Power Mac Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi, I'd like to know if there's a way to obtain the new dark bootscreen (black wallpaper with white Apple logo and progress bar), introduced by Yosemite (only on recent Macs). Oddly, I don't have it (I say oddly because my hackintosh is identified as Mac Pro 6,1). I already tried with a script developed on MacRumors, but it seems to work only on real Macs. Maybe there's a theme for Chameleon copied from the original files? Thanks in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304134-new-yosemite-dark-boot-logo/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiethemorris Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 try choosing alternate for this http://clover-wiki.zetam.org/Configuration/Boot#CustomLogo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304134-new-yosemite-dark-boot-logo/#findComment-2105747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Mac Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 As I wrote, I'm currently using Chameleon bootloader. Maybe there's some chances that there's an equivalent command. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304134-new-yosemite-dark-boot-logo/#findComment-2105752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo_67 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 open extra inside there Themes open and replace the existing png with this boot.png.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304134-new-yosemite-dark-boot-logo/#findComment-2106011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Mac Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 What? Maybe you're not up-to-date, but that is the new bootscreen! Anyway, thanks for the help (it's my fault, the word "logo" in the topic's title can be confusing). If it only there was a way to extract the .png files from the very Yosemite, I could use them for my current Chameleon theme. But I hope for a command like the one found in Clover. What I know is that if one uses Chameleon, the bootscreen is drawn by the bootloader without using the boot.fi instructions. So far, I could change the Apple logo, but the background is still grey, whatever wallpaper I use as background.png. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304134-new-yosemite-dark-boot-logo/#findComment-2106025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Mac Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Ok, I manually changed the background to make it all black, via this command: cd / sudo perl -pi.bak -e 's;\xff\xff\xff\xbf\xbf\xbf;\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\x00;g' boot I also changed the Apple logo via a Chameleon theme, to make it white. Now the only thing to be adjusted is the loading bar: how can I make it white? Changing it in Chameleon has no effects. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304134-new-yosemite-dark-boot-logo/#findComment-2106318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnrey Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Did you try to change the progress_bar.png inside of /Extra/Themes/Default (or whatever Theme you have) and make it black. I wanted the new boot screen, too so I went to Clover and Voilá! I have the 'real' new boot screen! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304134-new-yosemite-dark-boot-logo/#findComment-2106442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Mac Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 For the last time, I do use CHAMELEON, and yes, I tried, but the progress bar you refer to is actually used in the drives selection screen, not during the actual boot (and that's why I had to modify the boot file located in the root of my drive with a terminal command to make the screen black). Also, the loading bar is white, not black, as you can see from the picture I posted. Anyway, if you want the real new boot screen, there's a specific command for Clover, you can find in the link provided by jamiethemorris. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304134-new-yosemite-dark-boot-logo/#findComment-2106607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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