Just nuke the drive entirely. While I'm unfamiliar with FPC, the other popular school Mac lockdown app, At Ease was quite nasty in a way that I expect you'll run into with FPC too.
To prevent uninstallation by unauthorised users it wouldn't allow you to simply trash its extension (doing so would completely fuck your system up). You had to uninstall it via its control panel and you needed a password to do so. I'd be shocked it FPC doesn't have something similar and well. You weren't given any passwords when you bought the Classic were you? I was able to reinstall 6.0.8 by creating install disks on a modern Mac using the 1.44 MB floppy install images from Apple and these instructions: Basically, dd if=INPUTFILE of=OUTPUTFILE bs=84 skip=1. The machine is much, much faster without BS antivirus and anti-student software on it; even though the Mac Classic at 8 MHz was considered underpowered for its time it boots and runs System 6 quite well. (I did freeze it up trying to use MultiFinder and launching two games at the same time though.) It's gotten significantly harder dealing with classic Macs since I last messed with them.
Information FoolProof was established by a company in Oregon called SmartStuff in 1992, throughout the years the software has grown to be a secure product for Macintosh computers. This book is primarily for people who need to back up either a single Mac or a. Because every backup system is different, I can't give you explicit, foolproof,.
Leopard and up can no longer create HFS standard floppy disks that can be read by old Macs (they can read them, however). MacDrive on Windows can seemingly make these disks, but I haven't been able to get the Classic to read them, and the Mac Classic itself has a flaky floppy drive that usually fails when trying to initialize a disk. Plus, I have no idea how to create a physical floppy disk out of an 800k.img disk image. If I can somehow get a floppy disk workflow that works (I hope I don't have to use the dreaded 'intermediate' machine) it's my goal to just install Word 5.1a, Hypercard, and the various games in this thread: on the thing.
Plus, I have no idea how to create a physical floppy disk out of an 800k.img disk image. You probably won't be able to. The 800k disk format was specific to Apple; they custom modified the floppy disk drive to write a little more data on those disks (the standard PC floppies were 720k disks, which is why the high density disks are 1440k; double the amount the double density disks are). None of the USB floppy drives I'm aware of were able to deal with this, as they were all just bog standard PC floppy drives with a USB bridge. Ah ha, but there is no easy way to write to a 1.44 floppy at all, any longer.
Snow Leopard dropped support for writing HFS Standard, which means that the only way to make a floppy that is readable on a classic Mac nowadays, is to direct write an image to the device. And while MacDrive on Windows can write old Mac floppies, you lose resource forks which makes it hard to get applications onto a machine that doesn't already have StuffIt or something on it. You could use a Mac emulator on a modern Mac or PC and run an old version of Stuffit that can create '.sea' (self extracting archive) files. Those shouldn't need a resource fork. Also, if you can make a.sea file of Stuffit itself, you could then transfer that to the Mac Classic and voila; you can now unstuff everything else on the Classic. Ah ha, but there is no easy way to write to a 1.44 floppy at all, any longer.
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Snow Leopard dropped support for writing HFS Standard, which means that the only way to make a floppy that is readable on a classic Mac nowadays, is to direct write an image to the device. And while MacDrive on Windows can write old Mac floppies, you lose resource forks which makes it hard to get applications onto a machine that doesn't already have StuffIt or something on it.
You could use a Mac emulator on a modern Mac or PC and run an old version of Stuffit that can create '.sea' (self extracting archive) files. Those shouldn't need a resource fork. Also, if you can make a.sea file of Stuffit itself, you could then transfer that to the Mac Classic and voila; you can now unstuff everything else on the Classic. EDIT: On second thought, this won't work either. Since the '.sea' files are executable, they have to have a resource fork. Bad idea, sorry. I think the only reliable way to transfer data onto an old Mac is to either get an intermediate Mac (one with Ethernet and Internet and also a floppy drive) or find an emulator that can write old disks.
Mini vMac works very well for emulating 68k Macs, but I don't think it can read or write floppies (just disk images). Maybe Sheepshaver can do it, but it's really fiddly to deal with. Luckily, a friend is going to give me an intermediate Powerbook running OS 8.
A real hacker could probably get the old HFS drivers working on a modern Mac. Plus, I have no idea how to create a physical floppy disk out of an 800k.img disk image. You probably won't be able to. The 800k disk format was specific to Apple; they custom modified the floppy disk drive to write a little more data on those disks (the standard PC floppies were 720k disks, which is why the high density disks are 1440k; double the amount the double density disks are). None of the USB floppy drives I'm aware of were able to deal with this, as they were all just bog standard PC floppy drives with a USB bridge. I've always wanted a USB floppy drive that could read those old discs. Would the drive from an old PowerMac 6100 (I think that's the Mac model I have in the attic somewhere) work in a USB floppy enclosure?
FuseHFS works perfectly to format floppy disks a Mac Classic can read on a modern Mac. Thanks, alexr, for the tip. It's great that it can format because the Classic has trouble formatting disks although it can read them fine. Plus, when you copy files onto them the resource forks are left intact. (It's important to stress how great that is, since some third-party HFS implementations strip out resource forks when you copy files onto an HFS floppy, despite their supposed support for both HFS and resource forks.) I am happily up and running with BBEdit Lite 3.5 on a tiny black and white screen! It's taken less time for me to get my Mac Classic from ebay and figure this stuff out and get BBEdit running on it, than it has taken to get BBEdit 10 approved on the Mac App Store.
Turn your iPhone or iPad into the ultimate remote control for your Mac. Take full control over your Mac – use your iOS device as a trackpad and keyboard or launch any app from anywhere within your home. Tired of sitting on the couch, having to handle keyboard and mouse on your lap to control your media center Mac? Use Remote Control on your iPhone as a trackpad and keyboard to comfortably browse on the big screen TV. Using AirPlay Mirroring and an Apple TV, your Mac could be located anywhere in your home. Simply select your Apple TV from the list of available AirPlay devices and control your Mac from the comfort of your couch or bed.
You can even start any app on your Mac, send your Mac to sleep, wake it up and perform many more useful actions to control your Mac remotely. All you need to do is download the Mac Helper application and connect your Mac and iOS device to the same WiFi. Remote Control will guide you through the simple setup process. AT A GLANCE - Control volume, playback and Airplay mirroring of your Mac; - Use your iOS device as a Mac trackpad and keyboard; - Launch and quit Apps on your Mac comfortably from your iOS device; - Control any app on your Mac using its menu; - Restart or shut down your Mac, change display brightness and many more useful actions; - Enjoy the ease of use in a slick user interface you will love; - Use the Personal Hotspot of your iOS device to control your Mac when you don’t have access to other networks; - 3 steps, under 30 seconds super easy setup. New:.
Siri shortcuts for System actions. Siri shortcuts for App actions. Setting to turn off key sounds Fixed:.
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Deezer keypad. Reseting edits to default keypads between sessions.
Restored support for iOS 10. Other bugs and crashes Changed:. Display and keyboard brightness controls moved to Media tab. Launchpad and Mission Control keys moved to Input tab. Removed Open URL command from System tab - you can create custom pad instead, in Media tab Fixed:. Show spinner while waiting for AirPlay output sources # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver. 9.9.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store.
10.1.4 Nov 7, 2018. New:. Siri shortcuts for System actions. Siri shortcuts for App actions. Setting to turn off key sounds Fixed:. Deezer keypad.
Reseting edits to default keypads between sessions. Restored support for iOS 10.
Other bugs and crashes Changed:. Display and keyboard brightness controls moved to Media tab. Launchpad and Mission Control keys moved to Input tab. Removed Open URL command from System tab - you can create custom pad instead, in Media tab Fixed:. Show spinner while waiting for AirPlay output sources # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver.
9.9.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 10.1.3 Nov 4, 2018. New:.
Siri shortcuts for System actions. Siri shortcuts for App actions.
Setting to turn off key sounds Fixed:. Deezer keypad. Reseting edits to default keypads between sessions. Restored support for iOS 10.
Other bugs and crashes Changed:. Display and keyboard brightness controls moved to Media tab.
Launchpad and Mission Control keys moved to Input tab. Removed Open URL command from System tab - you can create custom pad instead, in Media tab Fixed:. Show spinner while waiting for AirPlay output sources # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver. 9.9.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 10.1.1 Oct 26, 2018. New:.
Siri shortcuts for System actions. Siri shortcuts for App actions. Setting to turn off key sounds Fixed:.
Deezer keypad. Reseting edits to default keypads between sessions.
Other bugs and crashes Changed:. Display and keyboard brightness controls moved to Media tab.
Launchpad and Mission Control keys moved to Input tab. Removed Open URL command from System tab - you can create custom pad instead, in Media tab Fixed:. Show spinner while waiting for AirPlay output sources # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver.
9.9.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 10.1.0 Oct 18, 2018. New:. Siri shortcuts for System actions. Siri shortcuts for App actions Changed:. Display and keyboard brightness controls moved to Media tab. Launchpad and Mission Control keys moved to Input tab.
Removed Open URL command from System tab - you can create custom pad instead, in Media tab Fixed:. Show spinner while waiting for AirPlay output sources # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver. 9.9.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 10.0.1 Oct 14, 2018.
New:. Siri shortcuts for System actions Changed:.
Display and keyboard brightness controls moved to Media tab. Launchpad and Mission Control keys moved to Input tab. Removed Open URL command from System tab - you can create custom pad instead, in Media tab Fixed:. Show spinner while waiting for AirPlay output sources # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver.
9.9.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 10.0.0 Oct 12, 2018. New:. Siri shortcuts for System actions Changed:.
Display and keyboard brightness controls moved to Media tab. Launchpad and Mission Control keys moved to Input tab. Removed Open URL command from System tab - you can create custom pad instead, in Media tab Fixed:. Show spinner while waiting for AirPlay output sources # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver.
9.9.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 9.0.2 Oct 3, 2018. 8.8.4. Fix issue connecting on Personal Hotspot. Minor bug fixes 8.8.2. Added force touch/long press to activate app. Setting to enable pinch to zoom.
Minor bug fixes 8.8.1. Added F1-F12 keys (just swipe left on the aux. Keyboard). Better support for external keyboard.
Translate some strings & metadata 8.8.0 Main focus of this update is to make the app more user friendly by moving some stuff around. Bring to front most used features, and simplify interactions. Airplay Display controls now appear along with other media control tabs.
Scheduled system actions now appear when tapping on clock icon in the SYSTEM tab. Keyboard can be shown and dismissed by tapping keyboard button in the trackpad view Also:. Show when left mouse button is locked in pressed state. Fix crash occurring after scanning QR code # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver. 9.8.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 8.8.2 Aug 21, 2018. 8.8.2.
Added force touch/long press to activate app. Setting to enable pinch to zoom. Minor bug fixes 8.8.1. Added F1-F12 keys (just swipe left on the aux. Keyboard). Better support for external keyboard.
Translate some strings & metadata 8.8.0 Main focus of this update is to make the app more user friendly by moving some stuff around. Bring to front most used features, and simplify interactions. Airplay Display controls now appear along with other media control tabs. Scheduled system actions now appear when tapping on clock icon in the SYSTEM tab.
Keyboard can be shown and dismissed by tapping keyboard button in the trackpad view Also:. Show when left mouse button is locked in pressed state.
Fix crash occurring after scanning QR code # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver. 9.8.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 8.8.1 Aug 3, 2018. 8.8.1. Added F1-F12 keys (just swipe left on the aux.
Keyboard). Better support for external keyboard. Translate some strings & metadata 8.8.0 Main focus of this update is to make the app more user friendly by moving some stuff around.
Bring to front most used features, and simplify interactions. Airplay Display controls now appear along with other media control tabs. Scheduled system actions now appear when tapping on clock icon in the SYSTEM tab.
Keyboard can be shown and dismissed by tapping keyboard button in the trackpad view Also:. Show when left mouse button is locked in pressed state. Fix crash occurring after scanning QR code # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver.
9.8.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 8.8.0 Jul 25, 2018. Main focus of this update is to make the app more user friendly by moving some stuff around. Bring to front most used features, and simplify interactions. Airplay Display controls now appear along with other media control tabs.
Scheduled system actions now appear when tapping on clock icon in the SYSTEM tab. Keyboard can be shown and dismissed by tapping keyboard button in the trackpad view Also:. Show when left mouse button is locked in pressed state. Fix crash occurring after scanning QR code # Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver.
9.8.0 or above Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 8.7.3 Jul 18, 2018. Improved keyboard support for Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamise languages.
Faster mouse and keyboard input. New alternative icon (if you have ideas for app icons - send them to [email protected]). Redesigned app menu. Pinch to zoom. Setting to allow 3rd party keyboards (Gboard and etc.).
Minor fixes and improvements # Requires new version of the Mac helper app - 9.8.0 Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please take a moment to rate the app on the App Store. 8.7.2 Jul 16, 2018.
Josh Cary, Perfect for Musicians I record in a home studio for various types of commission work but I almost always record everything myself. This is an amazing tool that will allow you to adjust anything in your DAW when recording. I mix right in front of my computer and record, on the opposite side of the room, with a mic and headphones. It's a really big pain, while tracking, to play/sing hear and check the reverb or compressor - get up - adjust - check again - adjust - check one last time.
This is no bueno. Now that I have this seamless easy to use app I tilt my computer monitor so I can see it from across the room and I use my iPhone to switch between this app and the Logic Remote app.
It allows me to make adjustments without ever getting up from in front of my carefully positioned microphone. It allows for a more seamless workflow and it allows me to get more done faster. I didn't even take the time to understand how it works I just opened it, tapped on my computer and kept working. This developer knows what he's doing. Great job man.
If you've read this far, just get it. You would probably be wasting you time if you didn't get it at this point. Trust me it's not worth tripping over that very expensive mic that your home studio cannot afford to replace. This app + Logic Remote app = the best productivity tool for the solo home studio musician. Developer Response, Thanks! Josh Cary, Perfect for Musicians I record in a home studio for various types of commission work but I almost always record everything myself.
This is an amazing tool that will allow you to adjust anything in your DAW when recording. I mix right in front of my computer and record, on the opposite side of the room, with a mic and headphones. It's a really big pain, while tracking, to play/sing hear and check the reverb or compressor - get up - adjust - check again - adjust - check one last time. This is no bueno. Now that I have this seamless easy to use app I tilt my computer monitor so I can see it from across the room and I use my iPhone to switch between this app and the Logic Remote app.
It allows me to make adjustments without ever getting up from in front of my carefully positioned microphone. It allows for a more seamless workflow and it allows me to get more done faster. I didn't even take the time to understand how it works I just opened it, tapped on my computer and kept working. This developer knows what he's doing. Great job man. If you've read this far, just get it.
You would probably be wasting you time if you didn't get it at this point. Trust me it's not worth tripping over that very expensive mic that your home studio cannot afford to replace. This app + Logic Remote app = the best productivity tool for the solo home studio musician. Developer Response, Thanks! Ewass, Best app to make your phone into a mouse. I like to hook my MacBook up to my tv. I use Bluetooth mouses and such, but I also tend to lose the usb thing or break the mouse somehow.
I’ve tried other apps to make my phone a mouse, and being cheap I used the free ones. They never work that well and don’t usually last long before I delete them. I came across this one and decided to try it out. It has far exceeded my expectations. There is a pop up keyboard, volume controls, video controls (including ones for Netflix, VLC, and other video watching platforms).
It also has controls for the computer like screen brightness/sleep/shutdown. I highly recommend this app. Ewass, Best app to make your phone into a mouse.
I like to hook my MacBook up to my tv. I use Bluetooth mouses and such, but I also tend to lose the usb thing or break the mouse somehow. I’ve tried other apps to make my phone a mouse, and being cheap I used the free ones. They never work that well and don’t usually last long before I delete them. I came across this one and decided to try it out. It has far exceeded my expectations.
There is a pop up keyboard, volume controls, video controls (including ones for Netflix, VLC, and other video watching platforms). It also has controls for the computer like screen brightness/sleep/shutdown. I highly recommend this app. Jason-92, Absolutely Essential This is by far the best remote app for my Mac I have ever used. It works extremely well and the developer is very active with updates and bug fixes (it’s rare there is a bug but when one does pop up it is fixed very quickly). The app is all around great, I mainly use it as an iTunes remote for when I’m using my Mac to watch movies on my tv but I’ve found it’s great for long downloads or installing new software because I can mirror my macs screen and control everything without having to get up. Definitely worth every penny.
I paid full price and this is my honest unbiased opinion. Developer Response, Thanks! Jason-92, Absolutely Essential This is by far the best remote app for my Mac I have ever used. It works extremely well and the developer is very active with updates and bug fixes (it’s rare there is a bug but when one does pop up it is fixed very quickly). The app is all around great, I mainly use it as an iTunes remote for when I’m using my Mac to watch movies on my tv but I’ve found it’s great for long downloads or installing new software because I can mirror my macs screen and control everything without having to get up.
Definitely worth every penny. I paid full price and this is my honest unbiased opinion. Developer Response, Thanks!