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WxFixBoot is being retired

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 19 April, 2022 - 15:51 |20 April, 2022 Programming

WxFixBoot is being retired for a variety of reasons in order to make room for bigger and better things. Read this post to learn more. Continue reading →

The iBook G4: a beautiful old PowerPC Mac from 2004

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 27 March, 2022 - 09:00 |21 March, 2022 Other Posts

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A little while ago, a lovely friend gave me her old iBook G4 to play with. Read this post for an introduction to the system and future posts. Continue reading →

My experience tri-booting a Late 2013 MacBook Pro

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 20 March, 2022 - 10:38 |20 March, 2022 Other Posts

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Tri-booting macOS, Windows 10, and Linux Mint 20.3 on a Late 2013 MacBook Pro is far harder than it has any right to be! Continue reading →

DDRescue-GUI for legacy Macs released! And future plans

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 30 January, 2022 - 11:59 |26 April, 2022 Programming

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DDRescue-GUI for legacy macs has been released! Read this post for the details and to hear about my plans for the future of DDRescue-GUI. Continue reading →

End of Support Notice For Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 29 June, 2021 - 11:13 |26 April, 2022 Linux Distros

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Support for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has ended. Read this post to learn about what this means in terms of my programs supporting it. Continue reading →

End Of Support Notice For Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 5 February, 2021 - 15:41 |5 February, 2021 Programming, Upcoming programs

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As the title suggests, I am dropping support for Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. This release is very old, and hasn’t been supported by Apple for some time. This means that no new security bugs are being fixed, and that it is inherently insecure. Having said that, I have tried… Continue reading →

Adventures in Cygwin’s fork performance

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 1 February, 2021 - 09:47 |30 January, 2022 Linux Distros, Other Posts

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In this post I attempt to diagnose and resolve my Cygwin performance issues, in particular for the fork() call. Read this post to learn more. Continue reading →

WxFixBoot v3.1.0 released with important fixes! Download now.

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 10 December, 2020 - 18:09 |10 December, 2020 Programming

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In this post, I go over the changes in WxFixBoot v3.1.0. This release contains a number of important fixes so I would recommend upgrading all installations immediately. Continue reading →

Fix for HP driver problems on macOS (“will damage your computer”)

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 8 December, 2020 - 20:48 |8 December, 2020 Other Posts

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Have you been encountering an issue where your Mac says things like “HPDriverCore.framework” will damage your computer? Read this post to learn how to fix the HP driver. Continue reading →

DDRescue-GUI Windows bundle released! Get it now

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 16 October, 2020 - 13:12 |30 January, 2022 Programming

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The DDRescue-GUI Windows bundle is out! It’s taken a while, but it’s turned out really well. Read this post to learn more and for download links. Continue reading →

WxFixBoot is being retired

The iBook G4: a beautiful old PowerPC Mac from 2004

My experience tri-booting a Late 2013 MacBook Pro

DDRescue-GUI for legacy Macs released! And future plans

End of Support Notice For Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

End Of Support Notice For Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Adventures in Cygwin’s fork performance

WxFixBoot v3.1.0 released with important fixes! Download now.

Fix for HP driver problems on macOS (“will damage your computer”)

DDRescue-GUI Windows bundle released! Get it now

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