When you first instal OS X ( 10.3 or 10.4 ) , you ’re greet with a movie and soundtrack that ’s either interesting or annoying , bet on your point of survey . If you find the intro moving-picture show annoying , learn no further ; today ’s tip wo n’t interest you in the least . But if you retrieve it interesting , and would like to ascertain it again , it ’s relatively simple to do .
To bring the movie back , you need to incur two matter — the picture itself , and the associated soundtrack . They ’re stored separately , as the sound continues to play during initial setup , long after the movie has cease . For both 10.3 and 10.4 , the basic physical process is the same — find and copy the moving picture and the sound to a local directory , just to make them easier to deal out with . What differs between the two systems is the location of the files .
10.4 users
You ’ve got thing a bit easier than the 10.3 users , as the two files are stored in the same directory . In the Finder , strike Shift - Command - G ( or select Go - > Go to Folder ) , and copy and glue this text into the Go to Folder duologue :
The above may appear to be two lines in your web browser , but it ’s one foresighted blood line , and should copy and paste into that dialog box just fine . When you press Return , the specified folder will open . There are spate of folders in that directory , but only two files . Those are the two items you desire to grab : intro.movis the movie itself , andintro - sound.mp3is the audio . Just click - and - drag to replicate them to a new locating such as your Desktop — they’ll copy , not move , as that folder is protect .
For playback instruction , jump ahead in your reading now , skip over the 10.3 department that fall out .
10.3 users
In 10.3 , Apple maintain the intro movie and its soundtrack in two very unlike locations . In the Finder , hit Shift - Command - G ( or prefer Go - > Go to Folder ) and replicate and glue this text :
When you urge Return , you ’ll seeintro.movin the folder that open . tangle it to your Desktop , then hit Shift - program line - G again . This clip , infix this way :
When you press Return , you ’ll see a newfangled window with many files in it . Dragintro-sound.aiffto your Desktop .
represent the film and voice
Once you have the movie and heavy file , the easiest fashion to represent them both at once is to spotlight both of them , and then drag and drop them onto the QuickTime Player ikon . ( If you double - cluck the sound file in the Finder , those items will be added to your iTunes library ) . Once both files are subject in QuickTime Player , adjure the shimmer push in the effectual data file ’s windowpane , then press the Play button in the movie Indian file ’s windowpane . ( The sound does n’t need to be perfectly in sync to get the full effect . )
If you ownQuickTime Pro , you could trim down the audio distance to equate that of the moving picture , then merge the two together into a new commingle movie . And if you ’re concerned in what you ’re hear to , here ’s a complete list of frame-up music , going all the fashion back to 10.1 :
The iTMS link for each song will take you , patently , to the tie in iTunes Music Store debut — fork over 99 cents , and you’re able to listen to the full version any time you ’d like !
