Clarus the Dogcow may return in Apple’s upcoming macOS 13 Ventura operating system.
When Apple SVP Craig Federighi talked about how the “crack product marketing team” came upon the “stunning surf” and “lush alluvial plains” of Ventura, inspiring name of the new macOS, the team apparently ran into an old friend while they were out there, and decided to bring it back into the operating system.
According to Shadowfacts, Clarus the Dogcow can be seen if you open Page Setup in an app that supports it (such as Pages) like the Clarus of old. Shadowfacts was also able to pull a high-resolution image from the Ventura code. Longtime Mac users will notice that Clarus seems to have found a good groomer in Ventura, since its coat has lost its pixelated look and is a lot smoother.
Clarus is the creation of Susan Kare, the graphics design who created the icons and other graphical elements of the original Mac operating system. Kare also created the Cairo font that included an animal that looked part dog and part cow. Clarus was used in the Page Setup window to help the user with page orientation, but then Clarus disappeared.
Apple’s macOS 13 Ventura operating system is still in beta, so we’ll have to wait and see if Clarus makes it into the final release this fall.
Until then: MOOF!!!
Via Macworld and Shadowfacts