I’ve been following a project on Reddit for a month by u/ButtonClean9403, in which they’re porting Chrome 117/Chromium over to PowerPC, and with a beta download link available a few days ago, I just stumbled into it this morning. It’s a dream becoming true. More than a compiled-for-PPC Chromium, this is a full port with […]

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From the same maker of MultiXFinder who took over the x-asm project in Early 2009; introducing MultiXFinder v0.5 – now on Apple Silicon! This latest version is available for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs running OS X 10.11 El Capitan and later.     Rewritten for modern macOS and no longer based on ASM, this […]

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Just a couple weeks ago, aobaharuki2005 dropped the latest versions of Momiji web browser on GitHub, including an updated Momiji v140.16 (stable version) as well as a rolling build based off of the latest version of FireFox 156.0 – a browser which is also only a few weeks old.   Featuring some recent security fixes, […]

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Until the ATAPI 6.0 (ATA-6, ATA/100) standard, IDE drives on mostly any computer were limited to a capacity of 137 GB. The first Mac to supersede this limitation was the Revision B Quicksilver Dual 1.0 Power Mac G4 (Logic Board 820-1342-B), whereas the first iMac with Ultra ATA/100 was the 1 GHz 17″ from 2/4/03. […]

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I’m shaking with excitement, everyone. After being up all night working on getting this RocketRAID 2720SGL working with OS X El Capitan on my Mac Pro 1,1 -> 2,1, I’m happy to say it works! It was quite the multi-step process/rabbit-hole. Why am I so excited? This 1,1/2,1 now has SATA III 6.0 Gb/s.   […]

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For a little while now, Low End Mac has maintained a small freeware/abandonware software repository to share with our readers and help get the most out of your Mac, where it makes the most sense for you.   Intro Part of what makes any depreciating computer platform fun to play with (as well as usable) […]

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Earlier this year Low End Mac covered a brand-new browser for PowerPC Macs called PowerFox, testing it out on a few machines as well as a VM. On July 14th 2026 Jazzzny released a new update for PowerFox, which feels noticeably improved from the last time this browser was covered.     PowerFox also gains […]

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Thought your older Intel Macs running on Lion all the way up through Mojave could no longer have a modern, functional web browser? Named after the “red leaves of autumn” in Japanese and based off of FireFox 140 ESR from June 2025, it’s quite an upgrade.     It is a fork/successor to the FireFox-dynasty […]

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The first developer beta of macOS Golden Gate dropped on the first day of WWDC26, June 8th 2026. Siri AI is slowly rolling out to those who joined the waitlist, quietly replacing the older Siri in the background.      See: MacOS Golden Gate 27 Beta 2 Release Notes – Apple . Download: MacOS Golden […]

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After upgrading your Mac to the new Golden Gate beta, your desktop will look mostly the same as Tahoe at a quick glance, with some slight differences. macOS 27 makes tweaks to the UI, listening to some user feedback.     See: MacOS Golden Gate 27 Beta 1 Release Notes – Apple . Download: MacOS […]

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On June 8th 2026, Apple announced the first version of macOS intended solely for Apple Silicon – macOS Golden Gate. This version of the operating system brings some refinements to the Liquid Glass UI, making some changes through user feedback. It’s also the final version of macOS to natively run Rosetta 2.     This […]

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