Remember starting up your old mac and having every Mac user’s nightmare? That’s right, the sad mac!
This symbol was used on older Macs and iPods and would show up upon start up when the device was experiencing a severe hardware issue.
Have you ever wondered how this icon came about? This image was designed by Susan Kare, a graphic designer who was reportedly asked to create the image, but was told it would not actually be seen by the user. As many of us unfortunately know all too well, this was not the case. Susan created this and countless other icons we looked at in the early days of the mac as an original member of the Apple design team.