MacHack was a Macintosh software developers conference first held in 1986 in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Michigan

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. The final (18th) MacHack conference took place on June 19-21, 2003. In 2004 the conference was renamed ADHOC (The Advanced Developers Hands On Conference). 2005 was the last year of the ADHOC conference.

The conference was atypical of computer conferences in many ways:

• Keynotes were delivered at midnight
• The focus of the conference was less on attending sessions and more on developing "hacks": displays of programming, scripting, configuration, or other techie prowess. Hacks were presented in a raucous Friday night show and recognized at a Saturday banquet. The best-received hacks were those developed on-site during the three day conference, and those that embodied both remarkable technical skill and utter impracticality.
• Rather than being held in a vibrant or popular location, most MacHacks were held in an indistinct Holiday Inn along the Southfield Freeway
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   in Dearborn, Michigan
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  , adjacent to a CompUSA, a Wendy's, a Chili's, and not much else.

MacHack's small, informal ethic and on-site coding challenges have been carried on by a number of conferences; for example, the C4 conference

C4 (conference)

C4 was a Macintosh software developers conference held in Chicago, Illinois. The conference ran from 2006 through 2009. It was created by Jonathan Rentzsch after the demise of MacHack...

 was explicitly created as an attempt to fill the void left by the end of MacHack.

Incomplete list of 2000 hacks

• Doggie-Style Windows (best yoot hack)
• L33t like Jeff K (best OS X hack)
• EtherPEG
• Los Alamos Security
• Monitor Doubler
• Vertigo
• Dock Strip

Complete list of 2001 hacks

• 99 Bottles Hack
• Airport Radar(tm)
• AntiLib
• APLocation
• Apple Turnover
• AquaShade
• AquaWriter
• asciishopsource
• Beeper
• BOFH
• Buzzy
• Carol Goodell's Hack 2001
• Cat Juggler
• CDaemon
• Chia Windows X
• Chris Page's Hacks
• Crrrhaack
• Crypt-Oh
• CSFinalHack Module
• D-Trash
• DarkWaver ƒ
• DFA Doubler
• Dr. Cheshire's PPPoE Server
• DSPanic
• Eudora Stat Server
• F1Hack
• FWMacsBug
• GeniusBar ƒ
• GhostFinder
• GrowBoxDock
• Hackable AirPort Network Seeker
• Heep Peeker ƒ
• HelloTree
• HFS-
• Hunter's Hacks
• iBook turbo switch
• ImageToHtml
• iTunes (HACKED)
• iTunes Dock Dance Plugin
• iTunes Remote
• iWake
• Juggler
• Kilroy
• King of Swing
• Light Sleeper
• Mac OS X Patching Docs
• MacCleo
• Max's MADLIB from Hell
• Mentat
• More Prefs 1.0 ƒ
• MrMacintosh
• musicPrompter
• Network Alias
• NotEnoughSecrets
• NQCYA
• OurHack
• PageFido
• Palm Finder 2
• PalmDock
• PaperMaker
• PhaseShiftX
• Pied Piper ƒ
• PigLatin Folder
• pixelZone
• Polyhedra
• Pro Mousing
• pseudoDoc
• Saton Vs. Little Red RidingHood
• Silly String
• Spear Britney
• SpellCompositor
• Talking Steve
• TECalc ƒ
• TEPeste ƒ
• TheWeakestLink
• Throbber
• TiVo(tm) for Quicktime TV(tm)
• Tricycle (Lego Mindstorm(tm))
• Unprotected Memory
• Useful Hack
• X-Menu 2.0

Complete list of 2002 hacks

• HaikuReporter
• DockDockGoose
• newstracker
• LCD Degauss
• ClassicEdge
• ACursor
• Carol Goodell Hack 2002
• Xydra 0.1
• TuXin
• Starbanger
• BreakoutLevelEditor
• SlowDown
• Clarus all over
• WatchCow
• Lightnin'
• Dude,You're Getting a DogCow
• VIMim
• iBacklight
• Mr Lo
• Dock&Roll
• Load Minimizer
• Billy Carnage 1.0
• OpenGirL
• Project Mayhem
• Alarm Clock
• The Cat's Meow
• somersault
• Oh What A Hack
• The Iron Hack
• penguin gear (pres)
• Dock Invaders
• AniMac
• MOOF through the ROOF
• Airport Security 2002
• Shard
• aurport extender blender
• lcdSTAT!
• Ye Olde Movie
• Metadata
• airmoof
• Utility Scoring Stye (pres)
• Little Brother
• Mike's Moof
• 3DogCow
• VideoFinder (not on CD)
• Jini Network Technology
• iMovie Hack
• Mac Enforcer
• JITObjectiveC
• InformedChoiceChooserFacelft
• nocat
• mosaiHack
• JNib
• iMenu
• APPLE VIDEO SAVER
• SleepItemsX
• DogcowMenu
• IconHunter IV ƒ
• Depth Perception
• Claris Coaster
• RCX Remote Control
• FireStarter
• dukeshardware.com
• HandMatrix
• OldSchoolEdit

Complete list of 2003 hacks

• Editable SPOD
• Jet Lag
• Haunter
• Sparkie
• Unstoppable Progress: Causes a progress bar to be filled with water
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• Desktop Control Panel Extension
• Secret Life of Apple Logo
• Stinkin Badges
• SPOD was here
• EdgeWarp
• DADEL
• GUI Kablooie
• AirPong
• ClickAndAHalf
• warphack
• underthedesktop
• DecryptErrorMessage
• FishEyeMenus
• Antiqualc
• SetiMonitor
• X-MENu 2 Unexpected End of File
• WTA Death Watch
• wait
• CyberCat
• Interface UnBuilder
• QTJGrab
• Script Adventure
• MagicLocalizer
• GLCheat
• iPod Adventure
• Spinning Clock of Death
• Cocoa DocTour
• Desktop Control Panel Extension
• Size Doesn't Matter
• The Boot
• mountxml
• iTunes Control
• iTunes Location Launcher
• Gnomes
• SEV
• iAnalyseThis
• MoodRing
• Packetplay
• Packet the Magic Dragon
• spuds
• alCrashda
• iPodRip
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   was built at MacHack but not demonstrated as a hack

Mostly Complete list of 2004 hacks

• BadBadThing
• EtherPEGCocoa
• EtherPEGSaver
• EULB Extension Program
• ExposéHopper
• FrodoFinder
• Magic 8 Ball
• MailToOnCrash
• MegaManEffect
• Neko Returns
• NotTheSameOldTrash
• Rumor Mill
• Scroll Plate
• SmartMouth
• SpellingB
• Stupid Shell Tricks 2004
• Talkicity
• Temporary Items
• Unsummarize

External links

• Official Site note the ironic catchphrase
• Official FAQ last updated April 7, 2003
• 180 Years of Hack PD Magnus' brilliant historical examination, circa 1998.
• Will Hack for Food! Coverage of MacHack from 1998 through 2005 from TidBITS
  TidBITS
  TidBITS is an influential electronic newsletter and web site dealing primarily with Apple Computer and Macintosh-related topics.-Internet publication:...