vga256

i spent the weekend researching mac os x Aqua interface elements, and stumbled upon this classic collection of #OSX icons from 2000.

in the early 2000s, PixelJerk aka Samuel Krueger was one of the first to publish high-quality Aqua-themed icons for the new Mac OS X operating system.

few other icon designers demonstrated such skill and creativity with their icon sets.

it took the entire day, but i (by hand) converted each of these 200 Macintosh Icon format files into PNG and ICNS formats used in modern macOS. 😓

pixeljerk.com has been offline for 20 years... huge thank-you to macmonkies.com for keeping the only copy of these icons that exists on the web!

macOS version:
https://rootmarm.com/pixeljerk_icons/PixelJerk_macOSX_ICNS.zip

png version:
https://rootmarm.com/pixeljerk_icons/PixelJerk_PNG.zip

macintosh system7/8/9 version:
https://rootmarm.com/pixeljerk_icons/pixeljerk_pack_macintosh.zip

mac garden entry:
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/pixeljerk-os-x-aqua-icon-collection

Feb 12, 2023 at 10:16pmWeb
Show threadThe Life of BrianFeb 12, 2023
@vga256 Well done! There are so cool.
Show threadvga256Feb 12, 2023
@Brian_Mahoney cheers. they're pretty adorable - i love the insects and christmas balls 😆
Show threadThe Life of BrianFeb 12, 2023
@vga256 I remember trying to put OSX on a very old Mac. It took hours and hours. I had my office in my bedroom back then, I heard a bing or some sound at about 4 AM. OSX installed and all of these lovely icons on the screen! They were lovely.
Show threadvga256Feb 12, 2023
@Brian_Mahoney 😅 i remember the chief complaint about OS X 10.1 and 2 were how unbearably slow they were at the time
Show threadThe Life of BrianFeb 12, 2023
@vga256 It was the computer. Damn, I wish I could remember which one it was. You'd laugh, for sure.
Show threadvga256Feb 12, 2023
@Brian_Mahoney i can't imagine much worse than the time i ran Win95 on my 486 SX-33 😓
Show threadThe Life of BrianFeb 12, 2023
@vga256 I really didn't expect to find a retro computing group here. This is great fun. I'd stopped for quite a while but it's fun to be back into it.
Show threadvga256Feb 12, 2023
@Brian_Mahoney it's a surprisingly varied population - far less homogenous than other places i've been :)
Show threadBen ChandlerFeb 13, 2023
@vga256 icons and cursors are the real reason I got into digital art in the first place.
Show threadvga256Feb 13, 2023
@ThreeOhFour really! what were you into at the time?
Show threadBen ChandlerFeb 13, 2023
@vga256 everything microangelo, every icon pack I could open and browse through
Show threadvga256Feb 13, 2023
@ThreeOhFour haha awesome. i loved digging through windows .dll's for hidden icons
Show threadBen ChandlerFeb 13, 2023
@vga256 yeah I'd look for everything and anything
Show threadFlaming JuneFeb 13, 2023
@vga256 Oooh, I remember these lovely things. I spent ages adding them to all my files.
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Feb 13, 2023
@vga256 I loved those old aqua icons!
Show threadvga256Feb 13, 2023
@chris a port alberni-ite is always welcome here! 😆
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Feb 13, 2023
@vga256 woo! 😃
Show threadChris Wu 🪐Feb 13, 2023
@vga256 These are gorgeous!
Show threadvga256Feb 13, 2023
@MuseumShuffle remnants of a civilized age :D
Show threadStewart RussellFeb 13, 2023
@vga256 reminds me of all the Aqua iChat icons I found on a 2005 Mac ...
https://scruss.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/iChat_Icons-2005.png
Show threadvga256Feb 13, 2023
@scruss 😅 these are brilliant
Show thread[email protected] :verified-purple: Feb 12, 2024
@vga256 THE FUCKING ALT TEXT I LOVE YOU
Show threadvga256Feb 12, 2024
@Ukko 😅