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On Saturday, June 18th at 9PM EST, join us as we hang out while we clean, repaste and/or repair our Mac Pros. We can have 10 participants on our streaming software so you can join us! We can’t promise how many spots will be available but if you’d like to join us, here’s what you … Read more
The Classic Mac Pro (cMP) has been stuck on Big Sur version 11.2.3 for a bit now. There have been many fine folks working on a solution but, at least for now, 11.2.3 appears to be the end of the line for us. So the question is; stick with this early version of Big Sur, … Read more
During the Mac Yak shows this month, we will cover some of the best backup utilities and strategies. Whether you use a Macintosh with System 7 or a 2019 Mac Pro with Big Sur, we’ll have you covered. This article will be updated with the latest info after each show. Kicking this off on June … Read more
It’s almost that time again, time to fire up those old Macs and spend a week trying to use it as much as possible. This year we’re expanding the challenge to include 68K Macs as well. THE GOAL Use the 68K or PPC Mac as much as you can for your day to day computing. … Read more
Due to timezone differences etc. some reports will arrive late or early. These will all be added to the appropriate pages as they arrive. Iulian P. Started the work week strong using my 800 mh Titan Powerbook G4 at work , mostly for music and some Quake 2 when there were no patients waiting (I work … Read more
Due to timezone differences etc. some reports will arrive late or early. These will all be added to the appropriate pages as they arrive. Iulian P. Well , nothing new on the Eastern front as they say , I did a little cleaning in the morning and in the afternoon played some games Alice (the … Read more
Due to timezone differences etc. some reports will arrive late or early. These will all be added to the appropriate pages as they arrive. Iulian P. I tried using Discord on my Powermac G4 but it was painfully slow. Then I tried connecting to the Macintosh Garden Jabber server and failed miserably at it , … Read more
Due to timezone differences etc. some reports will arrive late or early. These will all be added to the appropriate pages as they arrive. Iulian P. In the second day of the 2020 Powerpc Challenge I tried to perform a few usability test: First I tried to do some light browsing using Ten Four Fox … Read more
The PPC Challenge kicked off tonight when the Mac Yak show ended. We encouraged participants to share their stories and emails already started in before the night was over! So this post will showcase some of the setups that will be used in the 2020 PPC Challenge. Thanks for the emails and if anyone else … Read more
The winner was Nick Bustamante and he sent in his Xserve G5 PSU to be fixed. Happy to report the repair was a success and you can watch it here: We’re feeling generous this holiday season so here’s our gift to a lucky individual: I will repair a Mac logic board or Xserve G5 Power … Read more