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Can we talk about how cool Aperture was that it even implemented the use of a private API that Aperture used to dim and desat the system UI elements?

I can’t remember if it was specific to Aperture only or if it went along with other Apple “pro” apps.

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You’re thinking of the framework ProKit, which was used by a bunch of apple’s pro apps.

It didn’t dim and desaturate standard elements though - it was a framework offering a set of custom controls that had their own art. That art was drawn to look similar to desaturated versions of standard controls.

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