Hello Mac OS X Tiger

Re:Hello Mac OS X Tiger by warning26 on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:19PM (#29969705)

> Fun fact: OS X Public Beta had an Easter egg setting that I can’t quite remember, defaults write com.Apple.something or other, that would set all Cocoa apps to a straight-up NeXTSTEP appearance. It completely broke usability, though, as windows would minimize into little squares in the corner of the screen a la NS rather than into the dock.

Wow I've never read about this -- know of any screenshots? Would be really interesting to see what some of the default OS X apps looked with the NeXTSTEP appearance.

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Re:Hello Mac OS X Tiger by kitsunesoba on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:02PM (#29970370)

It’s not exactly what you’re asking for, but this Twitter thread from Stephen Troughton-Smith has screenshots of several stock OS X apps as they changed from NeXT/OpenSTEP → Rhapsody/OS X Server → Developer Previews → Public Beta → final release.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1125050952506052609.html

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Re:Hello Mac OS X Tiger by Lammy on Monday January 17, 2022 @03:57PM (#29971615)

You could move/rename the `Extras.rsrc` file in `/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/` and disable Aqua in the very early versions, returning lots of things to a Mac OS X DP2-style Platinum appearance:

https://macosx-dev.omnigroup.narkive.com/WZX5AkMk/extras-rsr...

https://guidebookgallery.org/screenshots/macosxdp2

I also like to use Jagwire's Extras.rsrc on Tiger to get my sweet sweet pinstripes back: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/jaguar-ui-on-tiger-proj...

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