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Apple wants us to think different, right? So, why do all of our
Macs look the same?
Today I'll show you how you can make your computer truly think
different. All you need to do is follow these few easy steps, and
you can have your Mac as different as you are.
Get Some Window Dressing
If you don't like the plain silver-ish Apple default style of
the windows, you can change 'em. All you need is the great program
by Arlo Rose and Greg Landweber. This program is called
Kaleidoscope. (You can get it at <http://www.kaleidoscope.net/>.)
When you install it, you can pick different themes for your Mac. A
theme is file that changes the way everything looks. There are many
themes out there, so you will definitely find one to match your
personality.
Every time you turn on your Mac, you see them. Yep, they're
icons. By default the icons on your computer are quite dull. But
with a little time, you can make look really cool. All you have to
do is go to <http://www.iconfactory.com/>
and download some new icons.
Then select the icon you want to copy by clicking it once (not
twice), hit command-I to Get Info, select the icon in the Get Info
window, and hit command-C. Then close the Get Info window, select
the file or folder you want to display the new icon, single-click
it, hit command-I, click on the icon in the Get Info window, and
hit command-V to paste the new icon in place.
Change Your Startup
This is also another thing you see every time you turn on your
computer. It's the startup screen. You know, the one with the
little Mac OS sign. Well, you can change it. All you need is the
program called GraphicConverter (you can get it off of many
shareware sites, such as <http://www.shareware.com/>).
Just make a picture, save it as a startup screen in your graphics
program, put it in your System Folder, and viola! you have a new
start up screen.
With these programs you can make your Mac look and think
different.
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