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In January of this year, Phill announced a "backdoor" that was hidden in the Twitter for Mac app - http://macheist.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18932 - by "Click(ing) the Help menu
Then by "hold(ing) command + option + control at the same time." You will be brought to the following secret window:
Hidden at the bottom of the screen is a small tab, which you can drag up. (The text on the tap is backwards, the image shows the tab after being mirrored.)
Clicking on the message redirects you to the MacHeist Home Page.
Everything remained uneventful until the evening of May 18th when MacHeist posted the following, directing people to the MacHeist homepage:
From any iOS device (iPod, iPad, iPhone) or using the iOS simulator available via the Apple Developers website, navigate to http://www.MacHeist.com
Using 2 fingers, grasp and rotate the background "maze" image and lights will appear across the top of the page
Continue to rotate the image until all 4 of the lights are illuminated
The symbols in the lights that are illuminated match the symbols in the message that was discovered in the Twitter link.
A confidential message will appear on the screen
Click the message to open it, revealing a blueprint
The blueprint appears to be of an unknown secure location, in the upper right corner of the blue print is the address for Apples flagship New York City store.
http://www.apple.com/retail/fifthavenue/
It's not clear what the 4g refers to.
Accross the bottom of the home page, below the twitter crawl, which contains the following repeating sequence
T2 JB R8 13 WB
JY A7 03 E4 Q7
DG KR 41 T2 PO
the significance of this sequence,if any, is not yet known.
TY Mibamm -http://macheist.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=395636#p395636
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01101101 01101111 01101110 01101011 01100101 01111001
01110011
May 19, 2011 4:41 pm
This is not starting well for me lol...
When I go to the right url with iPhone 3GS, I am presented with the safe image and some lights are coming out of it.. The top left buttons are not rendered as yours and I don't get the tweets in the bottom either (just some faint stripes). When I try to rotate the maze with two fingers (in any way possible) the only thing that happens is the browser window that moves up and down?
I must be stupid lol...
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May 19, 2011 5:10 pm
MintCreation wrote:
This is not starting well for me lol...
When I go to the right url with iPhone 3GS, I am presented with the safe image and some lights are coming out of it.. The top left buttons are not rendered as yours and I don't get the tweets in the bottom either (just some faint stripes). When I try to rotate the maze with two fingers (in any way possible) the only thing that happens is the browser window that moves up and down?
I must be stupid lol...
lol rotate using your fingers dont rotate the actual phone
01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101110
01101101 01101111 01101110 01101011 01100101 01111001
01110011
May 19, 2011 5:13 pm
I'm gonna have to say the incorporation of multi-touch gestures in the puzzle gives it a nice feel, making it seem like your really doing something hands on. I wouldn't mind if a lot of the heists required some sort of iOS device.
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May 19, 2011 5:16 pm
markbett wrote:
MintCreation wrote:This is not starting well for me lol...
When I go to the right url with iPhone 3GS, I am presented with the safe image and some lights are coming out of it.. The top left buttons are not rendered as yours and I don't get the tweets in the bottom either (just some faint stripes). When I try to rotate the maze with two fingers (in any way possible) the only thing that happens is the browser window that moves up and down?
I must be stupid lol...
lol rotate using your fingers dont rotate the actual phone
The browser window is moving up and down, I am not talking about vertical to horizontal..
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May 19, 2011 5:17 pm
MintCreation wrote:
markbett wrote:MintCreation wrote:This is not starting well for me lol...
When I go to the right url with iPhone 3GS, I am presented with the safe image and some lights are coming out of it.. The top left buttons are not rendered as yours and I don't get the tweets in the bottom either (just some faint stripes). When I try to rotate the maze with two fingers (in any way possible) the only thing that happens is the browser window that moves up and down?
I must be stupid lol...
lol rotate using your fingers dont rotate the actual phone
The browser window is moving up and down, I am not talking about vertical to horizontal..
put the phone face up on a table, place two fingers gently but firmly on the screen, then using your other hand rotate the phone
01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101110
01101101 01101111 01101110 01101011 01100101 01111001
01110011
May 19, 2011 5:19 pm
markbett wrote:
MintCreation wrote:markbett wrote:lol rotate using your fingers dont rotate the actual phone
The browser window is moving up and down, I am not talking about vertical to horizontal..
put the phone face up on a table, place two fingers gently but firmly on the screen, then using your other hand rotate the phone
Lol... nada...
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May 19, 2011 5:23 pm
May 19, 2011 5:26 pm
MintCreation wrote:
omg... JS turned off lol...
Turn on JS. Then try the above 
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May 19, 2011 5:32 pm
j3snyder wrote:
MintCreation wrote:omg... JS turned off lol...
Turn on JS. Then try the above
...ok not THAT stupid 
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May 19, 2011 5:40 pm
The pigpen puzzle part is a red herring. You can put any text in, like "banana", hit encrypt, then hit Pigpen puzzle. Same result. The source text "What medicine..." is hard coded in the page.
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May 19, 2011 6:09 pm
May 19, 2011 6:16 pm
mboggie wrote:
The pigpen puzzle part is a red herring. You can put any text in, like "banana", hit encrypt, then hit Pigpen puzzle. Same result. The source text "What medicine..." is hard coded in the page.
what are you talking about?
01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101110
01101101 01101111 01101110 01101011 01100101 01111001
01110011
May 19, 2011 6:17 pm
I was able to get the blue prints http://twitpic.com/4zrnox and now what? We must wait?
BTW: On my Iphone I can't see the letters, but on my mac those letter are moving with the tweets (but can't rotate the maze, though)
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May 19, 2011 8:23 pm
P3r3s wrote:
I was able to get the blue prints http://twitpic.com/4zrnox and now what? We must wait?
BTW: On my Iphone I can't see the letters, but on my mac those letter are moving with the tweets (but can't rotate the maze, though)
i believe the current consensus is that we must wait to see what comes next…. the alpha-numeric code at the bottom of the page may be the next clue but nobody has been able to make heads or tails of it….
01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101110
01101101 01101111 01101110 01101011 01100101 01111001
01110011
May 19, 2011 8:25 pm
sd6104 wrote:
If I don't have an iPad or iPod touch am I out of luck?
hard to say
at this point in time its not clear if you have to clear these hurdles to move on to the next step, whatever it may be, or if this is just a puzzle to get people back in the swing of things and heighten the overall experience…. I suspect its the latter
01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101110
01101101 01101111 01101110 01101011 01100101 01111001
01110011
May 19, 2011 8:27 pm
The "Coming later this year" was probably a reference to the next version of Tweetie (Twitter for Mac), not MacHeist.
That being said, the blueprint might be the layout of the inside of the Apple store, perhaps someone should go to the store and see what's hanging on the wall where it says "Access Panel" on the map. Of course, the map could be completely irrelevant here, and just "artwork."
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May 21, 2011 3:40 am
Boy it's been a long time coming for those of us that have continued to check in daily asking the same question, "Are We There Yet?" Apparently today we are.
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May 21, 2011 3:02 pm
May 21, 2011 4:46 pm
P3r3s wrote:
I was able to get the blue prints http://twitpic.com/4zrnox and now what? We must wait?
BTW: On my Iphone I can't see the letters, but on my mac those letter are moving with the tweets (but can't rotate the maze, though)
Yes. Patience, grasshopper. With MacHeist as with life, good things come to those who wait.
May 21, 2011 11:05 pm
iampeterpan wrote:
Boy it's been a long time coming for those of us that have continued to check in daily asking the same question, "Are We There Yet?" Apparently today we are.
They have this thing now called RSS... :-)
May 21, 2011 11:07 pm
I think the third code from the right reads '4I' instead of '41'. It's much easier to break. ;-p
T2 JB R8 13 WB JY A7 03 E4 Q7 DG KR 4I T2 PO
May 22, 2011 8:07 am
I'm fairly certain it's a 1 though... just saying.
May 23, 2011 3:20 am
DrakasX wrote:
I'm gonna have to say the incorporation of multi-touch gestures in the puzzle gives it a nice feel, making it seem like your really doing something hands on. I wouldn't mind if a lot of the heists required some sort of iOS device.
I second that motion!
May 23, 2011 3:27 am
Iemand Anders wrote:
I think the third code from the right reads '4I' instead of '41'. It's much easier to break. ;-p
T2 JB R8 13 WB JY A7 03 E4 Q7 DG KR 4I T2 PO
I think you are right, if you invert the colors you can read 4I!
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May 23, 2011 11:25 am
DrakasX wrote:
I'm gonna have to say the incorporation of multi-touch gestures in the puzzle gives it a nice feel, making it seem like your really doing something hands on. I wouldn't mind if a lot of the heists required some sort of iOS device.
I agree it was great work and I hope to see more like this on other pages, it would push me to buy a iPad.
May 23, 2011 7:06 pm
4G? When I think of 4G, I think of levels of a building. G is usually like Ground Floor. Maybe 4G is the secret 4th floor only accessible by that elevator when someone puts a key in or something. Like, G would be the store. 2G Would be a employee's room. 3G would be storage. And then 4G would be that blueprint that's on the homepage.
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May 23, 2011 8:55 pm
Did anyone notice the new MacHeist game in the App store? Just wondering. It was released May 23, 2011. Yesterday.
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May 24, 2011 4:16 pm
ai2macagent wrote:
Did anyone notice the new MacHeist game in the App store? Just wondering. It was released May 23, 2011. Yesterday.
Screenshot please...
And don't forget false clues and misleading info can result in a ban from the heist...
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May 24, 2011 4:50 pm
It's true, link here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-heis … 24418?mt=8
Still, *quad* posting??
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May 24, 2011 4:54 pm
JMarkevich wrote:
It's true, link here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-heis … 24418?mt=8
Still, *quad* posting??
Cheers.. Tried searching in the desktop app store and forgot all about the "old" one
But you're right the enormous amount of posts made me think it was a hoax
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May 24, 2011 5:00 pm
MintCreation wrote:
ai2macagent wrote:Did anyone notice the new MacHeist game in the App store? Just wondering. It was released May 23, 2011. Yesterday.
Screenshot please...
And don't forget false clues and misleading info can result in a ban from the heist...
Thanks MintCreation, will do.
Since I'm new the forum it won't let me add photos Maybe If I stay involved I'll become more trust worthy so that I can post links and pictures.
And sorry about the multiple post, I deleted them.
Ai2 Mac Agent
May 24, 2011 5:11 pm
ai2macagent wrote:
MintCreation wrote:ai2macagent wrote:Did anyone notice the new MacHeist game in the App store? Just wondering. It was released May 23, 2011. Yesterday.
Screenshot please...
And don't forget false clues and misleading info can result in a ban from the heist...Thanks MintCreation, will do.
Since I'm new the forum it won't let me add photos
And sorry about the multiple post, I deleted them.
No problem amigo... I am no admin or anything, just sharing what I learned last time - no ban, but close
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May 24, 2011 5:16 pm
May 24, 2011 5:22 pm
working my way through heist app - not stuck so far and got two locks done - has anyone completed it yet?
May 25, 2011 11:54 am
nightwatch wrote:
working my way through heist app - not stuck so far and got two locks done - has anyone completed it yet?
lots of people
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01101101 01101111 01101110 01101011 01100101 01111001
01110011
May 25, 2011 1:25 pm
Iemand Anders wrote:
I think the third code from the right reads '4I' instead of '41'. It's much easier to break. ;-p
T2 JB R8 13 WB JY A7 03 E4 Q7 DG KR 4I T2 PO
Did anyone ever figure out what the code was for? Something tells me it might have been to redeem the app for free through the app store.
May 26, 2011 1:56 am
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