Napster plans to shut off old versions of its file-swapping software late Wednesday night to push a version that includes a new filter for blocking copyrighted music. Napster is funneling people to a ...

An Apple collector who was selling his vintage Apple software collection on eBay received a surprise earlier this month when Apple itself bought out much of his software inventory for its software ...

Some companies — like Apple — seem to think that older versions of their software simply vanish from the world when new versions are released. Not only is that not true today, it’s never been true.

I've got some pretty old hardware and old software lying around, and I'm trying to clean some things up. I just pulled out one of my binders and went through it, and I'm pretty sure the software I've ...

My Macintosh Classic with matching ADB keyboard and mouse. Photo: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac What makes people start collecting vintage Macs? There are many reasons. Some folks want to play ...

It’s been a long time coming, but having your Mac tell you that some of your apps will stop working brings some immediacy to the issue: If there’s a 32-bit Mac app you rely on to get work done, and it ...

There was a time when music software felt joyfully chaotic. Each new plugin looked like a wholly distinct species, programs frequently crashed, applications often ...