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I just connected my Newton MessagePad 2000 to the Internet for the first time and U2’s Songs of Innocence started downloading…

Newton MessagePad 2000 connected to a cell phone with a track listing for U2's Songs of Inocense on the display

In a rare collaboration with Nintendo, Apple released Final Cut Express for the Nintendo DS in late 2009. The software allowed users to edit the footage they captured with the DS Lite’s plug-in camera accessory and share it with friends over the Internet. At $199 sales were slow.

Final Cut Express DS Box

The July 25, 2008 promotional release of Mac OS X “Fox Mulder” was part of a short-lived partnership between Apple and Fox Broadcasting Company.

Mac OS X Fox Mulder DVD

The Sonic & Tails version of Mac OS 8 was released exclusively for the Sega Genesis.

Sonic & Tails version of Mac OS 8 for the Sega Genesis Sonic & Tails version of Mac OS 8 Sega Genesis cartridge Sonic & Tails version of Mac OS 8 on the Sega Nomad

I always wanted to see About By PCalc for the Nintendo DS.

PCalc for the Nintendo DS

Released on June 19, 1995, Macintosh System 7.5 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System included an integrated Motorola 68020 “Super FX” co-processor @ 16 MHz with 2 MBs of RAM to supplement the SNES' Ricoh 5A22 3.58 MHz CPU and 128 KBs of general-purpose memory.

Macintosh System 7 for the Nintendo Entertainment System Macintosh System 7 for the Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge

Sitting down to listen to a podcast like it is 2012.

Podcast Player

Mac OS X Tiger for GameCube

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger was the only version of Mac OS released for the PowerPC-based CPU, codenamed Gekko, in the Nintendo GameCube.

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I am still waiting for Quake 3 to be released for the NES.

Quake3 NES

The last version of Mac OS X released on vinyl was Leopard. It came on 20 LPs (not pictured).

Mac OS Leopard Vinyl

Mac OS 9 was only released on Mini Disc in Japan. Here is an example of a rare English language version.

(Probably the most 90’s thing you will see today.)

Macos9 minidisc

The limited edition Welcome to Mac OS X intro music LP is a rare find for Macintosh collectors.

Mac OS X Vinyl

Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar was the first version of Mac OS to be released on two double-sided LP records.

Jaguar vinyl

Mac OS 9 sounds so much warmer when you install from the original vinyl.

Mac OS9 Vinyl