In 1991, Apple made just 500 examples of a very special PowerBook:
My thanks to Relay listener Dan for shipping his very rare and expensive machine to me so I could check it out and share it with all of you.
Category: Video
All About Apple Notes ⇢
I recently gave a presentation about Apple Notes to a Mac User Group in Texas, and recorded my talk. I hope you enjoy!
The eMac Turns 20
Here in April 2022, we’re enjoying a rare treat for us Mac nerds — an entirely new Mac desktop.
Beyond the Mac Studio, we’ve had the iMac Pro, the Mac mini, and of course, a couple of different attempts at the Mac Pro.
But 20 years ago, there was another — the eMac G4.
In April 2002, the iMac G4 was basically brand-new, and while there was technically still an iMac G3 on sale, Apple wanted to do something new for its education customers that had purchased so many iMacs over the previous few years.
Save the Date: Stream with Steve from Mac84 ⇢
On Thursday April 7 at 1:30 PM Eastern, I’ll be joined by Steve from Mac84 on my YouTube channel to talk about collecting and repairing old Macs, plus a whole lot more. I’d love it if you could drop by and hang out:
Video: A Tour of the Worst iPod nano ⇢
Some of the iPod nano models were great. The 6th-gen model — with its tiny touchscreen, lack of video playback and weird design — was the most unusual:
Video: Playing The Oregon Trail on an Apple IIe ⇢
In case you missed my live stream from earlier today, the playback is up:
This really took me back.
Video: Test Driving a Wireless CarPlay Adapter ⇢
I installed a wireless CarPlay adapter to compare it to good, old-fashioned wired CarPlay:
Video: A Tour of my New Studio ⇢
After six months, my expanded studio space is pretty much done! I hope you enjoy this new tour:
Video: Ranking Apple’s Products (December 2021) ⇢
Had you forgotten Apple is still selling the iPod touch?
Video: The Voices of the Mac ⇢
The Mac has been able to speak since its introduction, and today the feature is core to the Accessibility story for macOS. However, some of the voices available today are straight from the classic Mac OS. In this video I compare some examples from Mac OS 9 with some from macOS Monterey:
Opening Some Old Mac Mystery Boxes ⇢
Join me tomorrow at 2 PM Eastern as I unbox some old Macs I received over the summer. I didn’t get a chance to open them as they came in, so I’m not sure what I even have, so this should be an adventure.
Video: Podcast with Zoom and Audio Hijack ⇢
Zoom has been really great for podcasting, but it’s backup recording capabilities aren’t up to the standard of what I want to edit and release.