e76 – System Alert Sounds

For our 4th anniversary episode, we return to our roots of discussing classic Mac sound design. We cover the tragic backstory of the Wild Eep, the immortal Sosumi, the poorly named "ChuToy", and much more.

Follow Up

• Shirts coming back!

Alert Sounds

• original Control Panel
• the Simple Beep tone
• HyperCard and other sound formats
• Quack and Sosumi origins
• Duck application
• Sosumi CSS
• Wild Eep's sad story
• "The Natural Eep"
• Kaboom
• Apple's SimpleSound utility
• "Wish List: New Mac Alert Sounds"
• Moof

e75 – MacAddict

This episode we revisit MacAddict magazine and its freakin' awesome coverage of the Apple world in the late '90s.

Follow Up

• 25th anniversary Myst playthrough
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• New receipt and luggage emoji easter eggs
• Wi-Fi adopts version numbers
• Rumor mill follow-up
  • "Asteroid" honeypot rumor
  • "Super Secret Apple Rumors" GarageBand demo

MacAddict Magazine

• Archives
  • Issues 1–112 on the Internet Archive
  • Issues 113–125 on Kiwidget
• Mac|Life
  • early issues
  • official website
• Attitude.
  • "Hey look it's a PC!"
    • "That's aggression"
    • Office Space printer scene
  • the appeal to teens
  • Bungie ads
    • Abuse
    • Myth

The Disc

• ISO images on the Internet Archive
• Ed discovered some music

The Website

• The MacAddict Network
• original green and purple
• toned down green and purple
• ugly beige

Myst 25th Anniversary on Twitch

A quick announcement:

We'll be doing our first live event on Twitch, on Monday September 24 at 8:30 PM Eastern time. We'll be streaming Myst on its 25th birthday!

Follow Ed's Twitch account for broadcast notifications or watch on our new Live page.

Catch up on our previous Myst coverage:

• e16 – Myst
• e63 – Mysterium

e74 – The Rumor Mill

With an iPhone event right around the corner, the Apple rumor mill is operating at full capacity. We examine how this important part of the Apple world got to where it is today, from wild speculations, to Apple lawsuits, to outright hoaxes.

Follow Up

• Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?
• Airport 2 on iPod Hi-Fi
• Love Notes to Newton

Rumor Sites

• Mac OS Rumors
• As the Apple Turns
  • Wired – "MIA: Jack Miller"
  • short-lived relaunch
• AppleInsider
• Think Secret
  • Nick "DePlume" Ciarelli
  • Mac mini rumor
• MacRumors
  • full-time gig as of 2008
  • Buyer's Guide
• SpyMac
  • the iWalk hoax
  • iWalk at Wired
  • attempted pivot to video
• Crazy Apple Rumors
  • joked about "iPad"
• 9to5Mac
  • Mark Gurman

Major Rumors

• LC to be made by Tandy?
• Macintosh III / Quadra
• System 8 and Copland
• Be acquisition
• Gene Munster's Apple TV
• click-wheel iPhone
• teardrop iPhone 5
• Apple Car mockups

e73 – The iMac at 20

We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the original iMac, tracing how the revolutionary Bondi gumdrop evolved into flagship desktop Mac of today.

Follow Up

• Steve Jobs App Store interview
• Love Notes to Newton now available

History of the iMac line

• iMac G3
  • Simple Beep e39
  • Stephen Hackett's iMacs at the Ford Museum
  • Simple Beep e23

Not quite.

• iMac G4
  • leaked in TIME magazine
  • design introduction at Macworld SF 2002
  • "tongue" ad
  • Pixar's Luxo Jr.
  • Apple Pro Speakers
  • iSub and SoundSticks
• iMac G5
  • "From the creators of iPod"
  • Front Row
• Intel iMac
  • introduction with MacBook Pro
• Aluminum iMac
• Slim unibody iMac
• Retina iMac and iMac Pro
  • SO MANY PIXELS
• iMac precursors
  • Macintosh Color Classic
    • G3 upgrade