<p>The transition from Classic Mac OS to OS X was difficult for many users who felt like OS X removed their favorite features. Enter a little company named Unsanity, who solved those problems and created new ones.</p>





<h3 id="follow-up">Follow Up</h3><ul>
<li>Ed interviewed in <a href="https://512pixels.net/membership/">512 Pixels member newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/applemuzeumpl/status/952292402022281216">BASIS 108 at Apple Muzeum Polska</a></li>
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<h3 id="unsanity-and-haxies">Unsanity and Haxies</h3><ul>
<li><a href="https://wildbit.com/blog/2015/06/23/slavikus-in-da-house">Interview with founder Slava Karpenko</a></li>
<li>music players Karpenko worked on<ul>
<li><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macamp">MacAMP</a> and <a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macamp-lite">MacAMP Lite</a></li>
<li>Unsanity <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020407125421/http://www.unsanity.com:80/echo.php">Echo</a></li>
<li>Unsanity <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020524205531/http://mint.unsanity.com:80/">Mint Audio</a></li>
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</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20011201123218/http://unsanity.com:80/products.php">early Haxies</a><ul>
<li><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/windowshade">WindowShade (original)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20011205091536/http://www.unsanity.com:80/haxies.php">WindowShade X</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.macoptions.com/os85/appearcp.html#Sounds">Appearance Sounds</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071029121439/http://unsanity.com/haxies/ape">Application Enhancer (APE)</a><ul>
<li><a href="https://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/unsanity-urges-customers-to-make-sure-ape-is-current-before-upgr/">crashes after installing Leopard</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lists.apple.com/archives/carbon-dev/2007/Mar/msg00225.html">Apple's response</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071030060647/http://unsanity.com:80/products/compatibility/">Unsanity's Leopard compatibility</a></li>
<li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/2007/10/blue_in_the_face">Logitech's driver/haxie</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Metallifizer<ul>
<li><a href="http://gui.interacto.net">UNO</a></li>
<li><a href="https://512pixels.net/2013/03/brushed-metal-intro/">The Brushed Metal Diaries</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Silk<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/jnadeau/status/960994145144774657">Quartz text rendering in 2018</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031127035322/http://www.unsanity.com:80/haxies/shapeshifter/">ShapeShifter</a><ul>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061206021255/http://www.macthemes.net:80/reviews/themes.php">MacThemes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://flavours.interacto.net">Flavours</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=24502203">what happened to Unsanity?</a></li>
</ul>

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