Nov 11, 2009
Have you ever had a look at the writing on the Text Edit app icon in Mac OS X? If you remember the Apple adverts of the nineties you’ll remember the message. In Leopard or Snow Leopard the icons can be shown much larger so you can see Apple’s inspirational copy (apparently written by Steve Jobs himself) featured in the Think Different Ads.
The handwritten note reads as follows:
Dear Kate,
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things.
Take Care,
John Appleseed
To see the text for yourself, head to your Applications folder and locate the Text Edit app. Select it and hit space to view the icon in Quick Look.
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“To see the text for yourself, head to your Applications folder and locate the Text Edit app. Select it and hit space to view the icon in Quick Look.
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“…HIT SPACE….” ?????
Nothing happened, folks. Got anything that actually works?
That is if you’re using Leopard/Snow Leopard and have Quick Look enabled. If not, you could try opening the package contents of the Text Edit App (right/Ctrl click and select Show Package Contents) and locate the Edit.icns file in the Resources folder. Duplicate the file or copy it to another location and you should be able to open it up in Preview for a closer look.