List Of Mods

I think we should compile a List of all the mods you can do to Windows to Mac-ify it. This can be system Files, Registry Hacks, and programs. This way people just coming here can consult "the list".

Just Post the Link to the site where the turorial/file can be found, and of course what it is.

Ill Start:

System Files - http://www.jonmega.com/~iceman/. This changes My Computer, Control Panel, System Properties,shut down Dialog, and System Icons.

Visual Style - http://www.jonmega.com/~iceman/. This is an OS X Windows Theme (for XP).

Uxtheme.dll - http://www.tgtsoft.com - This allows you to use non Microsoft Visual Styles (like Icemans)

System File Tutorial - Icemans Site.

Resource Hacker - http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/ - Used to Hack System Files

Docks: Y'z Dock (http://yz.designtechnika.com/software/yzdock/index_en.html), Moby Dock (aquaxp.com) , Object Dock (objectdock.com)

Y'z Shadow -http://yz.designtechnika.com/software/yzshadow/index_en.html - Adds shadows to your Windows.

Y'z Toolbar - http://yz.designtechnika.com/software/yzto...r/index_en.html - Changes Explorer Buttons

Backgrounds, Icons - Aquaxp.com

Blinking Menus - aquaxp.com

Aqua Apps -aquaxp.com - Includes A Mail, Chat, Browser, Finder, and volume clone. Also has Aqua Controls, which is needed for many apps.

Finder Bar - Win Mac (http://winmac.emuunlim.com), Object Bar (stardock.com). Objectbar Themes - aquaxp.com , wincustomize.com

iTunes - first get QCD (player) from quinnware.com, get Developer Build. Then get iTunes skin from spindercrab.com.

Skins for Stardock Apps, and Icons - Wincustomize.com

Trillian iChat skin - aquaxp.com

Mozilla aqua skin - deskmod.com - AQUAMOZ.

Phoenix Safari Skin - http://home.attbi.com/~lynchknot/phoenix.html

VERY IMPORTANT - THERE IS NO GENIE EFFECT OUT YET.

Obviously this is a partial List. Please post others.

#12743

Icons: http://www.jonmega.com/~iceman

http://www.jonmega.com/~clotz

http://www.i-cons.tk

Hopefully Duckie will have all his icons for download soon too (http://www.therealduckie.com)

#12919

Dont forget of the Beric's Aps

Beric's apps

#12967

Thought of some more:

Popopen and Zoomopen for Mac style opening effects. Google it.

Glass2k - download.com - i dont know if this counts, its a great, low resource program that gives you hotkey access to window transparancy and always on top.

Freeshade - http://www.hmmn.org/FreeShade/ - window shading. Personally, its the best out there. Easy, free, and uses only 200K of RAM!

Getting 128x128 icons, converting mac icons tutorial, and great 128 icons - xicons.com

KEEP POSTING.

#13279

OSX Icons:

http://www.xicons.com

http://www.mixthepix.com

http://www.iheartny.com

General Icons:

http://i-cons.tk

http://www.deviantart.com (check the icons section in there)

http://www.tss2000.nl (Icons Section INTERNET EXPLORER ONLY! MOZILLA WONT WORK)

Thanks Michael for posting my site, its appreciated.

#13308

I guess you guys could try out;

Alilm's QuikTime

#18178

Real Mac OS X screenshots:

MacNN Forums

#36814

please people....

www.objectdock.com

the fastest dock out there.

#36828

Mobydock is now at: mobydock.tk

Duckie's stuff(including iFixed iTunes skin): therealduckie.net

and his super cool blog: therealduckie.livejournal.com

#36834

I've got the free version of Stuffit Expander 8.0 on Win XP SP1, and it definitely does open archives with both .sit and .hqx extensions, i.e. archivename.sit.hqx, including those from MixthePix. Under the "Edit --> Options --> Expansion" menu of the program, in the area called "Further Expansion", I have a box checked next to "Continue to expand when expansion result is a single archive."

When I have a .sit.hqx file I right click on it and choose "Open With --> Stuffit Expander for Windows 8.0". A window pops up (since I have Tutorial Mode dialogs enabled still) saying "Please select a destination for Expanded files." and I click the button that says "Same as Original". Once I click that, an error message pops up, stating, "Is archive encrypted error: C:\Documents and Settings\...\nameofarchive.sit.hqx Engine Error: Format Attribute Not Available". I ignore it and hit "OK" and it goes ahead and shows a progress bar while it extracts all the contents to a folder with the same name as the archive, just like WinZip would if it were a .zip file. After that I open up IconShop 1.20 Alpha and drag-'n'-drop .RSRC files from the folder into the open space at bottom right, then Ctrl-click select all the ones I want and right click on any one of them, choosing "Export As..." to save them all as .ico, .cur, or .tiff (icon or cursor or image) files - a series of "Save..." dialogue boxes will pop up, one per each selected image. The resulting icons usually have the file description "128x128 Icon", but they contain all other sizes that were included in the original Mac icon. After I've done a batch of those and I want to use them in Y'z Dock (.ico files don't seem to work as nicely in the dock) as PNG files, I just right click on any of the .ico files and choose "View icons with GConvert" (this is the context menu entry for GConvert 3.8). I scroll the "Images Viewer" window down to the 128x128 version of the icon in question and right click, choosing "Save Icon... --> PNG Format".

That's the simplest (and least expensive - i.e. completely free) way I know of to extract and convert Mac icons from .sit.hqx files - the second part of the procedure applies, of course, to any Mac icon archives in .RSRC format.

Download GConvert 3.8 here.

Download IconShop 1.20 Alpha here.

Download Stuffit Expander 8.0 for Windows here. (They say it's a free "15-day trial" - but I've had it much longer than 15 days, unstuffed dozens of archives, and never had to register it.)

Perhaps this will help, neh? :hey_suga:

#36863

Hey - you guys should try to keep this discussion to one of the other forums (icons?) - I like contrasutra's idea of putting as many of the useful links as possible on one sticky (hint, hint moderators!)....

SO here are some AMAZING Icons!

http://www.resexcellence.com/archive_icons...01/system.shtml

Another Excellent site was agrapha icons - photorealistic! - but they're offline at the moment

oh...but you'll need to use Stuffit and Iconworkshop (axialis.com) to convert them

#37023

Mac OSX TRandformation Pack - put together by http://windowsx.techconnect.nl/

transforms nearly all aspects of the windows xp gui - boot screen, login screen, shutdown dialogs, please wait dialog (while changing visual styles) and icons - and it replaces all of the icons in explorer...

i put together a tutorial on how to do it and what else you need.. http://www.deviantart.com/view/2394716

i hope this helps

-mog

#42338

to change icons.

iconphile: http://www.virtualplastic.net/scrow/iphile.html

to edit icons.

icon sushi: http://towofu.s5.xrea.com/soft/e-index.html

to hack, similar to reshacker, but useful for msstyles.

resbuilder: http://www.tgtsoft.com/download.php

to replace system files.

replacer: http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/

firebird, thunderbird, etc. themes by lynchknot: http://home.comcast.net/%7Elynchknot/fthemes.html

shell32.dll reference list: http://virtualplastic.net/msgboard/thread....rum=1&thread=48

the hack list: http://www.virtualplastic.net/html/hacklist.html

tweakui from microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/dow...s/powertoys.asp

to change default system font:

1. open regedit

2. navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes

3. change the values in "MS Shell Dlg" and "MS Shell Dlg 2" to Lucida Grande (or some other substitute)

4. restart

to change the start button bitmap, systray appearance, transparencies of taskbar/start menu, etc.

tclock2: http://home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htm

to reshack the start button bitmap in xp: http://overclockersclub.com/xpstartbutton.shtml

to get desktop stats.

samurize: http://www.samurize.com/modules/news/

the ultimate hack tutorial site: http://wint.virtualplastic.net/

#69547

now that we have it, how can we forget crokas install pack...

his site, http://croka.mine.nu/ or get it at http://www.modosis.com/croka99/

makes the aqua look transformation exponentially easier. changes things like Icons, Shell extensions, Dialog boxes, etc.

edit... btw, i don't know if everyone knew that it was up to a version 5. in his words from aquaxp:

"version 5 now replaces the backup option with an System Restore Point Function "

"version 4 has: better icons, uses newest files from windows update, uninstaller & installer is flawless, and much more

#69590

Originally posted by alang@Oct 28 2003, 12:43 AM
Some collections of Aqua Emulated Applications (Not Aqua Apps), skins and wallpaper that being posted here can be found at my site http://www.dotwac.com/ (not promoting heh!!)

Just want to help the ****ies

Alang's site has been updated. It's now OSX-E.

Enjoy your modding experience. :lol:

#103864

Let's just add another Stylesuites to the list.

#128961

Dont forget, for your dock, you can get these really awesome icons. My favorites are the crystallized. They kinda look Mac-ish. Heres the link....u'll thank me later :lol:

Crystallized Dock Icons (lots)

#134100

Clean the thread a bit. Please dont comment here. If you dont have a mod to share, you dont post...

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The Topic Has Been Cleaned

// Seph

#161024

if you want to display your system's stats in a cool way, use this program. it doesnt use that much to run.

ALSO it doubles as a media player, weather checker with all NOAA stations, clock that you can synchronize to all the atomic clocks and many institutions, and the skin i use has a thumping picture of a subwoofer whneever music is playing. its tight.

Here's the program

here's the skin. ...if you dont like it theres a few other dialleds. just search for "dialled".

#184890

flyakite system files installer:

http://flyakite.msfnhosting.com/osx/

(currently being updated to version 6...)

gant 2 ocean system files installer:

http://www.devilindisguise.tk/

Danimator's Panther System Pack v1.0.

http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/index.php?showtopic=17959&hl=

wizard [wa[ sytem files installer:

http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/index.php?showtopic=18772&hl=