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macOS Platform Engineer🧑‍💻 I tweet about new & old Macs +macOS 🖥️ OCLP Evangelist 💻 📺 🌳

Chicago, IL
Joined February 2015
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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You know I love @glitchbits_ & @StratonRoberts WWDC Pins! For WWDC 2024, he put together a cool new set! I got to work with Straton on a few ideas this year and they turned out great! The link to his Kickstarter is below & ENDS IN only 12 Hours!!👇 Which one is your favorite?
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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2 years
Rate my setup #8
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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7 months
Apple needs to bring back the MacBook Pro battery life indicator lights.
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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3 months
An Apple employee sets up a new Intel MacBook Pro at the MacWorld Expo on January 10, 2006.
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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5 months
Bring back System Preferences!
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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4 months
Happy 40th Birthday @ijustine 🎉🎂🥳 This is her 2001 high school yearbook photo! She is posing with a PowerMac G4 & 17" Studio Display CRT (ADC). This alone in my mind is enough for her to be inducted into the Apple fan hall of fame.😀👍
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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10 months
I need this phone case in my life.😅
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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9 months
Pumpkin Orange iMac G3!!!! #AppleEvent 🎃
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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4 months
The Internet Archive is down 😰
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@ClassicII_MrMac
Mr. Macintosh
3 months
Imagine what it would be like to unbox this Power Mac G3 back in 1999.🤓
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@ClassicII_MrMac
Mr. Macintosh
3 years
UNLIMITED POWER!!!!!!!
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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2 years
G3 iMac 15" (1999) - M1 iMac 24" (2021) Picture credit: u/PGL-997
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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5 months
MacAdmin friend: I have a few older Mac items do you want them? Me: YES please!!!😀 MacAdmin friend: ok see you soon Me: O H M Y G A W D 🥹🥹🥹🥹
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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1 month
Today I learned you can buy custom modified iPhones without cameras!😳
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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2 months
Strawberry anyone? 😀
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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2 months
Done.
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@MacRumors
MacRumors.com
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macOS 15 System Settings to Get Design Overhaul
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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1 month
OH MY GOSH VINTAGE MAC OS WALLPAPER IN SEQUOIA 🥹 #WWDC24
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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3 months
Anyone need an iMac? 😅
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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7 months
Imagine what it would feel like to be one of the first to buy the iMac in 1998?
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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1 year
Hot take warning: 🔥 I've been reading through some your comments after the #WWDC23 announcements yesterday. Can someone explain to me like I'm 5, why a 2017 4.5Ghz i7 iMac can't run macOS Sonoma? THIS IS BULLSHIT!🤬
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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8 months
Today is a sad day... You can no longer buy OS X Mountain Lion from the Apple online store.😂
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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6 months
I'm a little disappointed Apple didn't do anything special for the Mac's 40th birthday. If you didn't see Tim Cook's tweet, you might have missed it. The special day was not even mentioned on Apple's home page. The 30th birthday was a different story. Let's take a look back!🧵
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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6 months
13 years ago today, on January 31, 2011, Apple discontinued Xserve.😰
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8 months
This poster was from Apple’s 2003 ad campaign “Big and Small” It featured Yao Ming (7’ 6”) and Verne Troyer (2’ 8”) using 17” and 12” PowerBook G4’s 💻
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1 year
Apple's Online Service eWorld (1994-1996) "eHardware" icons 😀
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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1 month
Anyone need an iMac?? 😅 $75-100 each, located in Ottawa, Ontario. 🇨🇦 Owner: Andrew Barker
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9 months
Mac family photo 📸 2006 vs 2023 #AppleEvent credit: u/17parkc
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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11 months
Imagine walking into this computer lab!😀
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Bryan Clark
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@ClassicII_MrMac I remember the day I walked into the computer lab in 7th grade and we had brand new iMacs!!! They blew me away, the different colors, unique shape, and those epic mice. Really thought my CS teacher was the coolest dude ever to get Apple to sponsor our underprivileged 🏫
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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2 months
1987 AppleCare service plan price list. Via: Kevin Lenane
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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4 months
I did a full stop when I saw this picture.📸 Steve is walking through a construction mock up of Apple Park HQ in 2010. Apple Park was one of the final projects Steve worked on before he passed away in 2011. He would have been so proud to see his vision turn into reality.
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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4 months
What a sad state of affairs. All of these perfectly good iMacs are part of a company policy that says they must be destroyed.😰😰😰 Credit: James Banttari
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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8 months
WWDC 2002 Banner - San Jose Convention Center "Come for the Java. Stay for the Cocoa."
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4 months
Mac family lineup (2004-2014) Credit: u/17parkc
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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7 months
On January 24th, 2024, Apple will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original Macintosh! 🎂🎉🥳 What model was your very first Mac?
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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1 year
Happy 73rd Birthday @stevewoz !!!! 🎂🎉
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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1 year
With the introduction of the new M2 Mac Pro at #WWDC23 the transition to Apple Silicon is complete Apple yesterday stopped selling the Intel Mac Pro Intel Macs were available for 17 years, 4 months, 26 days January 10, 2006 - June 5, 2023🪦 Let's poor one out for Intel Macs🍻
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1 month
Good Morning!!! 🥹😅 #WWDC24
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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4 months
Apple was founded 48 years ago today on April 1, 1976 in Los Altos, CA.
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4 months
Always be sure to blank out your serial number. 🕵️‍♂️
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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5 months
Farewell MacBook Air wedge design👋 2008-2024 🪦💐
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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1 year
My dream came true 🥹 #WWDC23
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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4 months
18 Years ago today on April 5th, 2006 Apple announced BootCamp. Bootcamp software enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows and dual boot with OS X. Steve Jobs: "The reaction to BootCamp has been very strong!" USA Today: "Hell froze over. Pigs flew." 🤣
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1 year
Could you do me a small favor?🙏 If you see this tweet, hit the ❤️ like button. I'm running a test and will post the results later.🤓
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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2 years
Oh no… 🖥💻🐈‍⬛ Credit: u/Gyvastis
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3 months
“I invited our friends over for dinner tonight. Could you set the table with the fine china?” me:
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3 years
Happy Halloween!!! 🎃 This orange Apple patch used to be handed out in Apple stores on Halloween.
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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6 months
We've seen Tim Cook's office at the One Infinite Loop HQ, but this might be the first image of his new Apple Park HQ office. Let's identify all the items in Tim's office!🔎🧵
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8 months
Blueberry vibes 💙😎 Via: u/mectojic
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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2 months
What if Apple brought back the Touch Bar, but also included all the function keys? Yes, no, maybe so? 🤔 Concept by u/hybridna
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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9 months
Apple did it better😂 Image credit: @applemuzeumpl
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@RetroTechDreams
Retro Tech Dreams
9 months
Bold, bright and clear. Nintendo's Funtastic series kept the N64 fresh.
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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The original iMac went on sale 25 years ago today at 12:00AM on August 15, 1998.📆 It can not be understated how important the iMac was to saving Apple from the brink of destruction.📈 Steve loved the iMac, you can see his genuine enthusiasm & smile in every picture.❤️🖥️
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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1 year
In anticipation of new 2023 Mac Pro at #WWDC23 , I wanted to share a few pictures from my Mac desktop family reunion.😀📷 2019 Mac Pro 3.2GHz 16 Core 2010 Mac Pro 2.66GHz 12 Core 2005 PowerMac G5 2.5GHz 4 Core 2003 PowerMac G4 1.42 Dual Processor 1998 PowerMac G3 333MHz Single
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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1 year
"The best-kept retro-mac secret is that the following web sites exist If you ever wanted to play with old MacOS, this is the least effort to get started" Via @uliwitness @chaos .social
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10 months
RIP macOS Big Sur🪦💐 Nov 12, 2020 - Sep 26, 2023 Apple only supports 3 OS versions. With the release of Sonoma, Big Sur is no longer supported. Safari 17 was also released, but not for Big Sur. Big Sur was the first OS that supported Apple Silicon Macs. So long old friend👋
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1 year
I love this picture of Steve and the 30" Cinema Display at WWDC 2004.
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6 months
Check out this amazing Apple history poster!
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1 year
This is just bad😩 From the public Sonoma Beta 2 developer documentation👇 Whenever the OS detects the usage of deprecated APIs, the user will be presented a dialog stating that the app needs to be updated. When the dialog is dismissed the app will exit Pic via: alt-tab-macos
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3 years
Long lost brother 16" MacBook Pro (M1 Pro) Charger - October 2021 AirPort Express 1st Generation 802.11g - July 2004
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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6 months
The oldest Apple owned retail store has closed forever after 31 years😢 So long, One Infinite Loop Company Store 1993-2024 @MajorTomToG helped me capture the stores final moments. We made what could be the final purchase at 6:02PM PST A crew was packing up the store at 6:08PM
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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18 years ago today on May 16, 2006, Apple released the MacBook.💻 The 13" MacBook replaced the iBook as the entry level laptop. It came with an Intel processor, and you pick between a 1.83 or 2.0GHz Core Duo CPU. The new polycarbonate case came in 2 colors, white or black.◻️◼️
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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7 months
This is horrible news😰 The Apple Company Store was the ORIGINAL Apple retail store. It holds the record for the longest continually operated Apple-owned store at 30 years! RIP 1993-2024🪦💐 Below are pictures of the store from 1993, 2012 & the 2015 grand opening redesign📸
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@MacRumors
MacRumors.com
7 months
Apple's Infinite Loop Store at Former Headquarters Closing Next Month
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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3 years
The area under the notch is 16:10 aspect ratio. #AppleEvent HT u/BeardInTheNorth
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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6 months
Apple's 40th Anniversary Macintosh logo/video is so fun and unique!🥳 I'm going to identify every Mac computer, OS feature and software version inside the logo. I'll also show each product introduction/version dates & how each image changes + go over some logo stats🤓 A fun🧵
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3 months
Poor iMac 😰
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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7 months
Haven’t powered up this awesome little guy since May 5th! This 13-inch mid 2010 polycarbonate unibody MacBook is running OCLP 0.6.5 and macOS Monterey 12.6.5. Let’s do something about that.🤓
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2 years
Hand crafted Mac OS 8 Finder icon rug by u/Designer_Taro_2569 😎
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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4 months
5 years ago today on March 19th, 2019 at 11:24PM, I started MrMacintosh. com and made my first post.🖥️ I created my little website because I wanted to share all the knowledge I've gained over the last 20 years. If I was able to help, I would love to hear from you below.❤️
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3 months
The perfect setup does not exist…😅
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3 years
Cursed pillow
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3 months
THIS is a Mac Pro.
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5 months
I have so many questions..😅🤔
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6 months
Mac OS X Snow Leopard The world's most advanced operating system.
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@rsgnl
Joe Rossignol
6 months
I miss the old WWDC banners
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23 years ago today on March 24th 2001, Apple released Mac OS X 10.0. The suggested retail price was $129.00 “Mac OS X is the most important software from Apple since the original Macintosh operating system in 1984 that revolutionized the entire industry,” said Steve Jobs
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8 months
Original Apple Computer HQ office desk??🤔
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8 months
A vintage Mac fan moving his collection to a new home. 😳 Credit: unknown
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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1 year
This is a Hitachi Deskstar 500GB 7200RPM PATA hard drive from my Xserve RAID. It was in continuous use for 93,804 hours = 10 Years 258 days.😅 Congrats old friend, you can retire now. 👴🏻🏡
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2 months
This is what happens when you buy a MacBook Air on Temu
@imparkerburton
Parker Burton
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Goodbye Mac 👋 #MicrosoftEvent
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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5 months
I don't know why people keep asking about these spaces, when the answer is so simple!🤣
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Anastasia 🍑.js
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what would you put in this space?!
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14 years ago today, Apple released the iPhone 3GS. This is my 8GB model that is still running iOS 6.1.3 😀
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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5 months
They said the perfect Valentine's Day gift doesn't exist...😂
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7 months
Post your best caption for this Windows Vista bus 🤣
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7 months
macOS contains a built in screen reader called VoiceOver x30😂😳
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2 years
👀🤓 u/Jaxermd’s collection of boxed Apple software from the 90’s.
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7 months
Does anyone else miss the old YouTube app icon?
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2 years
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8 months
On August 10, 2010, Joe Leo of MacPrices took this picture of Steve Jobs walking into Apple's 1 Infinite Loop Headquarters. Steve just regularly walked through the main entrance No executive car ride or underground/hidden vip parking etc I think he actually enjoyed doing this
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Mr. Macintosh
2 years
In celebration of this date, my 1st gen MacBook Air with macOS Ventura via OpenCore Legacy Patcher. 😀
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Joe Rossignol
2 years
15 years ago today
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1 year
How is it possible that we've not seen a single macOS 14 leak before #WWDC23 ?
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Mr. Macintosh
3 months
I dare you to show me a technology photo that says “1988” better than this one 📸 🤣
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1 year
Apple Credit card - New (2019) vs Old (1986) via: @letterformarchive @typo .social
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1 year
Gotcha!📸 Starting with macOS Ventura 13.3👇 Software updates on M1 & M2 laptops now only require at least 20% battery to install!! 😎 On an Intel Mac? At least 50% battery is still required.🥵
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@ClassicII_MrMac
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9 months
Check out these prototype Mac USB-C Magsafe cables! 🤯 The eBay seller has 3 different Magsafe designs and states were in EVT development stage.
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Now let’s make a happy post! 😀 This is my 30” Cinema HD Display (2004) connected via Dual-Link DVI adapter to my 2013 Mac Pro. It was rescued at VCFMW in poor condition & no ps. I cleaned it up & used @dosdude1 ’s ps mod! It now works perfectly in full 2560x1600 resolution!
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5 months
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10 months
I LOVE that Apple still has old OS X software updates available!🤓 This is what OS X Leopard 10.5.8 software update looks like after a fresh install👇
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1 year
Xserve3,1 (2009) running macOS Ventura 13.3.1 via OpenCore Legacy Patcher. 😎 @khronokernel 👍
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Mr. Macintosh
6 months
Mac users: macOS 15 stability please 🙏
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@MacRumors
MacRumors.com
6 months
iOS 18 Potentially 'Biggest' Software Update in iPhone's History
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18 years ago today on January 10th, 2006, Steve Jobs announced the very first production Mac with an Intel processor. The iMac 17-Inch Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz 🖥️
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This image is amazing on so many levels.🤓 Mac OS X Developer Preview 1 Released at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on May 10th, 1999
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3 months
Ready for the gym? 💪🏋️‍♂️😅
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1 year
macOS Sonoma Mac Hardware Compatibility List!!! RIP ☠️💐🪦 2017 iMac 2017 MacBook 2017 MacBook Pro #WWDC23
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The G5 is still useful in 2024 🤣
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