MacintoshGarden Feed @macgarden.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 19h
FoxTrot Professional Search for Mac macintoshgarden.org/apps/foxtrot-pr… FoxTrot Professional Search extends far beyond OS X's buit-in Spotlight, building on years of experience in search functionality refined within CTM's […] [Original post on bitbang.social]
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 9h
Did I mention, they had all the Newton message pads, and an eMate 300?
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 10h
This is beyond cool! 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQdx...
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They built a phone company for one weekend
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 21h
OS X Lion on a Core Duo (32-Bit) 2006 MacBook. That is all. 🙂
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 21h
Article #3 today! Starting off the Core Duo MacBook restoration.. lowendmac.com/2026/restori...
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Restoring a 2006 Core Duo MacBook (32-Bit) - Low End Mac
Within the pile of laptops I brought home from VCF Midwest, one of them was a $5 parts bin 2006 1.83 GHz Core Duo MacBook, from the Wisconsin Computer Club! While digging through I saw this was from 2...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 21h
Momiji's been updated recently! And Low End Mac has a new article out about it. 🙂 lowendmac.com/2026/momiji-...
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Momiji v156: A cutting-edge FireFox for 10.7 - 10.14 - Low End Mac
Just a couple weeks ago, aobaharuki2005 dropped the latest versions of Momiji web browser on GitHub, including an updated Momiji v140.16 (stable version) as well as a rolling build based off of the la...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Momiji-rolling 156.0-mj (based on Firefox 156, a 2-week old browser) is out now, for OS X Lion - Catalina! This newer version feels very responsive on this Mac Pro 2,1 running OS X El Capitan. An older firefox build of v140.16.0esr-mj (stable) also got an update. github.com/aobaharuki20...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
100% human made! lowendmac.com/2026/the-mak...
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The making of the new Low End Mac "Lightning" wallpaper - Low End Mac
A while ago I experimented with an iPhone 3Gs and a color diffraction grating, just see what different lights would look like through the filter; no art intended. One experiment led to another, and su...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A new article today! lowendmac.com/2026/pico-mi...
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Pico Micro Mac (v3), an Altoids Box-sized Mac 128K - Low End Mac
As seen recently on Action Retro’s YouTube Channel there’s a brand-new Mac 128K out there! Pico Micro Mac is headed by Ron’s computer Videos, it’s about the size of an Altoids box, it’s super light, a...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New article!! lowendmac.com/2026/revivin...
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Reviving a 500 Mhz iBook G3 "IceBook" - Low End Mac
Another VCF Midwest $10 Mac project (Michigan Vintage Finds at table B620), I’m delighted to report it fires right up and is already helping with projects such as the iMac G3 Indigo + 500 GB Maxtor, a...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of my favorite movie series ever.. if not, it is my favorite.
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Ron’s Computer Videos 🧍‍♂️🖥️📼 @ronscompvids.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
MacEffects has restocked color ImageWriter II ribbons. #MARCHintosh will be here before you know it, so stock up now!  maceffects.com/products/app...
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Apple ImageWriter II Color Ribbon Cartridge
We are proud to offer the only newly manufactured ImageWriter II color ribbon cartridges and color ribbon replacements.  There has not been another company manufacturing these in over 10 years.   Ink ...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey everyone, it's time for RetroChallenge 2026! lowendmac.com/2026/join-re...
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Join RetroChallenge 2026! - Low End Mac
It’s time for RetroChallenge 2026, and we’re looking for everyone to join – yes everyone! Setup to encourage people across the world to challenge themselves for a month and document their achievements...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
PSA: When going to this page on the website, it says many links are broken/articles are missing - they are not. It seems like site migration moved some articles, so the links must be updated. Working on a fix!
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New article! Here's absolutely everything you ever need to know about the PowerPC G3 CPU. lowendmac.com/2026/ibm-mot...
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IBM & Motorola 750 (PowerPC G3): Tech Specs - Low End Mac
The G3 is a 32-Bit member of the PowerPC processor family, made by IBM and Motorola for Apple computers between 1997 – 2003. There are several different iterations of the G3 processor used in Apple co...
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Ron’s Computer Videos 🧍‍♂️🖥️📼 @ronscompvids.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've added chapters to all of my interviews (based off the CCs). Hopefully this makes it easier to hop around inside the conversations and get to the parts of most interest to you. Thank you again for listening! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New article about a recent project! lowendmac.com/2026/upgradi...
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Upgrading an Indigo iMac G3's Boot Disk to 500 GB - Low End Mac
Until the ATAPI 6.0 (ATA-6, ATA/100) standard, IDE drives on mostly any computer were limited to a capacity of 137 GB. The first Mac to supersede this limitation was the Mirror Door Drive Power Mac G4...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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I recreated the Apple Lisa computer inside an FPGA! - The LisaFPGA Project
YouTube video by AlexElectronics
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New article! :) lowendmac.com/2026/bringin...
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Bringing Home a Souped-Up Power Mac 9600/300 - Low End Mac
Arriving amongst the stash of things brought home from the VCF Midwest trip, it’s good to see all the plastics and internals survived on this heavily upgraded Power Mac 9600/300. Not sure what to name...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
IBM sure made a really cool chip overlay of the PowerPC 750 (G3) back in 1999. 😫 it's the G3 chip!!
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here is part 3 (and final) of the VCF adventure, which has many previously unposted Apple devices as well as TONS of non-Apple tech history! 😀 lowendmac.com/2026/vintage...
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Vintage Computer Festival Mid-West 2026 – Part 3, Beyond the Macintosh - Low End Mac
See: Part 1 / Part 2 . In Part 1: Walking in (first impressions) , Mr. Macintosh, OP Workshop (E101/E102), Retro Tech Foundation Bell & Howell Apple II, Whoa.. an Apple III?, NCG Engineering – analog ...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
New article! This includes some things which haven't been posted before. :) lowendmac.com/2026/vintage...
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Vintage Computer Festival Mid-West 2026 – Part 2 - Low End Mac
Part 1 couldn’t possibly contain everything I’ve seen over that weekend, and I didn’t wanna leave any parts out – so here’s part 2 as promised. I returned near the Retro Tech Foundation’s Apple Garage...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A 2007 MacBook will boot Yosemite off USB with a just a modified boot.efi, a display adapter, and 60w MagSafe 1. This thing can almost fit inside a pocket!
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Right behind the Apple Garage by the Retro Tech Foundation was a Bell & Howell Apple II, a Compaq Portable, an Apple Lisa, and a Mac Plus!
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And the 500 GB iMac G3 drive upgrade was a success! With the SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap Driver, it now boots Tiger natively off this drive. Had tiger on an iBook, plugged a 500 GB drive into the iMac, and put it into TDM. Installed the driver on the iBook, cloned the drive, rebooted the iMac, and bam!
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Right next to Mr.Macintosh was Superstar64! He had an exhibition dedicated to Intel Macs, with a line of MacBook Pros starting from the first Core Duo (Jan 2006) all the way thru the last major design iteration, the TouchBar model. www.youtube.com/@superstar64...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Now with the Hi-Cap ATA drivers installed, the 500 GB Maxtor IDE/133 HDD is in! Once it’s cloned, this iMac G3 will run Tiger on plenty of drive space. ⚡️
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Ian Scott @polpo.org · 19/09/2026
Kate and Veronica’s new podcast is great! I may be biased because they interviewed me at VCF Midwest last weekend but they’re awesome people putting together something awesome!
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Jeff Geerling @jeffgeerling.com · 18/09/2026
I thought I had the best time at the largest vintage computing event in the world. But then someone rolled up with a cesium atomic clock, and I was no longer sure... My video covering VCF Midwest is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW-H... #vcfmw
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I found an atomic clock at the world's largest vintage computer show
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tackling the $10 original “Icebook” G3 500 MHz, it’ll be a dedicated OS X Tiger Mac.
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here's a brand-new article by Dan Schnur! lowendmac.com/2026/finding...
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Finding the Right Paint for Apple's Vintage Platinum Computers - Low End Mac
Vintage computer collectors have seen it all too often: that familiar dirty yellow discoloration that develops after decades of exposure to light and air. It’s the color of a computer that looks like ...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Over at table D702 was The Computer Museum with System Source (next to the MacCharlie) was a Macintosh SE + Radius Accelerator 16 Expansion card + Radius Full Page Display.
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Finally met Collin (Aka Dosdude1), spent a little time chatting! There were more devices up, but the prototype iPod touch and this Sony pocket Pc on SL were most intriguing. Should’ve taken more pictures. He’s a chill, knowledgeable, approachable guy. Good to see you!
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
THIS.. is a Power Mac G4 with an Orange PC 660 Windows compatibility card (and what looks like an aftermarket heatsink). It's an entire PC complete with RAM, a CPU, etc; to enable users to run Windows and DOS on their Mac! Can't remember where exactly this was setup 😅
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Ron’s Computer Videos 🧍‍♂️🖥️📼 @ronscompvids.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thank you to @mac84.bsky.social for being my friend. Any travel down roads and back again is purely coincidental.
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
While I've seen (and once had one, a graphite) 1998 Apple Studio Displays (VGA) before.. never saw a teal one in person, nor one in such nice shape! This was over at Table D204, LVACC and Evanboone. 🙂
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New article of a multi-part series! lowendmac.com/2026/vintage...
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Vintage Computer Festival Mid-West 2026 - Part 1 - Low End Mac
This was the absolute best weekend I’ve had in a really long time, and I can’t wait to have more of these adventures (I’m smiling on the inside)! VCF Midwest was an absolute blast (and even a bit over...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Finally met Steve from @mac84.bsky.social! This was his Power Mac 7100/80, with an Apple developer HDD plugged in.. It has all sorts of things including System 7.0 beta disk images, which install normally on a Mac. Also has System 7 internal release notes too! 😮
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@ronscompvids.bsky.social showing off DREAMM, a bespoke emulator for LucasArts/LucasFilm and Lucas Learning games, on a Macintosh TV! dreamm.aarongiles.com
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 15/09/2026
The back of the VCFMW 21 (2026) T-shirt had a tribute to the Z80 CPU with all sorts of interesting computers listed which used the Z80 CPU. How many of the machines do you have in your collection?
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hey it’s Maccy! @maccy.me
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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 15/09/2026
Claurs is back! Easter Eggs are back in iOS! www.macrumors.com/2026/09/15/a...
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Moof! Apple Snuck a Dogcow Into iOS 27 - Here's How to Find It
If you have installed iOS 27 on your iPhone or iPadOS 27 on your iPad (download it via Settings ➝ General ➝ Software Update), Apple left a fun little easter egg for you to discover. Open the Settings ...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hello from Low End Mac HQ! ⚡️
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This was the absolute best weekend I’ve had in a really long time, and I can’t wait to do more. VCF Midwest was an absolute blast (and even a bit overwhelming!), met some acquaintances and familiar faces. Also met up with some great friends, grabbed some computer gear, & visited 3 new states!
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hello VCF Midwest!
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Jeff Geerling @jeffgeerling.com · 10/09/2026
I'm outta time! I'm packing for VCF Midwest today, but did finish up the last three projects for my NTP Time demo on old Macs: Xserve G5, Mac SE/30, and iBook G3 Clamshell (over AirPort Wi-Fi!). #vcfmw Also a bonus look at AppleTalk-based time transfer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RW...
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Low End Mac @lowendmac.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New article! ;) lowendmac.com/2026/a20-pro...
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A20 Pro vs A19 Pro Benchmarks - Low End Mac
The average width of a human hair is around 50 to 120 micrometers (µm), or anywhere between three and five thousandths of an inch. Now let’s take five thousandths (0.005) of an inch and divide it by 6...
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