As we navigate the digital age, open-source applications have become indispensable tools for enhancing productivity, particularly for Mac users. These applications, often developed by volunteers and ...

In the realm of computing, a large share of users stick with apps available from official platform stores or directly from vendors. Not many users dig into the realm of open source software, even ...

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We all cheered when Apple began experimenting with community-driven, open source development for its flagship operating system, Mac OS X. But if those experiments are now drawing to a close, should ...

That MacOS (formerly OS X) has BSD roots is a well-known fact, with its predecessor NeXTSTEP and its XNU kernel derived from 4.3BSD. Subsequent releases of OS X/MacOS then proceeded to happily ...

Games compatibility is more limited than some of its rivals, but this free open-source app is ideal for running many Windows games. Let’s face it–the main reason most of us want to run Windows on our ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. has assigned company developers to work on a Mac OS X version of the open-source OpenOffice.org productivity suite. “As of now, Sun engineering will add its support to the ...

If you're looking to play classic games on a modern Apple Silicon Mac, then Mac Source Ports can likely make it happen. Here's what the website offers and why it's worth checking out. To get a better ...