e31 – The System Folder

This episode is all about the software that made the classic Mac tick. We take a full tour of the System Folder's contents and how they were meant to be manipulated by users…although maybe not with ResEdit.

• ¿Follow in?
  • Susan Kare at Layers 2015
  • System fonts on Medium
• System Folder in System 1
• option-F
• System Folder protection
  • removed in Mac OS 9
• System Folder contents
  • Finder
  • System suitcase
    • Font/DA Mover
  • MacTCP DNR
  • ImageWriter driver
  • Apple Menu Items
  • Control Panels
    • orignally Control Panel (singular!)
    • Memory
      • RAM disk
    • Map
      • equirectangular projection
  • Extensions
    • ~ATM
    • Extensions Manager
    • Conflict Catcher
    • QuickTime
  • Launcher Items
  • Mac OS ROM
  • Enabler
• ~/Library
  • The Dalrymple Report #23: I Don’t Need Books on Here