I came across this article in doing research for my Apple History Calendar:
The Campbell Soup Company has over 40,000 employees. Campbell Germany wanted to improve their sales and distribution system as well as the quality of their customer service. Campbell developed a solution around a mobile communications system involving the Apple MessagePad and mobile phones in the field, and a SyncServer which processes data transfers between the MessagePad and the central office.
Michael Steeber has made something wild:
The Apple Store Time Machine is a celebration of the places and products that have shaped our lives for more than twenty years. This interactive experience recreates memorable moments in Apple history with painstaking detail and historical accuracy.
This Mac app took me back to my Apple Store days in a way I didn’t anticipate. The attention to detail in these experiences is really impressive.
It has been 20 years and change since Apple first introduced Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar. Here’s a bit from the press release:
Apple today previewed the next major version of Mac OS X, code-named “Jaguar,” to more than 2,500 Macintosh developers at its Worldwide Developers Conference. “Jaguar” will be available to customers in late summer 2002, and will further establish Mac OS X as the most advanced operating system in the world.
Apple Computer, Inc. today announced a new credit option for college-bound youth to make buying a Macintosh as easy as using one. Kicked-off on June 1, the ongoing Apple Computer Loan program is the latest innovation from the Company that offers the world’s first 300 megahertz home computer and the world’s fastest notebook computer. Along with making it easier for consumers to buy a Mac, Apple expects the program to benefit retailers by giving them another payment option for customers. Having already achieved success with similar loan programs for college students buying on campus and for educators, the new Apple Loan Program is designed for individuals who buy at retail stores.
I screamed a little when I saw these things on the new season of my favorite Apple TV+ show.
I love my 20th Anniversary Mac, but wow is it weird. My buddy Quinn got his hands on one and made a great video about the machine:
Clarus the Dogcow is my favorite bit of Apple lore. It’s really cool to see that our friend is back in the new version of macOS.
Did you know that with macOS Ventura, Clarus the Dogcow has at long last returned home? Recently, while doing something else, I accidentally hit Cmd+Shift+P which opened the Page Setup dialog. I was greeted, surprisingly, with a new high-resolution version of the classic Clarus icon that I’d never seen before. I looked at it briefly, and then closed the dialog and went back to whatever I was doing before. I had assumed that because I’d been in a 3rd-party app at the time, that the Clarus icon was just some easter egg the developer had left. But a little while later, I got to thinking. What were the chances that someone went to the trouble of customizing the Page Setup dialog, of all things, just for an easter egg? Zero, it turns out. That dialog shows Clarus on the page preview in every app.
The fully-functioning example went for big money:
Sold for $340,100! A great outcome for us and for the new owner, an experienced vintage computer collector and Apple aficionado in the United States!
— The AAPL Collection (@AAPLcollection) June 12, 2022
Apple has totally overhauled its Human Interface Guidelines:
Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) is a comprehensive resource for designers and developers looking to create great experiences across Apple platforms. Now, it’s been fully redesigned and refreshed to meet your needs — from your first sketch to the final pixel.
The whole thing looks great, but I’m a little sad it can’t be easily downloaded, like say the 1987 edition of the HIG.
Speaking of the Newton, if you want to emulate one on a Mac, this application is the way to do it. The newest version has added support for printing.
At WWDC in May 2002, Apple said goodbye to the classic Mac OS in a weird and wonderful way:
Philip Michaels wrote about it Macworld:
Steve Jobs wore black Monday, and not just because that’s the Apple CEO’s usual sartorial color of choice. Instead, Jobs donned his trademark black mock turtleneck to preside over a funeral for Mac OS 9.