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Artists are often left in their works signs, symbols, which most people do not pay attention. For example, almost all the films Pixar can be found A113 code. This room audience at the California Institute of the Arts, where I studied studio animators.
Apple designers also like to leave Easter eggs. And a lot of them. Just look at the icons of popular applications for OS X and iOS. Some puzzles not solved until now.
TextEdit
Icon TextEdit - the most famous example of the hidden "message". If you maximize the application icon, you can see a piece of text from advertising Think Different (translation of the book Isaacson):
Praise madmen. Rebels. Troublemakers. Screwtape. For those who are always out of place and out of place. Those who see the world differently. They do not follow the rules. They laugh at the foundations. They can be quoted, argue with them, glorify or condemn them. But just ignore them - it is impossible. After all, they have a change. They push the human race forward. And even if someone says: crazy, we say genius. After all, only a fool believes that he is able to change the world - and therefore changes it.
Notes
The same text is contained in the Notes application icon. Just typing bad readable font:
My files
Fragments advertising Think Different Steve Jobs and statements can be found on the icon "My files» (All My Files) in Lion.
Music
The iOS-app "Music" button on the "Artists" depicts the profile of U2 singer Bono. U2 - one of the favorite bands of Steve Jobs, Apple was even a joint with her charity project - RED. Jobs was not just a friend, Bono, he sold him his apartment in New York.
Find My iPhone
Speaking of New York. Apple's, as it is known, is located in California, which is emphasized on the packaging of all products of the company (see. Designed in California) mark. However, if you look at the icon Find My iPhone, the phone is "lost" in New York. Why is that? Many believe that the city was not chosen by chance. That there was a second home Jobs - apartment in one of the most famous buildings in the city: San Remo.
Cards
The icons of the old and the new application "Maps" indicate the location of the headquarters of Apple. Address is known to all fans: city Cupertino, ul. Infinite Loop, d. 1. You can get on Interstate №280.
Find My Friends
Find My Friends hidden messages can not be held, but its secrets are available. According to Matthew Panzarino (Matthew Panzarino) to TUAW, Apple planned to release the Find My Family application. This name came merzkovatym, many in the company's management did not like. Therefore, replaced by a more fortunate - to find my friends.
To move away from a sense of "spying», Apple resorted to stylistic reception skeuomorph (skeuomorphism). Icon like made of leather and the stitched thread. It creates a certain level of trust. This will likely not be achieved, if the icon is sent to the robots, for example. :-)
Keynote
Keynote on the icon you can see a great headline right: Fourth quarter of 2009. Already it sounds boring, too business-like. but the text is not a piece of - it is nothing like the words of a song Spring Awakening Duncan Sheika. This song is part of the musical "Spring Awakening," which in turn is based on the homonymous play Frank Vedekinda.
BSOD
Windows-machines on the local network are displayed this way:
Great joke, Apple.
iCal
ICal now shows the icon for the current application of the month. But it was not always so. Before date has remained unchanged - 17 July. This is the day the announcement of OS X 10.2 Jaguar with iCal on board at the Macworld Expo conference in 2002.
The icon depicts the mail client is not just a postage stamp, but also stamp "Hello from Cupertino." Obviously, Apple has its own postal service.
papers
The program icon "Notes" shows a list of products that need to buy, and some phone Lou (Lou). Who is this, it is not known, but that's exactly the number of fake web.
fonts
Icon Program Font Book (font) is not devoid of humor. The icon shows A, F, K. Abbreviation AFK a network jargon stands for "stepped» (away from keyboard).
Aperture
In Aperture is one of the most beautiful icons. The icon shows the lens with the inscription Designed by Apple in California.
Interface Builder
Even the icons for developers of applications can not be called boring. For example, the icon shows the Interface Builder line, a triangle, a pen and pencil. The latter even signed: №2 pencil with eraser.
Java
On the new Mac, you will no longer encounter Java, but before this medium is supplied as standard. And the application icon has been very, very interesting. The icon was not just a cup of coffee represented. A close look can see on a napkin doodle - java-code snippet. Just so: the real programmers write code even on napkins.
disk utility
Icon Disk Utility - a work of art. At the top of the icon you can see the signature of Internal Hard Disk (internal hard drive). The most attentive and able to deal with small text on the label:
Handle the hard drive carefully to avoid damaging the circuit board. Make sure you are properly grounded
Take care of your hard drive to prevent damage to the circuit board. Make sure that a properly grounded performed.
unsolved mysteries
Apple has a lot of fans who know everything about the company. Written dozens of books and documentaries, the network can find a lot of interviews with company employees. And still many mysteries and failed to solve.
Get at least a calculator. 12374218.75: the number of application icon is clearly visible. What does it mean? I have not even met theories to explain this puzzle.
Another example - the icon of the application console (not to be confused with the terminal). It clearly shows the warning AY7: 36. What is it?
Many tormented by the question, who is depicted on the icon Photo Booth:
There is a version that this girl was the lead programmer at Apple, and has participated in the creation of the program, but it is not known.
And finally, the most important, most difficult puzzle in which pales compared to the plot of the series Lost: the program icon "System Information". The icon shows the code: 810-54-2136-1 RM-NCE-1 6319-415-1239. Where is he from?
via Quora, The Atlantic, TNW and ElectricPig
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