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A Christmas Easter Egg in iPhoto?

Posted by Cliff on from the stumbling-upon-extra-functionality dept.

GodotJr writes "Early Christmas morning I downloaded some digital pictures into iPhoto on OS X 10.2.3. My trusty iBook began playing what sounded like a repeating Irish jig. I thought I had accidentally started iTunes, but no, only iPhoto was running. The 'jig' continued until I quit the application at which point a childs voice said something I didn't quite catch (!) and then a choir belted out 'Hallelujah!', once, and was silent. A restart of iPhoto did not get me an encore performance. Has anyone else experienced this?"

7 of 72 comments (clear)

  1. too much eggnog? by ZeroLogic · · Score: 3, Funny

    i'm thinking somebody had a really good xmas!

  2. If this Easter Egg is for real... by MonTemplar · · Score: 3, Funny

    What does this say about the amount of work that Apple's developers are putting into the apps that are supposed to be tempting over the Wintel crowd?

    --
    -MT.
  3. Not only that... by Badge+17 · · Score: 4, Funny
    I have discovered that the "Hallelujah" sound file... is an OGG file!
    </sarcasm>
  4. Windows X-Mas surprise. by Vodak · · Score: 3, Funny

    that's nothing. I booted up my Windows machine at exactly 12:01am Christmas day and I was greeted to a soundfile of Bill Gates braking jingle bells.

    =]

  5. Re:Stupid? by shaitand · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cliff, just wack em with the slashdot editor hammer!

  6. Christmas Egg? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can see it now:

    Jobs: "You fuckers put in an easter egg. You know the rules! You're all fucking fired, you fucks!"

    Staff: "But Mr. Jobs, it's not an EASTER egg, it's a CHRISTMAS egg! Get it?"

    J: "Awww. That's pretty darn cute. I'll mention it at the next expo."

    S: "Whew, does that mean we're not fired?"

    J: "Hell no, you fucks better clean out your desk by this afternoon, that easter egg or christmas egg or goddamn kwanza egg shit doesn't sell software you know."

    S: *weep*

  7. Janie Porsche... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm personally believe that Janie Porsche is behind all of this. After all, who wants to be sitting around on Christmas day downloading Windows drivers?