e32 – System Hacking with ResEdit
Feb 13, 2016•1 hr 15 min
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Episode description
After looking through all the files in the System Folder last episode, we couldn't help ourselves and had to open up some of them in ResEdit. We realized that a lot of classic "hacks" are now standard features…and we found a few Easter eggs along the way.
Links for this episode:
- e31 – The System Folder
- Voodoo Mac [Amazon]
- MacAddict issue #5
- Apple's official ResEdit Reference
- icon customization utilities
- IconDropper [WayBack]
- iControl [WayBack]
- Candybar (now unsupported freeware)
- Kaleidoscope
- 'Maura' menu live updating
- ttro ReadMe files
- Ukelele OS X keyboard editor
- removing ZoomRect via hex editor
- John Gruber laments the death of creator codes
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