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An odd Easter Egg in Mac OS

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by: Alan Browne - Wed, 10 May 2023 17:58 UTC

Navigate to: (just copy paste this command into Terminal)

cd /System/Library/Image\
Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/

then
open simpledoc.pdf

Wonder why that is there ...?

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by: nospam - Wed, 10 May 2023 18:19 UTC

In article <CXQ6M.1717818$t5W7.319194@fx13.iad>, Alan Browne
<bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

> Navigate to: (just copy paste this command into Terminal)
>
> cd /System/Library/Image\
> Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/
>
> then
> open simpledoc.pdf
>
> Wonder why that is there ...?

old news, and it's been removed.

<https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/25/apple-removes-bitcoin-whitepaper-from-ma
cos/>

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by: Alan Browne - Wed, 10 May 2023 19:43 UTC

On 2023-05-10 14:19, nospam wrote:
> In article <CXQ6M.1717818$t5W7.319194@fx13.iad>, Alan Browne
> <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>
>> Navigate to: (just copy paste this command into Terminal)
>>
>> cd /System/Library/Image\
>> Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/
>>
>> then
>> open simpledoc.pdf
>>
>> Wonder why that is there ...?
>
> old news, and it's been removed.

Pity. Prob'y just not removed from the package after using it for testing.

Subject	Author
An odd Easter Egg in Mac OS	Alan Browne
Re: An odd Easter Egg in Mac OS	nospam
Re: An odd Easter Egg in Mac OS	Alan Browne