Mac Symbols and Lore

From Applepedia

Clarus, the Dogcow

First introduced in early builds of the MacOS, Clarus was used to show the orientation of paper on screen before it would be printed. She is NOT a Moof. Moof is what the Dogcows say.

Mac

Happy Mac is what you would see should your system start up correctly. Sad Mac is what you would see should something go wrong on startup.

Command key (⌘)

The command key symbol (⌘) was taken from the Swedish "Point of Interest" or "Tourist Attraction" sign. [1] Sometimes called "splat" or "fruit." It is also paired up on the same key with .