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Bella · March 22, 2011, 08:38:53 PM

Aurora Borealis · March 22, 2011, 08:53:52 PM

Some Classic Mac goodness I'm seeing here!

For my first semester of college, most of my papers were typed up in Mac Write 5.0 running under Macintosh System 6.0.8, which was in turn running under Mini vMac. I had to transfer the files to OSX by opening the disk image I saved the files in to. Part of that was because Mac Write had a page count and Text Edit (OSX's word processor) doesn't (or at least not by default?), though mainly because System 6 is still great to work with.

@Canary: Is that System 7-tan drawing finished? :-P I like playing around with that background maker in the Control Panel.

@Bella: How did you get those widgets to be on the desktop at all times? Is that a Snow Leopard-only feature, but I can't seem to find it.

CanaryTan · March 22, 2011, 09:03:57 PM

Quote from: Aurora Borealis on March 22, 2011, 08:53:52 PM
@Canary: Is that System 7-tan drawing finished? :-P I like playing around with that background maker in the Control Panel.

Oh yeah it is, i keep meaning to post it. I'll PM it to you if you like.
I kinda made Sys7-tan look cutesey xD

Krizonar · March 22, 2011, 09:05:05 PM

Quote from: Aurora Borealis on March 22, 2011, 08:53:52 PM

@Bella: How did you get those widgets to be on the desktop at all times? Is that a Snow Leopard-only feature, but I can't seem to find it.

http://www.mac-help.com/forums/showthread.php?t=363
10.4 and up

it's dashboard dev mode.

Bella · March 22, 2011, 09:05:53 PM

That is so awesome that you used Mac Write and System 6 to write your papers, Aurora. ^^

I wish I could acquire System 6 images/get it running in Mini vMac... how I can get 50-year-old big iron emulator going and can't make sense of Mini vMac will forever baffle me. -.-

As for widgets on your desktop:
1) Make sure your account has admin privileges
2) Copy/paste this into your Terminal:

Quotedefaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

3) Open up Dashboard, click and hold down on a widget, then close Dashboard. The widget will appear on your desktop.

Chocofreak13 · March 22, 2011, 09:09:21 PM

@bell: what is that adorable catgirl? *w*

Bella · March 22, 2011, 11:27:42 PM

That adorable catgirl is Tiger-tan. owo

stewartsage · March 23, 2011, 05:34:25 AM

What's with the license plate? ....and can it be had for the Windows sidebar?

CanaryTan · March 23, 2011, 07:59:13 AM

<333

Bella · March 23, 2011, 02:25:56 PM

Quote from: stewartsage on March 23, 2011, 05:34:25 AM
What's with the license plate? ....and can it be had for the Windows sidebar?

It's just a strange little widget I found... since I got it from the Apple site, I doubt there's a windows version...

You can't customize the plates, there's one for each state and each has a different saying on it. Some are Mac related. Some have references to their respective state. Others just have puns and stuff...

Aurora Borealis · March 23, 2011, 03:23:29 PM

I did manage to get a widget on my desktop, but put it back in the dashboard because it took up too much of my screen.

stewartsage · March 23, 2011, 03:28:03 PM

@the West Virginia Plate: I see what you did there designer.

CanaryTan · March 23, 2011, 04:33:27 PM

I upgraded to system 7.5! ^^

Krizonar · March 23, 2011, 05:32:12 PM

That's what my old Powerbook from '95 runs.

Chocofreak13 · March 23, 2011, 07:09:30 PM

@kriz: kickass desktop.

@bells: i meant, "what's the application that allows you to have adorable catgirl on your desktop?"

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