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    Strappy AI: Like Siri AI for iOS 5+ and Mac OS X 10.4+

    Thanks! I have not tried this or any LLM for these kinds of cybersecurity things. It would probably work in that these old versions of Mac OS X have so many known vulnerabilities. But most of the vulnerabilities are about getting in from the outside, so it would be better to use an LLM on a...
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    Tutorial: How to Develop Original iPhone Apps in 2025

    sorry for the delay in replying. the simulator runs great. much faster than an original iPhone ;)
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    Strappy AI: Like Siri AI for iOS 5+ and Mac OS X 10.4+

    Hello everyone, sorry I have been away for so long but work has been crazy lately and in my spare time I have been working on Strappy AI for my iPhone 5. But before I get started let me say: AI Disclosure: Strappy has been lovingly crafted for retro Apple devices by me. Also the writing in the...
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    G4 iMac and its intense heat. A brainstorm.

    Great idea! I so should have done that when my iMac was in pieces. The fan is the one thing that I think is annoying about using the iMac. The stock one is not loud... but it's there and it never slows down. I fear opening it back up again unless something else fails because it is not an easy...
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    LCD panel code meaning (iMac G4 and G5)

    Hello, I have a 17" iMac G4 as well and so I would be extremely interested to hear about how this project goes. I cannot say for sure what the letters mean... but when I was building my own 5K monitor from an iMac 5K (which also uses an LG display), those letters represented different cables you...
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    Vienna 3 Backport for Tiger

    For Marchintosh I posted about my hobby project called Altivec Intelligence in the Software Development forum. But at the time I did not know about The Lab section. So anyway, I thought I would post the first fruits of this hobby project here: It's Vienna 3.0.8 Backported for Tiger. Vienna is a...
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    InventoryDifferent - Managing your vintage device collection

    And now I am so curious what happened to InventoryDifferent1 😂
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    InventoryDifferent - Managing your vintage device collection

    @wottle thanks for sharing! I was eager to see more. This is absolutely fantastic!
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    Half Life for PowerPC Macs

    thanks for sharing @Certificate of Excellence ! I did not know about this plex front end. Now I am wondering if a Jellyfin client exists / would be possible to make for Tiger+ Oh and good luck on your remodeling project. Hopefully you left some room in the plans for your vintage Macs :)
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    Half Life for PowerPC Macs

    Did anyone try the Half Life unofficial PowerPC back port from Macintosh Garden? I put it on my iMac G4 and it runs suuuper well! Like way better than Max Payne. Ah but I just googled it and it looks like Max Payne is at least 3 years newer than Half Life. So that would explain why Half Life...
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    Can't connect to TrueNAS Samba share on Mac OS X

    From the old OS, you connect by using connect to server and then typing: nfs://my-server.local/Path/To/Mount I will provide the exports file from a modern Mac that allows these old systems to connect (but sorry I do not know how this is translated into truenas) Also see attached screenshot that...
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    Can't connect to TrueNAS Samba share on Mac OS X

    Sorry, I don't have experience with true nas. But I do have experience with file sharing on these versions of osx... even back in the day when they were up to date. I think I am safe in saying their SMB support was never good. It was truly an afterthought by Apple to check the windows...
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    PPC Altivec Intelligence: My Little MARCHintosh Project

    Ok, big breakthrough in #Altivec Intelligence. Gemini helped me build a modern-ish version of libcurl and openssh in a way that can build for iOS 4.3+ and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger+. So with this, it is possible to make an app that can do modern networking with TLS 1.2 support. Something that these...
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    [Discussion] Use of AI/LLM in the retro community

    @wottle this is amazing! I really want to see the project after you open it up on GitHub. And yeah, these are exactly my findings as well. I don't want to discourage non-software developers from doing vibe coding. But do know, that in the current state of the AI technology, it does need a lot of...
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    [Discussion] Use of AI/LLM in the retro community

    Thanks for starting this thread. I think everyone has really great points. I will throw my personal opinion into the ring as a software developer, I like retro tech because its fun and I like making my old tech do things no one would have expected it could do, or at least it can no longer do due...