WITH THE WEEKLY shop costing more than a car and everything from energy to entertainment suppliers charging eye–watering prices, many of us are choosing to hang on to our Macs for a little bit longer. And that’s a wise choice, because with a little very long time. With some Macs, inexpensive hardware upgrades can deliver a serious
It’s important to be realistic, of course. macOS Ventura won’t run on a Power Mac G4, and you won’t get M2–beating performance from the 667MHz processor of a But pretty much any Mac of relatively recent vintage can storage, and in many cases given more memory too.
In this feature, we’ll of Macs. We’ll discover how to safely install the macOS versions Apple doesn’t want your Mac to run, and we’ll also use if Apple’s own are no longer being updated for your without you having to spend any money at all. And we’ll discover the tools you can use apps too installation of macOS to clear out the electronic lint that every computer accumulates,process of swapping out your storage or boosting your RAM modern Macs but pretty straightforward and very affordable for older ones.
Plus, discover the emulators that enable you to experience or revisit the Macs, the apps, and even the games of the 80s and 90s.
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