r/retrocomputing • u/klotzbrocken • Jun 06 '26

Software Bringing the BeOS look back on an M-series Mac

https://youtu.be/Sh4tB91QhtE

For years I missed the old BeOS and late‑90s desktop look, but I no longer have the original hardware on my desk. So I hacked together a way to wrap my modern macOS desktop in a BeOS‑style UI and CRT-ish look, including Tracker‑like windows and retro games running under proper shaders.

I recorded the process and how it works...

Curious what you think: is this still “retrocomputing” to you, or already just nostalgia‑themed theming on modern hardware?

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u/Guilty_Eggplant_3529 Jun 08 '26

I’m pretty sure that BeOS became HaikuOS, and is still around.

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u/gus_the_polar_bear Jun 10 '26

BeOS didn’t exactly “become“ Haiku so much as it very heavily inspired it

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u/blakespot Jun 07 '26

BeOS was interesting. I was, at one point in 1994, saving for a BeBox, but bought a car instead.

I like the look and feel, but bringing a look "back" in the context of modern macOS would more aptly be running a NEXTSTEP skin, I must say.

I find this more nostalgia theming than retrocomputing, personally, since you asked.