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For a list of current programs, see List of Mac software. Third-party databases include VersionTracker , MacUpdate and iUseThis . Since a list like this might grow too big and become unmanageable, this list is confined to those programs for which a Wikipedia article exists.
The Startup File is designed for non-Mac OS systems that lack HFS or HFS Plus support. It is similar to the Boot Blocks of an HFS volume. The second-to-last sector contains the Alternate Volume Header, which is equivalent to the Alternate Master Directory Block of HFS. This is the second-to-last-sector for the disk, not the volume; if the disk ...
A Happy Mac is the normal bootup (startup) icon of an Apple Macintosh computer running older versions of the Mac operating system. It was designed by Susan Kare in the 1980s, drawing inspiration from the design of the Compact Macintosh series and from the Batman character Two-Face . [ 10 ]
The Macintosh Plus was the last classic Mac to have an RJ11 port on the front of the unit for the keyboard, as well as the DE-9 connector for the mouse; models released after the Macintosh Plus would use ADB ports. The Mac Plus was the first Apple computer to utilize user-upgradable SIMM memory modules instead of single DIP DRAM chips. Four ...
May 14, 2002 Xserve G4 Xserve: February 10, 2003 May 20, 2002 iBook "Snow" (Mid 2002) iBook: November 6, 2002 August 1, 2002 iMac G4 17" iMac: February 4, 2003 August 13, 2002 Power Mac G4 MDD Power Mac: June 9, 2004 eMac G4/800 eMac: May 6, 2003 August 27, 2002 Macintosh Server G4 MDD Workgroup Server: January 28, 2003 November 6, 2002 iBook ...
Apple announced their first hard drive for the Mac in March 1985. However, the MFS file system did not support subdirectories, making it unsuitable for a hard disk. Apple quickly began adopting for the Mac the hierarchical based SOS filing system introduced with the Apple III and long since implemented in ProDOS for the Apple II series and the ...
iBook is a line of laptop computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from 1999 to 2006. The line targeted entry-level, consumer and education markets, with lower specifications and prices than the PowerBook, Apple's higher-end line of laptop computers.
QuickPlay was a technology pioneered by Hewlett-Packard in 2004 that allows users to directly play multimedia without booting the computer into a main operating system.A media component of HP Pavilion Entertainment laptops, QuickPlay was a feature found in the dv1000 series and above, including the HDX series of notebooks.