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Jason Snell of Macworld dug up some screenshots of the famously-never-delivered Apple operating system Copland:

But as I waded through the old files, what struck me was one of the promised features of Copland I had completely forgotten: an automated backup system that now resonates as a first hint of the Time Machine to come.

What struck me was how well the Platinum interface has aged.

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