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Apple Pop-Up Museum Gallery

http://www.cultofmac.com/225913/if-youre-in-atlanta-make-sure-to-stop-by-the-apple-pop-up-museum-gallery/

Added by Luis Leos on May 6, 2013 at 10:44am — No Comments

Rare Apple I

http://m.tuaw.com/2013/05/03/rare-apple-i-hits-the-auction-block/

Added by Luis Leos on May 6, 2013 at 10:42am — No Comments

shortly after I started collecting retro Macs, I got busy with a full time job, then I changed jobs and well, the macs kinda got forgotten in the back bedroom. I finally pulled out a few of the earliest ones this past weekend, and have some good news - I got a few of them working again.

1x 512k w/ 400K disk now boots and fully functional

1x Mac Plus was acquired somewhere along the line and it did work at one time, but now the analog board is displaying some bad solder…

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Added by John Piontkowski on May 1, 2013 at 10:12am — No Comments

this guy has Steve Jobs Apple IIe

http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21041 - Pictures and Documents

He also has:

- Many TAM's
- Many fully working Macintosh Portables Back-lit and Non Back-Lit...
- Prototype See-through Macintosh SE
- A 2mb Ram LISA

Added by Powerusin MacMac on April 23, 2013 at 2:19pm — 3 Comments

Using a 68k Mac on Modern Internet

http://vintagezen.com/2013/4/15/a-computer-of-a-certain-age

Added by Linus Edwards on April 17, 2013 at 11:54am — 1 Comment

Steve Jobs Opera

A twist on Shakespeare play.

http://www.cultofmac.com/222862/here-comes-steve-jobs-the-shakespearean-opera/

Added by Luis Leos on April 10, 2013 at 12:28pm — No Comments

Apple Pop-up museum

Those of you attending VCF will get a chance to see it.

http://512pixels.net/2013/04/apple-museum-preview/

Added by Luis Leos on April 10, 2013 at 12:12am — No Comments

Transferring games from iPad to Apple II

http://m.tuaw.com/2013/04/08/flickr-find-transferring-games-from-ipad-to-apple-ii/

Added by Luis Leos on April 10, 2013 at 12:02am — No Comments

Apple I and II schematic prints

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/mac/entry/city-prints-apple-i-ii-schematic-prints/

Added by Luis Leos on April 6, 2013 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Cross body bag for Apple Newton

http://m.tuaw.com/2013/04/02/hex-debuts-cross-body-bag-for-apple-newton-and-gives-away-3-new/

Added by Luis Leos on April 3, 2013 at 12:14am — No Comments

Legos Apple II

http://m.flickr.com/photos/chiukeung/8566329046/lightbox/

Added by Luis Leos on March 20, 2013 at 1:11pm — No Comments

Image of Steve Jobs on bubble wrap

This guy uses an injection process to create images on bubble wrap.

http://www.bradleyhart.ca/Image.asp?ImageID=1674331&apid=1&gpid=1&ipid=1&AKey=5BDJN8BK

Added by Luis Leos on March 19, 2013 at 2:53pm — No Comments

iPad won't make you go completely paperless

Funny commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR4mlLiyjYo

Added by Luis Leos on March 15, 2013 at 6:17pm — No Comments

Creating and managing multiple iTunes libraries

How to create a new iTunes library

First we'll need to create an iTunes library for each person that's using that computer by performing the following steps:

Completely quit iTunes and make sure it is not running in the background. Now hold down either alt/option on your Mac or Shift on your PC and click to open iTunes again.

You'll notice instead of opening, iTunes is now asking you to either create a new library or navigate to an existing one. Click on the Create… Continue

Added by Luis Leos on March 14, 2013 at 5:31pm — No Comments

Other useful uses for Apple's earbuds

Control iTunes:

Click the center button once to launch iTunes application in OS X

Start playing a song with a center button click

Pause the currently playing song with a center click

Skip to the next song with by double-tapping the center button

Go back a song by triple-clicking the center button

System volume up and system volume down are controlled by pressing the + and – buttons

Activate Siri:

Press and hold the center Earbud button… Continue

Added by Luis Leos on March 13, 2013 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Display owner contact information on iOS lockscreen

Although iOS doesn’t specifically provide an “Owner Information” feature, if you’re concerned about losing your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch you can easily create your own version simply by using a custom lock screen wallpaper. Simply take your favourite wallpaper image and load it up in Photoshop or a similar image editing tool, and add whatever text you want, such as a name or contact number. Be sure to place the text within the general center area of the image so that it doesn’t get obscured… Continue

Added by Luis Leos on March 12, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments