Mountain Lion easter egg references debut of original Apple Macintosh
Incomplete downloads in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion show a "Date Modified" of Jan. 24, 1984, a reference to the day when Apple's very first Macintosh was unveiled by Steve Jobs.
The "easter egg" found in the latest version of Apple's Mac operating system was highlighted by Gizmodo on Thursday. The "Date Modified" temporarily shows up in Finder for any download in progress, including applications being downloaded from the Mac App Store.
Jan. 24, 1984, was the date Jobs took to the stage to show off the very first Macintosh in a live demonstration. The presentation from Jobs stirred an audience of more than 3,000 people into a frenzy when the computer read aloud, "Hello, I'm Macintosh. It sure is great to get out of that bag."
The 1984 easter egg found in Mountain Lion joins a number of other small references found within the OS X operating system. One of the most well known are the words on the TextEdit application icon, which features the script for Apple's iconic "Here's to the Crazy Ones" advertisement, which kicked off the "Think Different" campaign.
OS X also includes a subtle jab at Windows-based machines. Microsoft's infamous "Blue Screen of Death" can be seen on a plain grey monitor when viewing information about a non-Mac networked computer in OS X.
Below, see Jobs' rousing presentation of the very first Macintosh on Jan. 24, 1984:
The "easter egg" found in the latest version of Apple's Mac operating system was highlighted by Gizmodo on Thursday. The "Date Modified" temporarily shows up in Finder for any download in progress, including applications being downloaded from the Mac App Store.
Jan. 24, 1984, was the date Jobs took to the stage to show off the very first Macintosh in a live demonstration. The presentation from Jobs stirred an audience of more than 3,000 people into a frenzy when the computer read aloud, "Hello, I'm Macintosh. It sure is great to get out of that bag."
The 1984 easter egg found in Mountain Lion joins a number of other small references found within the OS X operating system. One of the most well known are the words on the TextEdit application icon, which features the script for Apple's iconic "Here's to the Crazy Ones" advertisement, which kicked off the "Think Different" campaign.
OS X also includes a subtle jab at Windows-based machines. Microsoft's infamous "Blue Screen of Death" can be seen on a plain grey monitor when viewing information about a non-Mac networked computer in OS X.
Below, see Jobs' rousing presentation of the very first Macintosh on Jan. 24, 1984:
Comments
Haw, great gag. If Apple would finally send my upgrade code, I could enjoy it first hand.
Typo: "Jan. 28, 1984, was the date..."
OS X has had that subtle jab at Windows shares since SL I believe.
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Originally Posted by genevish
Typo: "Jan. 28, 1984, was the date..."
No, it was definitely Jan. 24, 1984.
His comment was noting that there was a typo in the article showing the 28th instead of the 24th.
Originally Posted by ghostface147
OS X has had that subtle jab at Windows shares since SL I believe.
Leopard, wasn't it?
You know, that's pretty awesome.
This would probably be an issue to take up with your ISP, I promise Apple nor the egg have anything to do with your sad situation. /smile
If the download dropped the connection before completion and left a temp file there what does the date say?
Seems sort of childish to fool around with the date on a computer. You never know how this might screw up some application that depends on proper dates at all times.
Absolutely non UNIX compliant. They should lose their UNIX certification over that.
It is probably not affecting the real date but still just stupid in my opinion
Ouch!
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Originally Posted by mstone
Absolutely non UNIX compliant. They should lose their UNIX certification over that.
Ooh, can this become the new thing?
"Apple's USB ports provide more power than a standard USB port. Absolutely non-USB compliant. They should lose their USB certification over that."
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Leopard, wasn't it?
One of the two.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
His comment was noting that there was a typo in the article showing the 28th instead of the 24th.
Dooby must mea something else to you. Get your as outa the chair and stop getting high.
Finder notes it as being January 24, 1984 but Terminal lists it as being the date it was created or modified (forget which one the ls -l command shows). In any case, I don't think this is something to get upset about. Remember this is for temporary .download file. If you have those sitting around on your system then you have bigger issues to worry about.
What a perfectly reasonable and sane comment. /s