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April 12, 2020April 24, 2020

Keychain (teardrop)

This keychain was available at The Company Store at Apple. The design is a teardrop-shaped polished silver fob with an etched Apple logo and a silver key ring. The keychain sold for $8.95.

This is one of several unique Apple-logo products that was available at “The Company Store @ Apple” located in the Infinite Loop Campus (in the 1 Infinite Loop building). When Apple began moving to the Main (“spaceship”) Campus at Apple Park, a Visitor Center was built near the new campus and The Company Store was closed and replaced by more standard Apple Store.

I have four of these in my collection, one unpackaged and three in original boxes.

April 12, 2020April 24, 2020

Keychain (black, strap)

This keychain was available at The Company Store at Apple. The design is a rectangle with a black strap through the center and a silver key ring through the strap. The polished silver rectangle has a white Apple logo. The strap is 60mm long, while the metal rectangle is 40×28 mm. The keychain sold for $10.95.

This is one of several unique Apple-logo products that was available at “The Company Store @ Apple” located in the Infinite Loop Campus (in the 1 Infinite Loop building). When Apple began moving to the Main (“spaceship”) Campus at Apple Park in 2017, a Visitor Center was built near the new campus and The Company Store was closed and replaced by more standard Apple Store.

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Mug (Hasami porcelain gray, white logo)

This mug was purchased at the Apple Store on the Infinite Loop campus. Apple Store employees indicate that each mug is slightly different, and they are made with a specific firing process by artisans in the historic town of Hasami in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

The squarish handle is an element stylistic of other Hasami porcelain mugs. According to the website: “Hasami began crafting its porcelainware almost 400 years ago during the Edo period, distributing them throughout Japan as well as to Europe through the port of Nagasaki.”

In addition, “HASAMI PORCELAIN was designed by Takuhiro Shinomoto of Tortoise in Venice, CA whose vision was to integrate modern tableware design with the organic quality produced by traditional Japanese manufacturing techniques.”

Source: Hasami Porcelain

April 12, 2020April 24, 2020

Microfiber Case for iPod

This iPod microfiber case shipped with one of the iPod models. The case is a microfiber-lined sleeve with stitched sides and the iPod logotype embossed on the top edge in the Myriad Apple font. The case measures 118×76 mm.

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iPod Generation 2 Lenticular Card (2002)

This card is an advertisement for the Generation 2 iPod. The Generation 2 iPod was similar to the original iPod and looks identical in this ad, but the device used a touch wheel instead of a physically rotating wheel to scroll throughout the interface.

The card is printed using a lenticular printing technique that shows two different designs, depending upon the angle the card is held. The card is notably the actual size of the iPod.

The front card has two lenticular designs: the Apple logo and name iPod (the iPod startup screen), and an interface screen capture showing the Artists screen with six artists including David Bowie, Moby, Busta Rhymes, Ash, Carl Cox, and John Digweed (Moby is selected).

The back of the card is bright orange and includes the text: “Introducing the newest iPod with the room for more than 4000 songs. For Mac and now Windows.”

I have three of these cards in my collection, all identical.

April 12, 2020April 24, 2020

Insulated Lunch Bag (green/gray/back, white logo)

This insulated lunch bag is bright green with a gray front pocket, black accents, and an elastic drink holder on the right side. The bag has a zipper top opening and is insulated with a silver foil finish. The manufacturer is Gemline.

April 12, 2020April 24, 2020

iMac stickers (original iMac, 1998)

This set of five iMac stickers was released as an advertisement for the original iMac. Each sticker has a different catchphrase, and all include the tagline, “Think Different.” The stickers measure 3×4 inches.

The five catchphrases include:
I think, therefore iMac. (826-5428-A)
Say hello to iMac. (826-5429-A)
Sorry, no beige. (826-5430-A)
Mental Floss. (826-5431-A)
Chic. Not Geek. (826-5432-A)

Each sticker uses the same photo of the original iMac and the text is in Apple Garamond, the Apple corporate font of the time.

April 12, 2020December 1, 2024

Getting Started Book (2006)

This book, titled Getting Started: Apple Technology for Diverse Learners (An essential teaching and learning resource written by Apple Distinguished Educators) was released in October 2006 with contributions from Dr. Mary Male, Dianna Williamson, and Robert E.M. Craven—all from different California schools.

The book contains a Foreword and three main sections: Setting Up and Personalizing a Mac for Diverse Learner Needs, Using the Applications on a Mac With Diverse Learners, and Connecting Learner Needs With the Built-in Tools on a Mac. The book contains 62 pages and measures 9×7 inches.

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Folder (2005)

While most Apple folders are digital in nature and appear on macOS Desktops, this one is—perhaps—a rare example of a physical-world Apple folder.

This folder is white with a light gray Apple logo. Like its digital representation, this folder is designed to store documents. However, optimal document specifications for this folder include physical paper files that measure 8.5×11 inches (or smaller) that are printed with information and/or images.

The back of this folder includes Apple’s online web address along with copyright and trademark information.

April 12, 2020April 24, 2020

FileMaker Pen (dark blue, silver logo)

FileMaker is relational database software product from Claris International, a subsidiary of Apple. FileMaker was first released in 1985 as a Macintosh product. In 1990 the product name was changed to FileMaker Pro, and it was made available for Windows in 1992. An iOS version was released in 2010—followed by various web and cloud versions since then.

While the product was referred to as FileMaker Pro throughout much of its history, the company was named FileMaker Inc. from 1998–2019. This dark blue pen features a later version of the FileMaker logo in silver.

Source: Wikipedia (FileMaker Pro, Claris International)