Back in the day, us Mac folks were so hard on USB; We all knew FireWire was better. But now that FireWire is officially dead in macOS26, I just wanted to reflect on how amazing USB has turned out to be.

Admittedly, my #iMacG4 is the 1.25GHz model which had USB 2, but still, I just bought a brand new USB 3 hub and then I plugged into it:

- D-Link Bluetooth Module
- Wireless Keyboard Dongle
- Wireless Mouse Dongle
- USB-C Samsung 1TB SSD
- iPhone 5

And everything works. Thats 20+ years of compatibility!! including with USB-C!! Leopard is happily backing up to this USB-C SSD without issues.

And yes, I know this SSD is wasted here, but I just upgraded my backup solution for my M1 Air, so this drive is just getting handed down the line.

Look! I made another loop! #imac #imacg4 #powerpc #powerpcmac #retrocomputer #retromac #fallout #thesims #thesims2 #minecraft #apple #retroapple

https://loops.video/v/dM3SBfLKvF

(I hope the thumbnail works)

For any "olds" 👴 like me, you might be surprised to see what CD's look like in the streaming age. Clearly the important part of these KPOP CD's is not the CD itself 👨‍🎤🧑‍🎤👨‍🎤

But yeah, the cheapest way to wean myself off of streaming is to buy these used KPOP CD's.

Anyone in Japan want them? I have a lot more than this. I don't need them after I get the music into iTunes on my #iMacG4

Holy shit folks! A big breakthrough tonight! I got my iPhone 5 to sync with my #iMacG4!!

This was never allowed by Apple as Mac OS X 10.6.8 is the official minimum OS required by iPhone 5. But I knew this limitation was artificial as my iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 are both running iOS 6.1.3... so what could the actual difference be???

This is my first reverse engineering project and it ended up being only a 1 character change, but it took many many many hours in GDB to figure out which character. I promise I will write a blog post.

But in the mean time, please enjoy the screenshots while I buy myself a 64GB iPhone 5 so I can get some content synced!