With the sdrowkcaB extension installed, your victim’s Mac displays all text in reverse. The icons appear in their normal places, but with their names displayed backwards. Likewise, windows open normally, but their title bars are reversed. For example, the word “ReadMe” appears as “eMdaeR.” And all the menus in the menu bar operate, only it’s difficult for your victim to tell what they’re doing because the text is flip flopped.
Even characters your victim enters into a word processor appear in reverse order as they are typed. But rest assured, nothing really changes permanently. If your victim opens a document when sdrowkcaB is installed, it looks like mumbo jumbo. But once you deinstall sdrowkcaB, everything returns to normal.
Installing sdrowkcaB
To install sdrowkcaB, just drag it into the System folder on your victim’s startup volume. Under System 7, an alert box appears explaining that the file belongs in the Extensions folder. Click OK and let the Finder put it in the right place. Then choose Restart from the Finder’s Special menu to complete the installation.
To deinstall sdrowkcaB, remove it from the System folder and restart. This isn’t as tricky as it might seem because when all of the file names are reversed, its name is clearly legible as Backwords.
Using sdrowkcaB
sdrowkcaB is very effective all by itself, but it can be even more fun if installed at the same time as Bob, the extension that makes all text disappear. Chances are, your victim will spot the Bob extension icon pretty easily because it looks like a Teddy bear. So when they throw Bob into the Trash and restart, text is visible again, but sdrowkcaB kicks into action, making it appear in reverse. Pretty cute, huh?
All programs on the Cruel Mac Tricks disk are provided “as is” and are intended for entertainment purposes only. Have fun, but please use them responsibly.
