The Basilisk II emulator can be used to run old versions of Mac OS 8 and System 7 on a modern Mac. Here's how to get started using it. Before macOS and OS X, there was Mac OS 9, and before that were ...

October 10, 1993: Apple ships its Macintosh Color Classic II, the last of the 9-inch compact Macs. Also known as the Performa 275, the Color Classic II will eventually become something of a ...

As various antique computers age, it becomes increasingly hard to operate them as hardware begins to physically fail. Keeping these systems up and running often requires scavenging parts from other ...

This article is part of a CNET special report on the 30th anniversary of the Macintosh, looking at the beginnings of Apple's landmark machine and its impact over the last three decades. The Macintosh ...

Chris Seibold of Apple Matters points out that today is the 19th anniversary of the launch of Apple’s groundbreaking Mac II—it was the very first Mac with color capabilities! The basic model came with ...

Sure, it looks charmingly retro today. But the little Macintosh computer introduced in 1984 was a daring machine in its time—and its influence on everything Apple does has been profound. As I probably ...

Forty years ago today, Apple released the first Macintosh. Since that fateful day in 1984, Apple has released hundreds of Mac models that run the gamut from amazing to strange. In honor of this ...

The MacBook is arguably one of the most successful laptop brands ever, and it's not hard to understand why. We here at SlashGear have reviewed various MacBooks as they hit the market — our most recent ...

Some 42 years after the Apple II was launched, a Kickstarter campaign aims to create a clear case for the Apple II and Apple II Plus… The same company, MacEffects, previously ran a Kickstarter for a ...

Homebrew bills itself as the package manager MacOS never had (conveniently ignoring MacPorts) but they leave the PPC crowd criminally under-served, to say nothing of the 68k gang. Enter [that-ben] ...