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I built a PTP clock, and now I'm not sure what time it is YouTube video by Jeff Geerling

A man with a watch knows what time it is.

A man with two watches is never sure.

I built a PTP clock, and now I'm not sure what time it is.

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06.03.2026 15:01 👍 73 🔁 6 💬 7 📌 1

All the A-Series Apple SOCs, explained - Part 1 - Low End Mac Before Apple ever had their own custom in-house silicon with the debut of the A4 chip on the iPhone 4, there were Samsung chips. The first few iOS devices relied on these early chips, while every devi...

A brand new full-length article! Be sure to stick around for part 2, as this only covers up to the iPhone 7.

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28.02.2026 14:59 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Apple A5X Chip Specs - Low End Mac This page details the full hardware profile of the Apple Silicon “A5X” SOC. Name: Apple A5X MFG: Samsung Released: March 16th, 2012 Codename:APL5498 Part Number:S5L8945 Fabrication Process: 45-Nanomet...

Now updating the iOS/iDevice chip section. Some more articles coming soon - but I'll spare everyone the flurry of posts which would come with updating A6 thru A17 Pro.

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27.02.2026 20:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Apple A5 Chip Specs - Low End Mac This page details the full hardware profile of the Apple Silicon “A5” series of chips. There are three different variations in existence. Name: Apple A5 MFG: Samsung Released: March 11th, 2011 Codenam...

New for 2.27.2026

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27.02.2026 20:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Apple A18 Pro Specs - Low End Mac This page details the full hardware profile of the Apple Silicon “A18 Pro” chip. Name: “Apple A18 Pro” MFG: TSMC Released: September 9th, 2024 Codename: APL1V07 Part Number: T8140 Fabrication Proces...

Back from a two-week break! Low End Mac has a new Tech Spec article.

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26.02.2026 21:43 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Every now and again, a LaBouche cover of Smile - Butterfly comes on in my head.

18.02.2026 14:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In the process of trying to find out which site plugin went rogue and made it say "This site has experienced a critical error". That plugin was lucky I was preoccupied! 😅

10.02.2026 23:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Download Download PowerFox Browser for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

They just updated PowerFox to also have a Mac OS X 10.5 Intel version, also.

powerfox.jazzzny.me/download.html

09.02.2026 13:23 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The different types of SSDs in your computer - Low End Mac Whether you’re dropping an OWC Mercury Accelsior AHCI into an old Mac Pro, are replacing a 2.5″ SATA HDD with an SSD, or deal with mostly any Mac made after 2012, Solid State Drives have become the pr...

SSDs are common in computers these days, and today Low End Mac covers the different types you may find in your computer.

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08.02.2026 21:31 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A photo of the top of a G5 powermac, a silvery aluminium mac tower with a front grille of holes for air flow. It still has asset tags on it from Microsoft and Country Life Magazine, in 2004.

Next up - cleaning one of the G5s.

07.02.2026 21:13 👍 57 🔁 1 💬 6 📌 0

In an Alternate Universe: Apple unveils the 2006 Mac Studio - Low End Mac Imagine this: an alternate earth, with alternate economics, influences, design teams, and whatnot. In this alternate universe, Apple unveiled the Mac Studio in 2006, alongside the first generation of ...

A throwback to April 2025 😁

(Fixed the thumbnail)

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07.02.2026 20:40 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Just wait to buy a new Mac - Low End Mac I must respectfully disagree with the new focus of Low End, er, make that High End Mac. Simply replacing your old Mac every two years, or three at most, isn’t the whole solution to Apple’s financial c...

Why ever buy a new Mac when you can always wait? Here at High End Mac, this is how you do it.

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07.02.2026 19:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What are some of the common image file formats? - Low End Mac Everyday when you see any sort of graphic in a GUI (graphical user interface), or in any printed media such as a billboard, poster, etc; they relate to different image file formats. Each format was cr...

Here's a new full-length article for today! Taking a look at the different image file formats we run into on our Apple gear...

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07.02.2026 17:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Project rewind: Fixing up an Original Titanium PowerBook G4 - Low End Mac Back in Late 2016, I had the fortune of finding a cheap ~$30 1st-Generation Titanium PowerBook G4 400 MHz, without too many scratches. It reminded me of the 1 GHz one I had way back in 2011, looked li...

New article! A brief, visual project rewind to when I fixed up my Titanium PowerBook G4.

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06.02.2026 14:57 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A disassembled 16-inch M5 Max MacBook Pro with no NAND packages on the main board and two of the battery cells replaced with 1.8" iPod hard drives.

Due to rising NAND prices, Apple takes inspiration from the original MacBook Air and ships the M5 generation of MacBooks with iPod hard drives instead of SSDs. Despite the slower speeds, they earned improved iFixit scores due to the better repairability.

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05.02.2026 22:12 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Get the Abstract themed LEM wallpaper for February 2026 - Low End Mac While I haven’t posted as frequently about Low End Mac wallpapers, I stumbled into an idea which I ended up turning into a wallpaper. It’s always fun to play in Photoshop, share creations with others,...

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05.02.2026 23:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Now accepting donations on Ko-Fi - Low End Mac Hey everyone, Thank you all for continuing to visit our website, and being a better part of our community. We’ve always been a community-oriented website, and at the end of the day, we are volunteers ...

Got it setup! 😀

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05.02.2026 15:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Finally, a properly modern browser for PowerPC Macs - Low End Mac If a brand-new browser with TLS 1.3, WebGL, an up-to-date Javascript engine, NPAPI plugins support, and other modern features for PowerPC Macs with Leopard was on your bingo card for 2026.. here it is...

A new PowerPC Mac App highlight! Taking a focus on that brand new PowerPC browser.

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04.02.2026 19:22 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

PowerFox Web Browser - A brand new browser for PowerPC (Beta) Power Macintosh, meet PowerFox Hello all, I'm very happy to announce the beta release of PowerFox Browser for the PowerPC architecture. PowerFox is not a derivative of TenFourFox. Rather, it is a ...

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03.02.2026 23:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

PowerFox 26.2.1 for PowerPC Beta comes with 2026 SSL certs and looks very promising, considering I was able to login without issue, browsing many websites with their modern UI (including Apple)!

03.02.2026 23:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0