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Macinography 16: How The Aaron Extension Saved The World
If there's one thing users love, it's customizing their computers. Extensions were the cause of, and solution to, all of Classic Mac OS' problems. The humble INIT made your Mac more powerful, or just more attractive. Ironically, the system that tried to kill the extension, Copland, inspired some of the most popular add-ons—especially ones that mimicked its new interface. Was Jeff Goldblum really running the Aaron extension on his PowerBook in Independence day? Listen to learn how the shareware community, and the Aaron extension, changed the Mac.
Sources
- Inits - MacTech * Patching Traps for INITs
- Macworld May 1987
- Macworld October 1987
- MacAddict 001
- An Interview with Greg Landweber, Teknidermy
- MyMac - Interview with Greg Landweber
- Newsgroups: Aaaron
- Newsgroups: Copland WDEF
- Newsgroups: Copland Preview
- Newsgroups - Copland instead of Sleep
- Newsgroups - Independence Day and System 8
- Wired Magazine: The Interface Hackers
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Opening 00:00:37 - INIT to Win It 00:13:47 - A Concerto for CDEV 00:31:52 - It's a Mac System... I KNOW This! 00:44:28 - Through The Kaleidoscope Glass 00:51:59 - Outtro and Credits
**Music Credits
Astronaut In A Submarine by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Echoes by LiQWYD | https://www.liqwydmusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
Lucid Dreaming by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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By Dan Vincent & Jake Pugh
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If there's one thing users love, it's customizing their computers. Extensions were the cause of, and solution to, all of Classic Mac OS' problems. The humble INIT made your Mac more powerful, or just more attractive. Ironically, the system that tried to kill the extension, Copland, inspired some of the most popular add-ons—especially ones that mimicked its new interface. Was Jeff Goldblum really running the Aaron extension on his PowerBook in Independence day? Listen to learn how the shareware community, and the Aaron extension, changed the Mac.
Sources
- Inits - MacTech * Patching Traps for INITs
- Macworld May 1987
- Macworld October 1987
- MacAddict 001
- An Interview with Greg Landweber, Teknidermy
- MyMac - Interview with Greg Landweber
- Newsgroups: Aaaron
- Newsgroups: Copland WDEF
- Newsgroups: Copland Preview
- Newsgroups - Copland instead of Sleep
- Newsgroups - Independence Day and System 8
- Wired Magazine: The Interface Hackers
Subscribe
Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Spotify Google Podcasts
Contact Us
Dan's Twitter: @kefkafloyd Jake's Twitter: @jakepugh
Show Twitter: @icongardenshow Visit Our Website Email us Mac Ach Thread
Join our Discord
Jake's HomeKit Page
Theme Song by Space Vixen Follow them on Twitter: @SpaceVixenMusic
Chapters
00:00:00 - Opening 00:00:37 - INIT to Win It 00:13:47 - A Concerto for CDEV 00:31:52 - It's a Mac System... I KNOW This! 00:44:28 - Through The Kaleidoscope Glass 00:51:59 - Outtro and Credits
**Music Credits
Astronaut In A Submarine by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Echoes by LiQWYD | https://www.liqwydmusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
Lucid Dreaming by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/