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Apple History and the Creation of the Macintosh

This is a Gemini version of Andy Hertzfeld's Folklore.org, containing the oral history of the early Apple and the creation of the first Macintosh computer.

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1979

I'll Be Your Best Friend (August 1979)

What Hath Woz Wrought (September 1979)

We'll See About That (November 1979)

1980

Scrooge McDuck (February 1980)

It's The Moustache That Matters (September 1980)

Good Earth (October 1980)

1981

Texaco Towers (January 1981)

I Invented Burrell (January 1981)

Reality Distortion Field (February 1981)

Nybbles (February 1981)

Black Wednesday (February 1981)

More Like A Porsche (March 1981)

He's Only in Field Service (March 1981)

Square Dots (April 1981)

Bicycle (April 1981)

Early Demos (April 1981)

A Message For Adam (April 1981)

Round Rects Are Everywhere! (May 1981)

Pineapple Pizza (May 1981)

Apple II Mouse Card (June 1981)

Macintosh Prototypes (June 1981)

Shut Up! (July 1981)

PC Board Esthetics (July 1981)

Diagnostic Port (July 1981)

First day with the Macintosh team (August 1981)

Donkey (August 1981)

Joining the Mac Group (September 1981)

Desk Ornaments (October 1981)

The Grand Unified Model (1) - Resources (December 1981)

I Don't Have a Computer! (December 1981)

1982

Hungarian (January 1982)

Calculator Construction Set (February 1982)

Mister Macintosh (February 1982)

Signing Party (February 1982)

-2000 Lines Of Code (February 1982)

Rosing's Rascals (March 1982)

Software Wizard (March 1982)

And Another Thing... (March 1982)

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble (March 1982)

I Still Remember Regions (April 1982)

And Then He Discovered Loops! (April 1982)

You Can't Fire Bruce! (May 1982)

Bouncing Balls (May 1982)

Inside Macintosh (June 1982)

Do It (June 1982)

Invasion of Texaco Towers (June 1982)

Alice (June 1982)

Creative Think (July 1982)

You Guys Are In Big Trouble (August 1982)

Resource Manager Countdown (August 1982)

Sound By Monday (September 1982)

US Festival (September 1982)

Boot Beep (September 1982)

The Little Kingdom (December 1982)

1983

Little Rubber Feet (January 1983)

What's A Megaflop? (January 1983)

The Grand Unified Model (2) - The Finder (January 1983)

Credit Where Due (January 1983)

Too Big For My Britches (February 1983)

Steve Icon (February 1983)

RMaker (March 1983)

Bouncing Pepsis (March 1983)

A Big Scare! (April 1983)

Folon (May 1983)

MacPaint Evolution (June 1983)

Swedish Campground (August 1983)

World Class Cities (August 1983)

Saving Lives (August 1983)

Stolen From Apple (August 1983)

Quick, Hide In This Closet! (August 1983)

Pirate Flag (August 1983)

1984 (September 1983)

Cut, Paste and Crash (September 1983)

Close Encounters of the Steve Kind (September 1983)

The Puzzle (September 1983)

How to Hire Insanely Great Employees (September 1983)

Steve Wozniak University (September 1983)

Make a Mess, Clean it Up! (September 1983)

We're Not Hackers! (September 1983)

The Mythical Man Year (October 1983)

Monkey Lives (October 1983)

MacPaint Gallery (October 1983)

Price Fight (October 1983)

90 Hours A Week And Loving It! (October 1983)

A Rich Neighbor Named Xerox (November 1983)

Steve Capps Day (December 1983)

1984

Real Artists Ship (January 1984)

A Mac For Mick (January 1984)

A Floppy named lsadkfjalhkjh (January 1984)

It Sure Is Great To Get Out Of That Bag! (January 1984)

Disk Swapper's Elbow (January 1984)

3rd Party Developers and Macintosh Development (January 1984)

The Times They Are A-Changin' (January 1984)

Can We Keep The Skies Safe? (January 1984)

Leave Of Absence (March 1984)

Spoiled? (April 1984)

First Day in the Mac Group (April 1984)

Where'd That Hand Come From? (April 1984)

Thunderscan (June 1984)

Things Are Better Than Ever (September 1984)

Switcher (October 1984)

1985

Handicapped (1985)

Are You Gonna Do It? (February 1985)

Font Manager Redux (March 1985)

The End Of An Era (May 1985)

MacBasic (June 1985)

An Early 'Switch' Campaign (September 1985)

Vault of Horror (October 1985)

A Rose by Any Other Name (December 1985)

1986-2004

Evolution Of A Classic (March 1986)

A Lesson In Diplomacy (1988)

Origins of Spline-Based and Anti-Aliased Fonts (January 1989)

Revolution in the Valley (January 2004)

Additional Stories and Retrospectives

Eulogy for Brian (February 2010)

Joining Apple Computer (April 1978)

Mea Culpa

On Xerox, Apple and Progress

Busy Being Born

Five Different Macintoshes

The Macintosh Spirit

Busy Being Born, Part 2

The Father Of The Macintosh

The Apple Spirit