How to Modify Your OS X Interface
GeekTool
I realize this tool has probably been posted everywhere, but it is a great utility. You can download this tool HERE. You can get "geeklets" from HERE. GeekTool allows you set calendars, clocks, weather applets, etc in the form of bash as desktop items. More information can be found on this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiqIv7cCM_0
Modify Your Login Window
Launch Terminal and issue the following commands:
Code:
cd /System/Library/CoreServices
sudo mv DefaultDesktop.jpg DefaultDesktop_org.jpg
sudo cp /path/of/image.jpg DefaultDesktop.jpgOf course, change /path/of/image.jpg to the path of the image file you want to use. Basically what you’re doing here is moving to a folder, backing up the old “DefaultDesktop.jpg” by renaming it, and then copying in the new image and naming it “DefaultDesktop.jpg” instead. You could also just replace the original file with a new image of the same name. This example demonstrates the final effect:
Make Your Dock Two-Dimensional
This is quite a popular hack for the people running Leopard and don’t like the 3D feel. To do this, open up Terminal an paste the following:
Code:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
killall DockI have made a YouTube video that goes step-by-step: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GujFw1gGdZA
Replace System Files
You can actually modify ANY OS X image. It is as simple as opening the original image up in Photoshop and making magic... All you have to do is locate the system images! We are going to modify the dock and other icons. All of our target images are located within the Dock resources…
Code:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/Images specific to the Dock skin are listed below. Replacing all of the images is not required.
Code:
frontline.png
indicator_large.png
indicator_medium_simple.png
indicator_medium.png
indicator_small_simple.png
indicator_small.png
scurve-l.png
scurve-m.png
scurve-sm.png
scurve-xl.png
separator.png
separatorstraight-horizontal.png
separatorstraight.png
shadow.pngIcon images are…
Code:
dashboard.png
finder.png
trashempty.png
trashfull.pngReplacing the Dock skin images is as easy as drag and drop to overwrite the existing files — don’t forget to back up those up before you dig in. Icon images are another method…
Icon images should be opened in an image editor.
Select All, then Clear/Delete the original image.
Copy and Paste a new image into the existing document.
Close/Save.
Easy cake my happy little UI Chefs! One final step, launch the Terminal and use the ‘killall -KILL Dock’ command to restart the Dock to see your nifty mod work!
HAPPY MODDING!
