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512 Pixels is a blog covering Apple, computer history, design, and other fine nerdery, written by Stephen Hackett.

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Sponsor: Magic Lasso Adblock: Incredibly Private and...

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2025/06/02

Online privacy isn’t just something you should be hoping for – it’s something you should expect. You should ensure your browsing history stays private and is not harvested by ad networks. By blocking ad trackers, Magic Lasso Adblock stops you being followed by ads around the web. As an efficient, high performance and native Safari […]

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The Promise of a ‘Digital Delta’

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2025/06/01

Holly Bailey, writing for The Washington Post about xAI in Memphis: In late April, hundreds of people gathered at a South Memphis high school to speak out about xAI’s turbines. Dozens of Shelby County sheriff’s deputies along with Tennessee National Guard members were there to provide security, a surprising show of force for a public […]

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Mac Power Users 799: The State of Apple, with Jason...

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2025/06/01

Jason Snell has been covering Apple since all the Macs it shipped were beige boxes. This week on MPU, he joins David and me to discuss the company’s range of legal and technological issues that seem to be adding up rapidly.

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‘What’s Happening in Memphis is Elon’s Vision’

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2025/06/01

This video is a great look at the xAI pollution issues here in Memphis:

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Doom is Running on an Apple Network Server

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2025/06/01

Cameron Kaiser writing at Old VCR: Of course you can run Doom on a $10,000+ Apple server running IBM AIX. Of course you can. Well, you can now. Now, let’s go ahead and get the grumbling out of the way. No, the ANS is not running Linux or NetBSD. No, this is not a backport of NCommander’s AIX Doom, because that […]

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A Look Back at the Clones

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2025/05/29

Jason Snell has written a great piece on the Mac clone program: The mid-’90s were a weird time for Apple. Microsoft and Intel dominated the computer industry so much that Apple’s tiny market share just kept shrinking, and Apple struggled to make money. You might think that allowing other companies to compete with Apple would […]

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The 7,083-Piece iPhone Kit

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2025/05/29

The Onion has nailed it when it comes to a “Made in America” iPhone: Amidst the strain of tariffs, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced Thursday the launch of a new 7,083-piece iPhone kit. “Apple customers will have a blast soldering, polishing, and drilling as they build their very own iPhone,” Cook said in a Keynote […]

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Connected 554: It Was Felty

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2025/05/28

This week on a very full episode of Connected: The folks originally behind Shortcuts are back with a new app called Sky. Federico has written a preview of the new AI-powered assistant, which understands the content of your applications and windows, unlocking new types of interactions and automations.

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Mark Gurman: Apple to Move to Years for OS Version...

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2025/05/28

Writing on Mastodon: Apple will announce its biggest ever software rebrand at WWDC, tied to operating system redesigns. Apple is moving from version numbers to years (like Windows in the 90s). The new OSs: iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, visionOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26. SIGN. ME. UP.

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Viticci Previews Sky, a New AI-Powered Assistant...

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2025/05/28

Ari Weinstein and Conrad Kramer were two of the folks behind Workflow, which Apple bought in 2017 and turned into Shortcuts. The pair left Apple a couple of years ago and launched a startup named Software Applications Incorporated. Today, thanks to an exclusive story over at MacStories, we know what they’re up to. Here’s Federico: […]

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Apple Adds the iPad to the Self Service Repair Program

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2025/05/28

Apple PR: Apple today announced the addition of iPad to Self Service Repair, providing iPad owners with access to repair manuals, genuine Apple parts, Apple Diagnostics troubleshooting sessions, tools, and rental toolkits. Beginning tomorrow, with support for iPad Air (M2 and later), iPad Pro (M4), iPad mini (A17 Pro), and iPad (A16), the launch features […]

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Why the Original Macintosh Had a Screen Resolution of...

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2025/05/27

Many classic Macs came with — or supported — displays running at 512×384 pixels, but many compact Macs, ranging from the original 1984 machine up through 1991’s Macintosh Classic II had built-in CRTs running at 512×342 pixels. That covers all black-and-white compact Macs with a 9-inch screen. The later Color Classic and Color Classic II […]

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The Talk Show: ‘A Monkey on a Rock’

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2025/05/26

John Gruber: Stephen Hackett, proprietor of 512 Pixels and co-founder of Relay (purveyor of many fine podcasts), joins the show. Topics include: IO (or if you will, io), the new joint venture of OpenAI and Jony Ive’s LoveFrom; the sheer fantasy of “Made in America” iPhones; and Fortnite’s return to the US App Store. Usually May is […]

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Sponsor: Rogue Amoeba – Strange Name; Great Audio...

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2025/05/26

No matter how you use audio on your Mac, Rogue Amoeba has tools for you. Start right up top in the menu bar, with SoundSource. It gives you quick controls over any app playing audio on your Mac: control the volume level, redirect to a different output, and even add effects. Need to record audio? […]

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Mac Power Users 798: The Email Overwhelm Problem

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2025/05/25

This week on a roller coaster of an episode: David has been on a journey with his email setup, and as Stephen offers him a shoulder to cry on, Sparks drops a bombshell.

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Dr. Drang Killed a G4 Cube

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2025/05/23

I love this confession: One of the Macs my local CompUSA had out on display in its Apple ghetto was a G4 Cube. I had read somewhere that they ran hot, so one day I put my hand a few inches over the Cube to feel the convective flow rising out of the top grille. The […]

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The Lost Mac Plus Japanese ROM With Built-In Kanji...

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2025/05/23

Pierre Dandumont has saved a long-lost bit of Macintosh history: If you look for information about the Macintosh Plus and its ROM, you’ll usually find that the ROM has a capacity of 128 KB and that it exists in three revisions. But that’s incorrect: there’s a fourth ROM, 256 KB in size, which includes fonts for […]

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Riffing on Apple Jam Packs

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2025/05/22

At Macworld 2004, Apple announced Jam Pack, a collection of additional loops for use in GarageBand: Jam Pack triples the music content for musicians and aspiring musicians alike with over 2,000 additional loops including many for hip-hop and electronica; over 100 additional software instruments, including a concert grand piano and 12 string guitars; over 100 […]

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Pocket Shutting Down on July 8

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2025/05/22

Mozilla: Pocket will no longer be available after July 8, 2025. You can continue using the app and browser extensions until this date. After July 8, Pocket will move into export-only mode. Users can export saves anytime until October 8, 2025, after which user data will be permanently deleted. Fakespot is also shutting down.

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In the Cold Light of Day, There Are Questions to...

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2025/05/22

Ming-Chi Kuo has weighed in on OpenAI’s future hardware. The analyst wrote a long post on X about the hardware he expects to see out of the new partnership between OpenAI and Jony Ive: My industry research indicates the following regarding the new AI hardware device from Jony Ive’s collaboration with OpenAI: Mass production is […]

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