System 7 Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Kindle Fire transforms into a Mac Plus and Newton MessagePad

by Steven Sande (Jun 25th, 2012)

Last year when the Amazon Kindle Fire first hit the market, I bought one for US$199 to do research for a book. Since the book was published, I haven't touched the Fire at all -- until now. Based on a story I posted the other day about running an old version of the Mac OS on a Nook Simple Touch, ...

You're the Pundit: 50 Shades of AppleScript

by Erica Sadun (Apr 30th, 2012)

When it comes to evaluating the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is AppleScript. "AppleScript is a bit like Office Space's Milton Wadams. It's put upon and underappreciated, but then ...

Ask TUAW: Connecting to a System 7 Mac, video management software, Apple's Up-to-Date program and more

by Mat Lu (Sep 3rd, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about Apple Up-to-Date program, non-black LCD monitors, video management software, connecting to an old PowerMac 7200 to salvage files, and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are ...

Retro Mac themes for RapidWeaver

by Scott McNulty (Aug 21st, 2007)

It would seem that today is retro theme day on TUAW, at least for me that is. Jordan saw my last post about the System 6 theme for Wordpress and he let me know about his retro themes for RapidWeaver. You can pick from System 7, System 8 (my first Mac ran 8.6, ahh the memories), or even Be (which ...

Make your Mac sound retro

by Scott McNulty (May 2nd, 2006)

Sure, all these new Macs are great, but sometimes you just want your Mac to sound like System Seven. Luckily, Uneasysilence has heard your pleas and has made several 'retro' Mac alert sounds available on his blog. Wild Eep, Sosumi, ChuToy, Submarine (which is my favorite)... they are all there! Go ...

System 7 web simulation

by Scott McNulty (Apr 7th, 2006)

The WebSE is pure genius. This little Flash application simulates System 7, so you can take a trip down Mac memory lane no matter what OS your iMac is booted into. It even has AfterDark on it! I love the Internet. ...

Viva System 7

by Damien Barrett (Mar 16th, 2006)

The first Mac I bought (though I'd been using them since the LC days) was a PowerMac 7100/66 in 1994, and it was my dream. I even paid extra for the GeoPort modem (remember those gnarly beasties). It shipped with a special version of System 7 (v7.1.2) that was optimized for the new PPC chips to ...