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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.

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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)

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FileMaker Pen (black, gold 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 black pen with a gold FileMaker logo was distributed at technology conferences during the late 1990s and early 2000s. This is an early version of the FileMaker logo.

Source: Wikipedia (FileMaker Pro, Claris International)

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.Mac T-shirt (2002)

Apple has offered a suite of online tools in various iterations over the years. Apple’s first online suite was called iTools (2000–2002), followed by .Mac (pronounced “dot Mac,” 2002–2008), MobileMe (2008–2012), and finally (for now) iCloud released on June 30, 2012.

When the .Mac service was released, it included an email service (with both POP and IMAP), a personal web hosting service called HomePage, an online file storage system called iDisk, and the iCards online greeting card service.

This t-shirt commemorates the release of .Mac (stylized as “.mac”). It is white with a .Mac logo in the left-pocket area and includes a black Apple logo in the back center. The t-shirt brand is Hanes Beefy-T in a size L.

Source: Wikipedia

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Mac OS X v10.3 Panther Dog Tags (2003)

Mac OS X, version 10.3, named “Panther,” was the fourth release of the Mac OS X [pronounced “Mac O S ten”] operating system. The operating system was released October 24, 2003.

Upon release of Panther, Apple Stores gave customers these commemorative dog tags. Each set includes two two-sided tags—the front tags are black and have a stylized “X” (ten) logo with the words “Mac OS X Panther v10.3 Worldwide Release,” while the back tag only features the stylized “X” logo on the front. Both tags have a silver back with a black Apple logo. The tags are held together with a silver loop, and the set includes a ball chain style neck chain. The dog tags are similar in style to identification worn by military personnel. The tags measure 50×30 mm.

Incidentally, the reason that the stylized “X” (ten) logo appears with a brushed-metal texture is because the operating system’s Finder added this texture to various interface elements, including the menu bar, Finder windows, and some dialog boxes. A version of Safari that preceded Mac OS X v10.3 was the first indication that the brushed-metal design style was forthcoming. Mac OS X v10.3 was also the first Mac OS X version to use Safari as the default web browser.

I have two of these sets in my collection, one opened and one unopened in the original package.

Wikipedia (Mac OS X Panther, Ball Chain, Dog Tag)