What a find!
On 12.2.1, can confirm itā€™s there. Wonder how long it will be before Apple remove the Easter egg
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Works on OS 13 as well. From this point forward I refuse to install any OS that does not have the Bitcoin whitepaper built in.
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Unless Iā€™m blind I didnā€™t see it in 13.3
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I can see it in my recently updated Ventura 13.3
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Satoshi lives on!
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It's on 13.2.1. Possible they've already removed it. I'm never updating!
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Interesting.
The file is found in every version of macOS from Mojave (10.14.0) to the current version (Ventura), but isnā€™t in High Sierra (10.13) or earlier.
So it might have lived from 10.14.0 to 13.2.1 if indeed it was removed.
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In the Image Capture utility, the Bitcoin whitepaper is used as a sample document for a device called ā€œVirtual Scanner II,ā€ which is either hidden or not installed for everyone by default. Itā€™s not clear why itā€™s hidden for some or what exactly itā€™s used for, but Reid Beels suggested it may power the ā€œImport from iPhoneā€ feature.
Fascinating. That sounds sonon purpose šŸ˜±
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There are Bitcoiners in every big tech company. A few of them are open about it, and others content themselves dropping silent orange pills.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @go 6 Apr 2023
This is like the Bitcoin Sign Guy, really
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Came here to say the same thing.
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Confirmed it's on macOS 13.2.1.
It's exactly the same file as bitcoin.pdf (same content and same metadata), just renamed to simpledoc.pdf
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Have you checked the hash of the file?
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It's the same file:
shasum bitcoin.pdf simpledoc.pdf 8de2fdb04edce612738eb51e14ecc426381f8ed8 bitcoin.pdf 8de2fdb04edce612738eb51e14ecc426381f8ed8 simpledoc.pdf
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maybe Steve is involved ;)
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Holy shit! Everything is source controlled, so I'm sure they know who dunnit. If you know someone at Apple, try to find out.
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šŸ„¹
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Some based Apple employee(s) said to themselves, "Let's make sure that this idea never dies."
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Lol shit it actually worked, wonder who this legend is
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I tried it, this works!
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I canā€™t believe it, I thought apple was against crypto!
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their employees aren't
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This is awesome!
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