08-24-2011 at 02:21 PM
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Mac OS X Customization
Hey
so a couple weeks back on one of the 'Which Laptop' or 'is a Mac ok' threads there was a reply with picture of a customized OS X Desktop and the programs used.
I thought I had bookmarked it but clearly not. I cant seem to find it either.
Any help would be awesome
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08-24-2011 at 02:25 PM
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08-24-2011 at 02:27 PM
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Awesome Thanks 
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08-24-2011 at 02:34 PM
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Awesome Thanks
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Sure!
I prefer the minimalist approach 
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08-24-2011 at 02:39 PM
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Sure!
I prefer the minimalist approach
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That looks amazing oh my god. :O
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says thanks to anonanon987 for this post.
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08-24-2011 at 02:47 PM
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Simple but Elegant!
I like it
Ill put mine up once I am done.
Approximately how hard was it to do that?
Ill be trying this when I get home from work
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08-24-2011 at 02:52 PM
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That looks amazing oh my god. :O
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Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Crzyrio
Simple but Elegant!
I like it
Ill put mine up once I am done.
Approximately how hard was it to do that?
Ill be trying this when I get home from work
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Yep, I like to keep it simple. Not a fan of clutter lol.
Hard? Mmmm, not hard at all. The geektools part was the easiest simply because you just had to go around and search for scripts (or script it yourself).
More so, the customization of Candybar with the downloading and searching of icon packs that suit you best took the longest. But by no means is it a difficult task to do. |
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08-24-2011 at 02:54 PM
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Thanks!
Yep, I like to keep it simple. Not a fan of clutter lol.
Hard? Mmmm, not hard at all. The geektools part was the easiest simply because you just had to go around and search for scripts (or script it yourself).
More so, the customization of Candybar with the downloading and searching of icon packs that suit you best took the longest. But by no means is it a difficult task to do.
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I just noticed the 'Forever Alone' in the bottom right, LOL. |
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08-24-2011 at 02:56 PM
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I just noticed the 'Forever Alone' in the bottom right, LOL.
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Loll, that's my MSN |
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08-24-2011 at 04:25 PM
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I almost missed this thread 
Colin, very nice setup. Is it a Macbook or an iMac?
Here's mine:
A lot of people don't like it because the dock icons are all similar. I really like it to be as minimal as possible so it was perfect for me.
Nobody uses MSN anymore, it's kinda sad to see 3 people on..
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08-24-2011 at 04:33 PM
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Quote:
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I almost missed this thread
Colin, very nice setup. Is it a Macbook or an iMac?
Here's mine:
(removed)
A lot of people don't like it because the dock icons are all similar. I really like it to be as minimal as possible so it was perfect for me.
Nobody uses MSN anymore, it's kinda sad to see 3 people on.. |
I agree, having the dock icons similar would be annoying at first but once you get used to the order of the icons the similarity makes it look nicer.
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08-24-2011 at 05:00 PM
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I almost missed this thread
Colin, very nice setup. Is it a Macbook or an iMac?
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This is a macbook
You got a nice setup yourself.
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08-24-2011 at 05:05 PM
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You can do all that customization with those two programs Colin mentioned? How much RAM does it take?
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08-24-2011 at 05:08 PM
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You can do all that customization with those two programs Colin mentioned? How much RAM does it take?
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Well mine isn't much customization at all because I didn't use Geektool, although I have in the past for other desktops.
I just replaced the dock files with some clear ones so that there is no dock. Then I made dock icons using a template I found online and changed them using a program called Candybar. Finally I added a black bar to the wallpaper so that I could read the icons. It shouldn't use any more RAM than an un-customized dock.
The music thing to the left of my dock is called Bowtie and it doesn't use much RAM. The thing in the top right is just Adium with a skin on it.
I think that's about it.
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08-24-2011 at 05:27 PM
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That was me who posted the picture 
As stated above I used GeekTools and Candybar
Here is the pic if you have any questions PM me
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Originally Posted by L'Étoile
Adium = MSN for Mac, the MSN by Microsoft is horrible and does not let you send/receive offline msgs.
Pages/Numbers/Keynote (iWork) are way better than Microsoft office bundle
Notebook by circusponies.com is amazing, its almost like OneNote. I love it, can't live without it.
CandyBar and GeekTools to customize the graphic design look below
FormulatePro is a free PDF editor its amazing and easy to use
This conversion of change in icons/time on desktop etc are by GeekTools and Candy Bar
Sure the OS X has widgets like time/to do/calender/weather etc and thats by pressing the dashboard on your keyboard but I love to have time like this on my desktop.
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