A Few Mods for Leopard's UI

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.

Looks like fun. Maybe once I'm done with my iPod.

EDIT: Nevermind, I found the full article, but for Menubar Tint, the download seems to be timing out... anyone have a mirror?

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.

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.

EDIT: Nevermind, I found the full article, but for Menubar Tint, the download seems to be timing out... anyone have a mirror?

I fixed the menu bar link

any way to control menubar transparency ? like adjust it to your needs?

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?

hmm, mine always looks like the no transperancy one when i have black backdrops

Damn. Those people at leoparddocks.com have waaaay to much time on their hands!

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?

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

guys, im having problems with the first line of stacks in terminal:

 

cd -/Downloads

 

It's not -/Downloads, it's ~/Downloads.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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"

thanks for the help dude. worked like a charm.

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.