♻️ Recycled thread, June 22 2022

I had an inkling it might be possible to patch AppKit in Mac OS X 10.0 to re-enable the NEXTSTEP interface style after it was removed during the Developer Previews — and I was right! So here’s the shipping, consumer Mac OS X without Aqua turned on. It’s rather broken and crashy

Just made me realise that I’ve been using Macs for 20 years by now…
@stroughtonsmith @Migueldeicaza
@njyo @stroughtonsmith I didn’t really start using it on a daily basis until 2009 or so. I used the older versions, even nextstep, but never seriously until then.

@Migueldeicaza it was Jaguar (10.2) for me (only used 8.6 at my grandparents’)
Still, time flies!
Also explains why I’m less and less excited by the annual updates as it’s a mature beast now. Much in comparison to Panther, Tiger, Leopard and co

@stroughtonsmith