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What a find!

On 12.2.1, can confirm it’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 I’m blind I didn’t see it in 13.3

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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 isn’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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Satoshi lives on!

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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. It’s not clear why it’s hidden for some or what exactly it’s used for, but Reid Beels suggested it may power the ā€œImport from iPhoneā€ feature.

Fascinating. That sounds sonon purpose 😱

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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 ;)

view on www.youtube.com
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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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🄹

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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 can’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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