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Revisiting Apple’s ill-fated Lisa computer, 40 years on On its 40th anniversary, we look back at the machine that brought the GUI to personal computers.
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A history of Mac settings
Frame of preference is a history of the settings available on the Apple Macintosh during its classic era. "As a designer, I'm meant to dislike settings," writes author Marcin Wichary. "As a user, I ...
Orka Desktop offers free local macOS virtualization with near-native performance, seamless OCI image workflows, and an intuitive GUI, perfect for developers building and testing locally.
And while it wasn’t the first GUI-controlled computer, it was the first that mattered… and made the competition look like relics. The Macintosh was flawed and secured only a fraction of the market, ...
With Homebrew, installing software on macOS is as quick and easy as using a Linux package manager. With thousands of utilities and apps available, many Linux tools are provided either directly or as ...
Before the original Macintosh, there was the Apple Lisa. If you’ve never had the opportunity to played around with it, here’s your chance.
Apple events are held multiple times a year, including the Worldwide Developers Conference. They are usually where new Apple products are announced.
Bill Atkinson, the computer engineer at Apple who played a critical role in the development of the Macintosh operating system in 1984 and the ubiquity of the desktop metaphor of files and folders ...
Mac mini vs. Mac Studio: Which Apple Desktop Is Right for How You Work? Does a compact Mac belong on your desk—and fit in your budget?
It could be cheaper for Apple to produce than the current Mac mini but it's unclear whether that would result in the company lowering the retail price, which sits at $599 for the M2-powered model.