sadiekiller Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 So what started out as me trying to get the actual background of my computer to be the time machine moving stars and such (wierd i know, but i think it would be awesome) ended with me changing the flying stars picture to little mario figurines. some might say it looks terrible, but I think it at least is a cool trick. To do this, navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/ and replace the Normal*Star.tiff (where * is the color) with another image. Size doesn't matter, but it squishes and squares the image. I've uploaded the images i used. they are all sideways because whatever controls the movement and formation (I assume quartz) changes the orientation. If you plan to make your own, add a black strip around the edge of the picture before you put it in, otherwise it mirrors some of the picture in weird ways. if the picture is horizontally symmetrical tho, it seems not to matter. (at least i cant see anything wrong with the shell ones) anyway, enjoy this useless and weird hack. OH, and make sure to backup your original files. even tho you could get them from time machine Mario_Stars.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 LMAO. That's a good mod. That's actually kinda funny. Good work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/#findComment-505567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waradmin Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Very nice mod, lol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/#findComment-505572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadiekiller Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 glad you two like it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/#findComment-505574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatshitcat Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 haha, cool! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/#findComment-506162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
twophive Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 heh Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/#findComment-506219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude233 Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 lol im doin this right now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/#findComment-506646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathalos Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 zomg... i'm so doing this over the weekend... i'll replace the starts with flying windoze logos... make it look like the win95 screen savers.... LOL..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/#findComment-506695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadiekiller Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 zomg... i'm so doing this over the weekend... i'll replace the starts with flying windoze logos... make it look like the win95 screen savers.... LOL..... OHHHH, thats a beautiful idea!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/#findComment-506747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
idividebyzero Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/#findComment-507925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
natefrogg Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 hahaha, this is awesome! thanks for the tip =) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71279-time-machine-stars/#findComment-508586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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