Software History

PostScript, the venerable page description language dating back to Macs in the '80s, has finally hit the end of the road in macOS Sonoma.

The founding mother of the blog revolution, Movable Type's Mena Trott, talks about the early days of blogging, when she realized that giving regular people the power to share our lives online is the key to building a friendlier, more connected world.

Documenting the evolution of macOS system icons over the past several decades.

Twig - The flexible, fast, and secure template engine for PHP

Introduction What this is not: This is not an attempt at keeping track of every mention of the iPhone, concept designs, re-hashed PR, near-i...

After a couple of stressful meetings (which reminded me of the need for an entire consulting discipline termed Change Management), a reassur...

We celebrate our 15th birthday by surprising Jad and Robert with a look back at when “Radiolab” was just that: a lab for experimenting with radio.   

Download MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows for free. A native Windows port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) MinGW: A native Windows port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), with freely distributable import libraries and header files for building native Windows applications; includes extensions to the MSVC runtime to support C99 functionality.

An e-book veteran looks at the past, present, and future of the business.

Knowing is half the battle.

No new features.

Long-time Ars contributor John Siracusa answers your questions.

Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon.

Sober predictions for the (rumored) year of the Apple tablet.

Apple bets big on its ability to rapidly grow its mobile platform.

How future-proof is Apple's development platform? In 2005, Cocoa and …

Damage control, Apple-style.

What’s past isn’t necessarily prologue.

The tyranny of the set-top box.

For the vast majority of Mac users, the September 13, 2000 appearance of the …

Purity of design leaves a lasting impression.

The tension between platform ownership and participation.

Looking back on Mac OS X’s past with 20/20 hindsight.

Lion is no shrinking violet.

John Siracusa remembers how Steve Jobs shaped his view of the world.

Where Lion stumbled, Mountain Lion regroups and forges ahead.

No longer an apex predator, OS X takes some time for introspection.

For the first time in forever, the Mac could be noticed by someone.