Thanks for the legitimate comments. (I’ve been in Spam Hell.)

I’ve been poking around the issue of modifying the appearance of Mac OS X, and I’ve made some fairly interesting discoveries. I think I’ve found my solution, and it only requires modifying one file.

More in a post soon.

Now, back to work.

Cheers!

-systemsboy

In fact, I started with Iridium Hydroxide too, and then moved to UNO. IrHO was nice, but the installer and frequent updates were a pain. Applying a replacement theme is something I wanted to do once, not weekly! UNO seems better presented, though there’s not much to choose between the themes.

Problem is, I’m still waiting of something better. Where brushed metal is intrusive, UNO and Iridium are too monochromatic. Just a subtle tint would be fine, and it could be done on the fly by an installer, using Coreimage. Plus I haven’t found a way to change Garageband’s ugly theme.

Here’s an essay on Apple’s inconsistent application of its own HIG. He mentions the ‘somewhat childish look of both normal Aqua and brushed metal windows’.

If the default look can be called a theme, and is composed of images, then those images should be easily modifiable. And I’d love to change the color of the Apple logo in the upper left from ‘Graphite’ (slate) or ‘Blue’ (cobalt) to something else like black, burgundy, puce, hell whatever. Along with the close/maximize/minimize Skittles™. When I’d destroying my photographs, I don’t want to be distracted by sweeties!