Article says it was part of a mistakenly shipped internal tools test suite
> These assets were part of an internal tool called “VirtualScanner.app” that let Apple engineers simulate the process of scanning and exporting documents and images with the Image Capture app without actually needing a scanner. In fact, the entire internal tool has been removed from the beta.
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 27.4 ms ] threadI'm so glad that Apple did the right thing and removed this stain of a mistake in a future OS update. [0]
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35461216
The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35461011 - April 2023 (426 comments)
> These assets were part of an internal tool called “VirtualScanner.app” that let Apple engineers simulate the process of scanning and exporting documents and images with the Image Capture app without actually needing a scanner. In fact, the entire internal tool has been removed from the beta.