Hey everyone, long time no post.
I have a unique surprise today that falls both within and outside the Deatomization project.
Today, I have for everyone digital originals of MacAddict 105-107 and 109-110, and 113 to 125, being the tail end of 2005 to the very last MacAddict issue before the rebrand.
Read on to see what this entails!
It’s been a while since I’ve updated. I have tons of magazines and books that have been prepped but haven’t been uploaded, so don’t worry- more content is in the pipeline!
What brings me online today is that my workflow is being disrupted tomorrow, May 18th, 2015 when Dropbox drops support for Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 (and, by extension, PowerPC Macs).
It may come as only a minor surprise that someone who endeavours to digitize old Mac magazines would have an old machine as a workhorse. Indeed, many people both online and offline have inquired as to how the process I use works. So I figure I’d write up how the process has worked until now.
With 2015 fast approaching, let’s step back and get 2005 out of the way. It’s a crazy time, and the end of the line in so many ways. Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger, gets released. The last PowerMacs, PowerBooks, and iBooks are released. The first Mac Mini is unveiled – as is the first “iTunes Phone”. The Intel announcement hits us hard right where we knew it would- that PowerBook G5 was not coming “next Tuesday”, that the world had to prepare for another migration… to Intel, quite possibly the most evil of arch-enemies for a faithful fanboy.
It’s time to make the push to 100 issues for MacAddict, and to do so it’s time to get 2003 and 2004 out of the way. December 2004 brought issue 100 of MacAddict- an outstanding achievement for the scrappy magazine. There’s a lot to cover in 24 issues, but as noted in previous years, MacAddict is starting to get more prosumer- expect to see a lot of digital camera, video camera, scanner, and even tax software comparisons as we march to 100.
2002. A dozen years ago. It was sea change time for Apple, MacAddict, and me.
In addition to new computers, servers, accessories, services, and software, Apple released the original iPod.
I got an iPod for graduation. Still have it. I think the spinning wheel was the coolest thing ever. How amazing it was to start school with a device everyone was jealous of- not because they couldn’t afford it (though, wow, it was expensive!) but because it was Mac-only!
