Comments on: A Closer Look At Apple’s Icons

By: Gavin Roskamp

Gavin Roskamp — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:38:42 +0000

I’m from the future and I’m going to congratulate you on figuring this one out a year before anyone else! You never would have guessed that they’d take out the CD from it a year after you made this comment, did you?

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By: An Offkey Note | Business in General

An Offkey Note | Business in General — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:41:07 +0000

[...] who was not clear on their target market. Back in July, Chris Ryan of The Apple Blog reviewed the history of some key apple [...]

By: Andres

Andres — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:41:57 +0000

Ha! I hadn’t noticed that before.
The song is from the musical “Spring Awakening.”(An excellent musical & great song).

By: Kris Hunt

Kris Hunt — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:50:39 +0000

> Haven’t yet been able to decipher Keynote’s 2008 icon, but there clearly is some text.

I checked it out. It is the lyrics to “The Bitch of Living” by John Gallagher, Jr. & Boys. Never heard of it/them. I wonder if Steve knows.

By: A Closer Look At Apple’s Icons: Secret Messages & Easter Eggs

A Closer Look At Apple’s Icons: Secret Messages & Easter Eggs — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:03:23 +0000

[...] week, we discussed the evolution, rhyme and reason behind some of Apple’s icons since the public release of OS X in 2001. This week, we’re going [...]

By: Partners in Grime

Partners in Grime — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:32:05 +0000

Attention to detail!

By: Bevin

Bevin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:42:15 +0000

I find it somewhat ironic that the main feature of the iTunes icon is a CD – A format which apple + itunes itself has a large hand in making obsolete.

By: KsbjA

KsbjA — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:52:43 +0000

By the way, why not check this article, too:
http://www.eeggs.com/tree/1141.html

By: KsbjA

KsbjA — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:46:49 +0000

I have discovered quite a few hidden easter eggs and simply small neat details in Apple’s icons. Here are the current ones (all Leopard):

* This isn’t exactly Apple’s, but the icon of Bean (word processor) has a nice description of the app written on the page seen on the icon.
* One of my faves is CSS Edit’s icon. There’s lots of funny random junk written on the red card, but under the card, on the paper, you can see a piece of Internet Explorer’s icon, followed by an arrow and the text “ie sucks”.
* Some code and text on Dashcode icon. (Not to be confused with the Dashcode document icon.)
* The Dictionary app has “Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Etiam” (dummy text) written on it.
* The Document icon with a document inside an envelope features a longer Lorem Ipsum text.
* Same as the Clipping Text icon.
* Java JAR Launcher’s icon has some code written on the serviette.
* Keynote’s 2005 icon has a Lorem Ipsum writing on it.
* Haven’t yet been able to decipher Keynote’s 2008 icon, but there clearly is some text.
* MacHeist icon has some addresses written on the envelope.
* Mail’s icon has “Helllo from Cupertino, CA” written on it.
* Another great one is the Public Generic PC icon, which shows a 90′s style PC monitor… with a BSOD on it!
* Quartz Composer’s icon has some techy writings on the blueprint.
* Yet another great one is Text Edit, which has a “Think Different”-themed letter on the icon. Here is it:

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, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.

Take Care,
John Appleseed

Isn’t that just awesome what Apple puts in their icons? I’m sure there is more. iWeb, for example, has a full web page on the icon, and Xserve has small Apple logos on its icon. Every icon is highly detailed.