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Why did 1973 matter to Classic Mac OS?

Posted on January 17, 2023 by blogmywiki

So I was clearing off an old 350MHz graphite Apple Macintosh G4 Server which had OS 10.4.9 on it, and decided to put Mac OS 9.2 on it for the lolz. This was a mistake, as I had been intending … Continue reading →

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Snow Leopard Mac won’t boot – startup disk full

Posted on April 24, 2019 by blogmywiki

or: what to do when your son tells you 10 minutes before he needs to go to school that the old family iMac is broken and he can’t get his work off that needs handing in like right now. Symptom: … Continue reading →

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Using an old Wacom Graphire tablet in OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Posted on August 29, 2015 by blogmywiki

I love it when I make things work that shouldn’t and I also love saving money. This does both. I have an old Wacom Graphire graphics tablet model ET-0405-U. It’s not supported by recent versions of OS X, but graphics … Continue reading →

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J’accuse: Apple killed the podcast

Posted on February 1, 2015 by blogmywiki

Okay, this isn’t exactly scientific. It’s based on a sample of precisely… 1. Me. But I can’t believe I’m alone. (Okay, my Morrissey A-Level studies tell me that we are all alone and shall be for ever, but you know … Continue reading →

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RaspberryPi media server

Posted on August 3, 2014 by blogmywiki

It’s been a long-time goal of mine to have all my music in a central place so I can access it from all over the house. I can’t afford Network Attached Storage (NAS) at the moment, and I got a … Continue reading →

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