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The Minimise Easter Egg lives on

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Everything you need to know about how to have fun with this Easter Egg, which is even better in more recent versions of macOS.

April 27, 2026 Macs, Technology

Mac Easter eggs

Clarus the Dogcow in the Emoji & Symbols viewer, marijuana in the Chess app, Apple’s copyright notice in a kernel extension, and more Easter eggs in your Mac.

April 3, 2026 Macs, Technology

A brief history of Clarus the Dogcow

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How a dogcow from Cairo came to grace the Page Setup dialog in Classic Mac OS, was retired for Mac OS X, and has made a comeback since Ventura.

August 31, 2024 Macs, Technology

Refining the Minimise Easter egg

Click on the amber button at the top left of a window to minimise it into the Dock. And you have a choice of four speeds.

August 11, 2016 Macs, Technology

The poetry within the Internet: Bad Horse

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Hidden deep in domain names are the lyrics to a Joss Whedon song, from an Internet musical.

September 25, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology
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