Installing OS X themes.

[charlesbronsen]

I am trying to install themes from interfacelift and it looks like I have to use shapshifter to do so. I'm having a heck of a time getting this app to install let alone work properly. So what are you folks doing to install themes on your mac. I am currently on Leopard 10.5.8. Thanks

 

[Peace]

Please read up on stuff before using it.


Shapeshifter is not supported in Leopard.

http://www.unsanity.com/products/compatibility

 

[charlesbronsen]

Ahh that makes sense why it's not working.😱 still would like to know how to apply themes to Leopard if anyone is so inclined to point me in the right direction. Many thx

 

[ergdegdeg]

Themepark is the way to go, I think. No personal experience, though.

 

[spinnerlys]

Thanks for the link.

And were do we get themes for Theme Park?

Interfacelift is not that place, and the geekspiff page has no visible link I found.

 

[robots199]

I use magnifique. It is small, lightweight, and It has a built in themes browser so you dont have to go online everytime you want a theme!

It IS compatible with snow leopard, which is great.


WORD OF ADVICE: After applying the theme, it looks like that it has not activated, go into sleep, come out of sleep, and restart finder. Then It will be applied. (snow leopard downside 🙁 )

 

[pasipple]

I use magnifique. It is small, lightweight, and It has a built in themes browser so you dont have to go online everytime you want a theme!

It IS compatible with snow leopard, which is great.


WORD OF ADVICE: After applying the theme, it looks like that it has not activated, go into sleep, come out of sleep, and restart finder. Then It will be applied. (snow leopard downside 🙁 )

I understood Magnifique (latest version 2.1) was not compatible with snow leopard. I installed it today and I was getting an AppleScript Error (-1703)and none of the included themes were showing up in the GUI.

I ignored the error and downloaded & installed a theme from GuiPulp.com. The theme wasn't working properly.

So I went to the internet and read that 2.1 is not compatible with snow leopard. A 3.0 Beta was in the works that would be compatible with snow leopard....but that was a while ago.

See Magnifique's Twitter site: http://twitter.com/magnifiqueapp

 

[Rampant.A.I.]

I still don't get why Apple won't build in support for themes, or at least being able to choose your own color scheme.

Graphite or Blue. Endless possibilities right there. 🙄

 

[maflynn]

I still don't get why Apple won't build in support for themes, or at least being able to choose your own color scheme.

Because the folks, *cough* steve jobs *cough* are control freaks and don't want people messing with the look and feel of their OS.