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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Custom Login Screen Box?
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You can change the boot logo and the background wallpaper. You cannot change the login box itself (but you can use Onyx to set a custome message or display information.
https://namedfork.net/bootxchanger/
I upgraded Tiger to Leopard, but the login screen says macOS Tiger. How can I fix that?
That's a custom boot logo and it looks like you have the Leopard Rebirth them applied.
Have you updated the OS yet? Meaning, are you on 10.5 or have you updated fully to 10.5.8?
Might do to rerun the 10.5.8 Combo Updater.. Won't hurt anything.
Have you updated the OS yet? Meaning, are you on 10.5 or have you updated fully to 10.5.8?
Might do to rerun the 10.5.8 Combo Updater.. Won't hurt anything.
I have updated fully to 10.5.8. I installed Leopard Rebirth which requires 10.5.6. Also, I added the LeopardRebirth text.
OK, then that looks like an issue with Leopard Rebirth.
Might ask in that thread (somewhere around here) or you could try BootXchanger. It's an image. I just don't know the filepath and how to tell you to switch it (other than using Boot Exchanger).
I think though Leopard Rebirth was for Tiger. Not sure though.
Ok... what happened was, you installed the Tiger Sierra Theme within Tiger, then upgraded to Leopard without uninstalling the theme. I can tell because of the "macOS Tiger" image and the Apple logo, which was my work. Since Leopard Rebirth (and the Leopard upgrade install, for that matter) doesn't modify the SecurityAgent in Leopard, all of the files that Tiger Sierra replaced are still there, and Leopard WILL use them if they're present. I know this because I have my custom black outline buttons (the "Back" and "Log In" buttons shown in your picture) installed on my Leopard machine.
Fortunately, I have a fix. Download the script below, unzip it to your desktop, then open a Terminal window. CLOSE ALL OTHER APPLICATIONS then follow these instructions:
- Type cd and a space. Drag the SecurityAgentFix folder to the Terminal window and press return.
- Type "sudo ./securityagentfix.sh" (without the quotes) and press return. Enter your password.
- Let the script do its work. There will be no prompts or output except for when it's doing the permissions repair and is finished removing the files. DON'T STOP THE SCRIPT AT ANY TIME!
- Once it is finished, it'll do a permissions repair. This will take some time.
- Once permissions are repaired, your system will reboot.
This should fix your login window.
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The image is in /System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgent.app/Contents/Resources/MacOSX.tif
Removing the image causes Leopard to use whatever its default text/image is, stored in one of the artfiles (I think; it could just be text. SST would know more about this since he modified it to say "macOS").
Fortunately, I have a fix. Download the script below, unzip it to your desktop, then open a Terminal window. CLOSE ALL OTHER APPLICATIONS then follow these instructions:
- Type cd and a space. Drag the SecurityAgentFix folder to the Terminal window and press return.
- Type "sudo ./securityagentfix.sh" (without the quotes) and press return. Enter your password.
- Let the script do its work. There will be no prompts or output except for when it's doing the permissions repair and is finished removing the files. DON'T STOP THE SCRIPT AT ANY TIME!
- Once it is finished, it'll do a permissions repair. This will take some time.
- Once permissions are repaired, your system will reboot.
This should fix your login window.
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The image is in /System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgent.app/Contents/Resources/MacOSX.tif
Removing the image causes Leopard to use whatever its default text/image is, stored in one of the artfiles (I think; it could just be text. SST would know more about this since he modified it to say "macOS").
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Nice catch @swamprock
It's surprising that these files didn't get replaced during the Leopard upgrade.
It's surprising that these files didn't get replaced during the Leopard upgrade.
It would be very interesting to see which files get replaced and which not
In Leopard Rebirth, or the upgrade? I'm assuming you mean the Leopard upgrade. I think there's a log that's generated as the upgrade takes place, and there should be a way to access it.
In Tiger Sierra, if you look at the script in Textedit, you'll see which files get changed.
I admit that I'm quite surprised that the SecurityAgent app doesn't get replaced with the upgrade. That's seems to be a big security hole right there, or maybe it was "robust" enough for the time...
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Yes, Tiger -> Leopard I mean. I've never done an inplace upgrade because except for rolling realease distros (Linux) everytime it failed (Windows,Linux) at a certain point. Usually for me it takes less time to reinstall evrything than to clean up the mess after an upgrade.
In my Macs I usually enjoy a reinstall because
(1) it looks pretty damn good
(2) i love the look of a fresh OS X 10.4
(3) speed me up scotty
But just for the sake of knowing whats happening I'll try an upgrade - It can't be that the SecurityAgent doesen't get updated in stock Tiger.
Maybe because it was overwritten by the TigerSierra installer also the rights changed?
I'm not sure, but it's worth a try. I think I'll take on a Tiger -> Leopard upgrade myself as well and post the results here. The permissions get repaired once Tiger Sierra is installed so I'm not exactly sure what's going on...
Just a quick thought; the Tiger Sierra files may not have been replaced during the in-place upgrade due to having more recent modified dates than the files due to replace them from Leopard?
That's absolutely possible. I need to research how to read the upgrade logs to see if there are any messages about what you've proposed. You may be right...