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The Anatomy of a macOS App

How Mac applications evolved from a multitude of resources to a bundle formed from a standard layout of directories, and how they have come to be largely self-contained in macOS 26.

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ResourceForksMar 4, 2024

Added MacMan

View Forks: https://resourceforks.com/MacMan.sit

Download and Play http://macintoshgarden.org/games/macman

See @Javmaster play it and show off the included joystick adapter here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbvMymIgCA8

#marchintosh #forkaday #resourceforks #resedit

MacMan.sit

ResourceForksMar 3, 2024

Added RoboWar - one of my first experiences programming!

View forks: https://resourceforks.com/RoboWar_3.1.sit

Download and Play: http://macintoshgarden.org/games/robowar

#marchintosh #forkaday #resourceforks #resedit

RoboWar_3.1.sit

ResourceForksMar 2, 2024

Added Rogue from 1985

View forks: https://resourceforks.com/rogue.sit

Download and Play: http://macintoshgarden.org/games/rogue

#marchintosh #forkaday #resourceforks #resedit

rogue.sit

ResourceForksMar 1, 2024

Added Through the Looking Glass (aka Alice) for you to poke through!

View forks: https://resourceforks.com/Alice.sit

Download and play: http://macintoshgarden.org/games/through-the-looking-glass-aka-alice

Reply with ideas on what to dump next!

#marchintosh #forkaday #resourceforks #resedit

Alice.sit

ResourceForksMar 31, 2023

Hello World! Welcome https://resourceforks.com

More Info: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/resourceforks-com-browse-resource-forks-online.2510/

#ResourceForks #VintageMac #VintageApple #ResEdit #MARCHintosh

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