<p>After looking through all the files in the System Folder last episode, we couldn't help ourselves and had to open up some of them in ResEdit. We realized that a lot of classic "hacks" are now standard features…and we found a few Easter eggs along the way.</p>













 

  
  
    

      

      
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<p>Links for this episode:</p>

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<li><a href="http://simplebeep.com/podcast/e31-the-system-folder">e31 – The System Folder</a></li>
<li><a href="http://amzn.to/1PJy62w">Voodoo Mac</a> [Amazon]</li>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/details/MacAddict-005-199701">MacAddict issue #5</a></li>
<li>Apple's official <a href="https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/mac/pdf/ResEditReference.pdf">ResEdit Reference</a></li>
<li>icon customization utilities
<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000417140709/http://iconfactory.com/id_home.asp">IconDropper</a> [WayBack]</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000614204037/http://iconfactory.com/ic_home.asp">iControl</a> [WayBack]</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120214195757/http://panic.com/candybar/">Candybar</a> (<a href="https://panic.com/blog/candybar-mountain-lion-and-beyond/">now unsupported freeware</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://simplebeep.com/podcast/e2-kaleidoscope">Kaleidoscope</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5458349de4b0204ad4a48a6d/t/56bf68603c44d89a581574a8/1455384672938/Live+Application+Menu+%28no+Maura%29.png">'Maura' menu live updating</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wdtjgTMbi4kC&amp;pg=PA231&amp;lpg=PA231&amp;dq=mac+readme+%22ttro%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=VI-1MZROAx&amp;sig=K5c7X26JXvmm66_jvM9SIg3ELLE&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj3t7PLl_XKAhUKXB4KHWk5BdIQ6AEIJjAC#v=onepage&amp;q=mac%20readme%20%22ttro%22&amp;f=false">ttro ReadMe files</a></li>
<li><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&amp;id=ukelele">Ukelele</a> OS X keyboard editor</li>
<li><a href="https://tidbits.com/article/3299">removing ZoomRect via hex editor</a>
<ul><li><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7/4/">Lion's always-on zooming animation</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="http://daringfireball.net/2009/10/congrtlns-osx">John Gruber laments the death of creator codes</a></li>
</ul>

e33 – Our Setups: Then and Now

A podcast looking back at the history of Apple and the Mac community. Hosted by Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius.