Earlier this month, it was discovered that Apple had included a copy of the Bitcoin Whitepaper with every release of macOS since the release of macOS Mojave in 2018. But now it’s coming to an end. 9to5Mac found With the latest beta release of macOS Ventura (13.4 Beta 3), there are no more paper copies hidden deep in your system files.
It’s unclear why the white paper, supposedly written by a pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, ended up being the version of macOS that shipped in the first place. The document was in a folder within the Image Capture software that contained a tool called VirtualScanner.app that was removed from beta. Virtual Scanner II could have been an internal tool for testing scans without using real hardware.
Why a Bitcoin whitepaper? It may have been a test document that should never have been published. I’m not quite sure if it was a joke among the developers or just an easy-to-use file.
If you haven’t updated yet, you can still find the documentation using the following command in Terminal.
open /System/Library/Image\ Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/simpledoc.pdfPresumably, documentation and related applications will be removed from the final version of macOS Ventura 13.4.
Whether it’s a joke or a vestige of testing, it makes sense that Apple is pulling documentation out of macOS.After Technician Andy Baio posted on his blog of the document, the media covered it thoroughly (including) tom’s hardware). At this time, Apple does not do business with cryptocurrencies (other than wallets and exchange apps allowed on the App Store) and PDF bold conspiracy theorist Nakamato claims to be actually Apple co-founder and longtime CEO Steve Jobs.
November 2021, Apple CEO Tim Cook Although he personally owns the cryptocurrency “as part of a diversified portfolio,” the company had no intention of buying it.
Most Mac owners wouldn’t notice the change, but it was a fun gag while it lasted.
