OS X Easter Eggs

Mac Tips, Tricks, And Easter Eggs - AppleMatters

My favorite is the shift and minimize trick and the Conway game of life.

For the text game, if you are not an interactive fiction veteran, learn a few simple commands :

x = examine (object) ex: x lamp
n,s,w,e = go in that direction
i = check inventory
l = look around
take = take object ex: take all = take all objects in the current room.

Whatever you do, don't eat the board.

Oh snap! I swear I saw a rerun of Big Bang Theory on CBS last night and this was the game that Sheldon was playing. Oh SNAP.

I'm lost. How do I use a shovel?

When the earth is soft, type dig. You will find a computer board.

Virgeist said:

When the earth is soft, type dig. You will find a computer board.

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Must try.

Says I found something, how do I found out what that is?

yeah, you can play through the entire series of Star Wars through terminal aswell. cba to find a link.

So I just tried the 2nd one - and was treated to a nice grey curtain descending down on my iMac screen and then was informed in several languages that I needed to restart my computer. Fun.

BrianLachoreVPI said:

So I just tried the 2nd one - and was treated to a nice grey curtain descending down on my iMac screen and then was informed in several languages that I needed to restart my computer. Fun.

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Yeah that one seems a bit...iffy.

I like to mess around with that shift + killall Dock command. Just when you get REALLY bored. Also, it's fun to do it on the Macs in stores, and move over a computer and act like nothing is wrong. Seeing peoples' reactions is great.

Moss said:

I like to mess around with that shift + killall Dock command. Just when you get REALLY bored. Also, it's fun to do it on the Macs in stores, and move over a computer and act like nothing is wrong. Seeing peoples' reactions is great.

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Once I did that, I couldn't figure out how to get it out of that shape. Had to quit the app. Maybe that's the only way?

Works in Chrome too LOL

Chris H. said:

Once I did that, I couldn't figure out how to get it out of that shape. Had to quit the app. Maybe that's the only way?

Works in Chrome too LOL

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It works with any application, and no you don't need to quit. When you're on the application that has the warped window, you can just hold command+m to minimize it, and opening it back up will bring it up as normal.

Chris H. said:

Must try.

Says I found something, how do I found out what that is?

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Just type take all when you suspect there is a an item nearby.