Numberzz Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Lately, many mods have been released for Leopard's UI. Here, I will show you a few of them: 1. Opaque Menu Bar This one is quite simple, it only involves editing a variable in one of the preference files. A very simple edit can lead to a much better menu bar. Full Guide 2. Custom Stack Drawer Icons If the custom drawer icons just aren't enough for you, TUAW shows us all how to make new drawer icons with an image editing program as simple as Preview. Full Guide 3. Recent Items In Dock We all know that the smart folder in the Finder's Sidebar cannot be dragged to the Dock. But someone has found a very simple way to add a recent items Stack in the Dock. You can choose from Recent Applications, Recent Documents, Recent Servers, Favorite Volumes, and Favorite Items. This is a very welcome addition. Full Guide Source of All Hacks: TUAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 I found this and posted in Applications earlier today .... http://www.brockerhoff.net/quay/index.html It allows for folders to act like they did in the Tiger dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Looks like fun. Maybe once I'm done with my iPod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 EDIT: Nevermind, I found the full article, but for Menubar Tint, the download seems to be timing out... anyone have a mirror? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killroy Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 The menubar link is leading to a 404 on the blog. And it's the only mod i want (next to a transparent finder with glossy aqua buttons). Here is the original link to miner49r's blog, Turn off Translucent Menu Bar in Leopard. And from TUAW, Opaque Leopard Menubar Solved. The general instructions are to make a backup of /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer.plist. And then enter this code in Terminal: sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 0.62 Where "0.62" is a scaling factor to match the gradient of Tiger's Menu Bar. And that way you don't need to use Menu Bar Tint. You also need to Restart for the changes to take effect. Also the Recent Items in Dock link is wrong. Here is the correct link for that one too, TUAW Tip: Put a Recent items Stack in your Dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Another mod for the Leopard UI: http://www.leoparddocks.com Some docks are slick! I'm still waiting for a dock theme that is like Leopard's grassy background... blasted lack of photoshop skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 EDIT: Nevermind, I found the full article, but for Menubar Tint, the download seems to be timing out... anyone have a mirror? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 I fixed the menu bar link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iarora Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 any way to control menubar transparency ? like adjust it to your needs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timyang Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 For any one who is using the recent-item stack, and setting it to "favorite items": is there any way to change or reset the content of this "favorite items" from some file on disk? maybe a folder with short cuts or some plist file hidden somewhere? I ask this because after some misbehavior of finder, my favorite items stack now has two copies of shortcut to Desktop, very perculiar. And changing the "places" in finder sidebar only removes everything else, except the desktop shortcuts. I've being trashing plist file of finder and dock and even cleaned cache with no effect. Incidentally, creating a recent stack in another user account gives the correct items (no duplicates), even though the desktop shortcut is always in stack whether or not it is in your finder sidebar. any one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 hmm, mine always looks like the no transperancy one when i have black backdrops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBee Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Damn. Those people at leoparddocks.com have waaaay to much time on their hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubric Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 guys, im having problems with the first line of stacks in terminal: cd -/Downloads <----doesnt work. basically it just says the directory cannot be found. which is quite weird because i set up a folder already. am i missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 guys, im having problems with the first line of stacks in terminal: cd -/Downloads <----doesnt work. basically it just says the directory cannot be found. which is quite weird because i set up a folder already. am i missing something? Just go to /Users/yourusername/Downloads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 guys, im having problems with the first line of stacks in terminal: cd -/Downloads It's not -/Downloads, it's ~/Downloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubric Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 ahhh...mucho gracias... Edit: so if i were to put the drawer in a different location the command would be like: cd ~/Applications/Utilities/Tool and the 2nd line is: touch ~mt 202001010101.01 "TL" is that right? because it still doesnt work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killroy Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 touch ~mt 202001010101.01 "TL"is that right? because it still doesnt work. Assuming you're in the correct directory and the name of your folder is TL, the second line should be: touch -mt 202001010101.01 "TL" More directions HERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubric Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Assuming you're in the correct directory and the name of your folder is TL, the second line should be: touch -mt 202001010101.01 "TL" More directions HERE. i tried access applications through terminal, it still say that there is no such directory or file. issit because i didnt install xTools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killroy Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 i tried access applications through terminal, it still say that there is no such directory or file. issit because i didnt install xTools? What exactly are you trying to do? The commands you've mentioned are to change the current directory to ~/Applications/Utilities/Tool and to change the modified date of "TL" within that directory. You do not need Xcode in order to complete the directions in the Tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubric Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 What exactly are you trying to do? The commands you've mentioned are to change the current directory to ~/Applications/Utilities/Tool and to change the modified date of "TL" within that directory. You do not need Xcode in order to complete the directions in the Tutorial. thats the thing. i made one. then i even tried to check it through the Go To function by putting in /applications/utilities/tool/tools and it brought me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killroy Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 thats the thing. i made one. then i even tried to check it through the Go To function by putting in /applications/utilities/tool/tools and it brought me to it. My mistake, don't use the ~ cd /Applications/Utilities/Tool/Tools touch -mt 202001010101.01 "TL" Or move the "TL" folder to your Desktop: cd ~/Desktop touch -mt 202001010101.01 "TL" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubric Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 thanks for the help dude. worked like a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Damn. Those people at leoparddocks.com have waaaay to much time on their hands! Yeah, they sure do. But it's to my benefit. The piano dock is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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