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Mac Pro (quad core 3.00 GHz) and Leopard

Macintosh Sauce

Macintosh Sauce

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My Mac Pro is running so nicely with Leopard. See the new Desktop picture I am using with new Dock graphics?

I figured out how to change the Dock graphics - Leopard is so nice to customise IMO! :) My Dock is now a nice smoky glass colour, and with this Desktop picture it looks very reflective.



You can notice it better with this picture.



macintoshbanner-jrhodes.png
 
Just so y'all know, its a quad core (two dual cores), not a dual core. Don't sell yourself straight :eek:

PS love that smoked glass, can't wait for leopard to arrive. Hurry up and ship, apple!
 
Wild-Bill said:
Can you post the modded files?

Thanks :D
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Here is how you do it, and the files are posted below.

On your Macintosh HD find /System/Library/CoreServices.
Then right-click on Dock.app and "Show Package Contents."
Then go to /Contents/Resources/.

IMPORTANT: Backup these original files! I can't emphasise this enough.
i.e.
frontline.png
scurve-l.png
scurve-m.png
scurve-sm.png
scurve-xl.png

Make new graphics of the same size with a program of your choice and replace them with these files.
i.e.
frontline.png
scurve-l.png
scurve-m.png
scurve-sm.png
scurve-xl.png

Last thing to do: Open Terminal and type (without quotes) "killall Dock" to restart the Dock.

Files:

Smoky Glass Graphics UPDATED LINK!

Original graphics (in case you need them) UPDATED LINK!
 
Decrepit said:
Your screenshots imply you're running at 1650x1080. With a rig like that, I'd expect 2560x1600 (x2) :)
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hehehe I wish. Those 30" LCD monitors from Apple are still far too expensive for my tastes. Instead, I decided to get two Samsung 226BW LCD monitors. They were much cheaper and look absolutely beautiful with Mac OS X.

samsung226bw.png
 
I'm using a Samsung 245BW now, and will be using it on my Mini in Leopard in under 24 hours.

25sam.jpg


I would have started with Leopard yesterday, but I lent my Mac to a friend for him to try. So I am in the opposite boat of all the people stuck waiting for Leopard. :) I had my copy of Leopard on Monday.

I lent him my Mini so he could see if it would do what he wanted, or if he might buy it for his mom. If so, then I get a *new* Intel Mini to replace my G4 Mini.

The Apple 30's are ok, but they need a revision. Badly.

EDITED: To add terrible photo taken by crappy camera of wonderful LCD.
 
Macintosh Sauce said:
Nice. Is that a new model? They also need a huge price reduction IMO.
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The 24" LCD from Samsung is fairly recent. And totally wicked. (And way cheaper than I expected it to be)

I have it hooked up through the DVI IOGear KVM. I share it between my Mini and my PC. The PC is the gaming rig, and 1920x1200 gaming is fantastic.

I'd have saved up for a 30" if I had a KVM (and a Mini) that could support a 30" display.
 
Decrepit said:
The 24" LCD from Samsung is fairly recent. And totally wicked. (And way cheaper than I expected it to be)
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That's because it is a 6-bit panel. I jumped when I saw the price of it and knew it was too good to be true. Sadly, I found out it was after doing a little poking around.

right now it's looking like the dell 2407 HC when i get my new MP. i'm hoping for Apple to wow me with some new displays, but i've gotten used to disappointment.
 
darthraige said:
Seriously, tempting to go out tomorrow and buy a MacPro with Leopard. But something is holding me back until 11/13 lol.
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11/13? Say... a new video game entitled Smackdown vs. Raw 2008?

Leopard seems pretty cool. My friend can get it for $89, so I'll probably get it. Just want to make sure that all my applications are compatible. If not, I want to see what the upgrade charge is.
 
EmbraceNext said:
Any possible way to get a link to those icons? They are beautiful!
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If you want those HD icons here they are. I forget where I got them from... :-/ They are quite nice, although I wish I could get 512 x 512 pixel versions of them.

blackdriveexternal.png

blackdrivefirewire.png

blackdriveinternal.png

blackdriveremovable.png

blackdriveusb.png

blackdrivewindows.png

whitedriveexternal.png

whitedrivefirewire.png

whitedriveinternal.png

whitedriveremovable.png

whitedriveusb.png

whitedrivewindows.png
 
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Here are some new Dock colours - I did a little experimentation this morning. :) I really like the sky blue one - sweet!









Will post new Dock colour graphics soon...
 
 
Today, I tried a variation on the standard Leopard Dock colour - see link in post above for the files. It looks quite nice IMO.

 
Macintosh Sauce said:
My Mac Pro is running so nicely with Leopard. See the new Desktop picture I am using with new Dock graphics?

I figured out how to change the Dock graphics - Leopard is so nice to customise IMO! :)
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How did you change out the drive icons? The traditional get info. then copy paste the icon routine isn't working in Leopard. For most graphics, when I do a get info., I get a generic icon in the window.

I'm assuming you changed the icons at the core services level, but wouldn't you have to convert them to ICNS format first? I didn't think the system icons could be PNG... might be wrong though so I'll have to experiment.

Too bad about the get-info-cut-and-paste being jacked up. It used to be so quick and easy to swap icons.
 
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