Catch these XMovies while you can

[Dieder Bylsma]

[Note: there are quite a few 'long' URLs' in this posting. If you copy and paste them, be sure to include everything between the < and the > markers]

There are more Apple Movies out there other than what is presently on <http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/>, but are quite well hidden and now pulled off the site.

<sigh>

But, thanks to google, we can still find them. =)

Zoom
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Google's Cached Web Page is:

(way cool OS X animation movie of 'Quartz')

Duration: 41 seconds
Size: 2 Mb

<http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:LCxLrcqG36AJ:www.apple.com/macosx/theater/xmovies/zoom.html+zoom+site:apple.com&hl=en&ie=UTF-8>


The actual movie is here:

<http://a240.g.akamai.net/5/240/51/4a16f6bbf28c14/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382e353c32f94c33091f463d64ead1176e952b9278e006fe454/macosx_zoom1_320.mov>





Xpress Yourself
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(iChat advertisement)

Duration: 20 seconds
Size: 1.0 Mb

Google's Cached Web Page is:

<http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:0Lj_SOG1WEwJ:www.apple.com/macosx/theater/xmovies/expressyourself.html+%22%2Bwww.apple.%2Bcom/macosx/theater/xmovies/expressyourself.html%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8>

The actual movie is here:

<http://a1248.g.akamai.net/5/1248/51/9cd35f00acd674/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382e353c32f94c33091f463d64ead1176e952b9278e006fe454/xpress_yourself1_320.mov>




Find Yourself
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(Sherlock advertisement)

Duration: 45 seconds
Size: 1.9 Mb

Google's Cached Web Page is:

<http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:UoF7kCoMatsJ:www.apple.com/macosx/theater/xmovies/findyourself.html+%22%2Bwww.apple.%2Bcom/macosx/theater/xmovies/findyourself.html%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8>

The actual movie is here:

<http://a1440.g.akamai.net/5/1440/51/b42f60c82da975/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382e353c32f94c33091f463d64ead1176e952b9278e006fe454/sherlock_findyourself1_320.mov>



Junk Mail
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(The Joy of Mail in the modern age... note the use of MacOS 9 buttons to signify the 'old way' ;-) )

Duration: 37 seconds
Size: 1.4 Mb

Google's Cached Web page is:

<http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:csRKzYvjYTwJ:www.apple.com/macosx/theater/xmovies/junkmail.html+%22%2Bwww.apple.%2Bcom/macosx/theater/xmovies/junkmail.html%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8>

The actual movie is here:

<http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/edda5eee75005f/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382e353c32f94c33091f463d64ead1176e952b9278e006fe454/junkmail_320.mov>




On The Loose
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(The release of OS X (aka 10.2) hits the world)

Duration: 50 seconds.
Size: 2.3 Mb

Google doesn't have a cached page for it. =(

But the actual movie is here:

<http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/194e7d412e4fb5/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382e353c32f94c33091f463d64ead1176e952b9278e006fe454/macosx_ontheloose_320.mov>



Thanks to Google the file locations weren't too difficult to find. For 'On The Loose' however, Google didn't manage to catalogue it, so a search on the MacNN forums and 'ZackS' found the missing akamai source file for the "MacOSX On The Loose" movie. 

 Moral of the story: If it was on the internet and was seen by google or other people, it's there somewhere!

 
Dieder