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I love the app "camouflage"...I hate icons on my desktop.. But sometimes, when I'm working on a project, I put lots on my desktop, for quick access... Camo allows you to hide the icons with a keystroke.. So you can hide them.

I also use bootxchanger to change the startup icon from the plain grey one.

the apps use to change my dock is called dock library.. Lots of great themes you can download!


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I love the app "camouflage"...I hate icons on my desktop.. But sometimes, when I'm working on a project, I put lots on my desktop, for quick access... Camo allows you to hide the icons with a keystroke.. So you can hide them.

I also use bootxchanger to change the startup icon from the plain grey one.

the apps use to change my dock is called dock library.. Lots of great themes you can download!


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I don't mind icons on my desktop at all. What galls me though is reading that "Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk" line on the forum. I erased it the first time I used my iPad on email and all other spots so as not to annoy others. ;)

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About the only mod I make is to change the icon for Mail to be a canadian stamp.

About the only mod I make is to change the icon for Mail to be a canadian stamp.

I do this too!

I have to admit that I prefer to have my dock transparent, I like the icons just floating on the edge of my desktop.

I use CandyBar (http://www.panic.com/candybar/) 3 to customize the look of my Mac and have for several years. I hate the default folders in OSX since Leopard. I custom made my own folder in conjunction with some other icons that are available at InterfaceLIFT (http://interfacelift.com/icons/downloads/date/any/), a great site to get free icons themes and wallpapers.

Here are custom system folder's that I made and use... literally no one elses OSX looks exactly like mine.

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About the only mod I make is to change the icon for Mail to be a canadian stamp.

I do this too!

I use one from a series at InterfaceLIFT called "Think Different"... Stamps made form famous photos of great artists, scientists, politicians etc.

Here is the one I am currently using:

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And here are some others available in the series:

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I do not do anything - I try to keep my desktop standard and as empty as possible.

And for Sinc - this was NOT sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ;)

Cheers

About all I do is change the desktop 'picture' once in a while. I keep the dock in view, but reduced in size, and to the right side on my iMac (27" screen) - love to see all that 'real-estate' in view, unobstructed, and ready to use!!
And everytime I look at it, I find it "awesome"!!

Does using Growl count? I like using it so I can see whats going on in different apps.

The stamp thing sounds cool; I honestly never knew that anyone changed it!

I'd really like to get the overall feel back of Tiger or Leopard. i hate the plain grey icons in finder windows.

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*SNIP*. I keep the dock in view, but reduced in size, and to the right side on my iMac (27" screen) - love to see all that 'real-estate' in view, unobstructed, and ready to use!!
And everytime I look at it, I find it "awesome"!!

Me too! Small dock on the Right and just the Hard Drive icon on the desktop! And even the Dock only has Finder, Mail, Applications, Documents and Trashcan! Everything ese is launched from Spotlight.

This is an interesting thread. I've honestly never changed anything.

I used to change themes in Windows alot, but then I would get frustrated at having to do it over after a re-wipe, re-install etc..etc..

BUT, I guess I really don't have to do that much anymore :clap:

I just keep a supply of HD desktops in a folder that changes every 15 minutes. Looks pretty cool with an external monitor hooked up, plus a different background appears for each desktop, making it easier to tell them apart.

I also changed the icons for my drives as well so it was more obvious which is the SSD and which is the old platter drive. As for the dock it auto hides and gets out of the way. I do that in XP as well.

Oh, now that I think of it; I have my Time Machine drives icon changed to one of a Flux Capacitor (from Back to The Future)

I keep a full auto hide dock on the left, use 6 Lion desktops for different types of work (each with different background). I use the Desktop folder far more in Mac OS than I ever did in Windows: Very convenient to park files there temporarily. I don't leave them there so it is pretty clean. I am gradually using Alfred more and more, especially to launch apps. After a year in Apple, I still find it easier to work in Mac OS (XP at work so I am constantly comparing). I tend to avoid using third party software to customize because it clutters the system, and no guarantee the developer will maintain it long term.

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And for Sinc - this was NOT sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ;)

Lol. Why is Chris' the only signature I see when using Tapatalk? Is Tapatalk adding text at the end of each post rather than using an actual signature? If so, that's very annoying.

I, too, would love a Canadian stamp icon for mail.

The only mod I do really is I change the icons for my hard drive and all external drives and my main thumb drives. Just so I can tell them apart quickly if several are plugged in.

I've looked for a decent Canadian stamp icon and have only found really ugly ones so far. Do you know where I can get a good one?

I've always used this one:
Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Mail stamp icons for Canada (http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/08/mail-stamp-icons-for-canada/)

And here's an up to date version!:
Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Up-to-date mail stamp icon for Canada (http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/24/up-to-date-mail-stamp-icon-for-canada/)

I use the hawk ones as well

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I change the stamp. Instructions are here: Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Changing Snow Leopard’s Mail Icon (http://www.hawkwings.net/2009/10/26/changing-snow-leopards-mail-icon/). Works in lion too. There are many stamp icons on HawkWings (http://www.hawkwings.net)

I like this one which is an image of Canada's first stamp. ICNS file here (http://www.hawkwings.net/files/CanadasOldSchoolStampicon.icns.zip).
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I like to have the stacks in the Dock in list form so that they act like menus.

I also do the Terminal mod (http://sundog.ca/blog/?p=6) to make icons of hidden apps semi-transparent.

My desktop reflects my latest photo escapades.

That's about it.

Nice post!! I think the hidden icons mask will be useful, I don't tend to hide apps just because there's no clear indication it's hidden vs. having no windows open.

I tend to avoid using third party software to customize because it clutters the system, and no guarantee the developer will maintain it long term.
That said, I just installed the DragonDrop utility newly available on the App Store. Nery handy. And so is Fantastical.

What galls me though is reading that "Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk" line on the forum. I erased it the first time I used my iPad on email and all other spots so as not to annoy others. ;)

You know what galls me. Reading:

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Shall I continue with ppls siggys?

Why is it that everyone is allowed to have a signature, and no one complains about it, but they bother me about mine.. My signature has helped a lot of people discover tapatalk, thus my signature is actually useful whiles yours is just whoring out your website.. Or tries to impress me by telling me of all the money you've spent on toys.

Lol. Why is Chris' the only signature I see when using Tapatalk? Is Tapatalk adding text at the end of each post rather than using an actual signature? If so, that's very annoying.

I'm not sure.. I know that when typing a message the signature isn't there.. But if I edit a post, it shows up as text.. So tapatalk must add it as text during the posting process.

I will say that I love how I don't see anyones signature when I use tapatalk. Some people seem to think I want to know everything about them, so they tell their whole life story in their signature.. Some of them take up so much space... But yet, people complain about mine.. Which is 6 words.. A simple line... But yet they are allowed to have a 10 line signature... Go figure..

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Not from an iMac
Not from a MacBook
Not from a MacMini
Not from a MacBook Air
This is where I should pimp my site
Here I'll post a funny catch phrase
Here I'll quote a funny post someone made in the past
Here I'll put a lame emoticon

You know what galls me. Reading:


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Shall I continue with ppls siggys?

Why is it that everyone is allowed to have a signature, and no one complains about it, but they bother me about mine.. My signature has helped a lot of people discover tapatalk, thus my signature is actually useful whiles yours is just whoring out your website.. Or tries to impress me by telling me of all the money you've spent on toys.



I'm not sure.. I know that when typing a message the signature isn't there.. But if I edit a post, it shows up as text.. So tapatalk must add it as text during the posting process.

I will say that I love how I don't see anyones signature when I use tapatalk. Some people seem to think I want to know everything about them, so they tell their whole life story in their signature.. Some of them take up so much space... But yet, people complain about mine.. Which is 6 words.. A simple line... But yet they are allowed to have a 10 line signature... Go figure..

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Not from an iMac
Not from a MacBook
Not from a MacMini
Not from a MacBook Air
This is where I should pimp my site
Here I'll post a funny catch phrase
Here I'll quote a funny post someone made in the past
Here I'll put a lane emoticon

Lmao! Though you forgot iPhone or MacBook Pro on you're "not" list!

Joking aside I get you're point. Why can some do a thing and others not a similar thing and say its wrong. Double standards. Though perhaps everyone would be best to agree to step back and not let such trivial matters upset them so.

Lmao! Though you forgot iPhone or MacBook Pro on you're "not" list!

Joking aside I get you're point. Why can some do a thing and others not a similar thing and say its wrong. Double standards. Though perhaps everyone would be best to agree to step back and not let such trivial matters upset them so.

It was intensional.. I didn't want people to get to jealous of all the toys I own... Just most of them!!!

Glad you get my point.. It's just been bugging me lately, because lots of people have been complaining about my signature... But its ok for them to have a mile long one... Petty frustrating.. Especially when I know that probably 95% of people don't even read their sigs, but I know they read mine, because many people have said to me "thanks.. Due to your signature, I learned about tapatalk for the first time today, and I'm loving it"... Thus, my "oh so annoying" 6 word signature, actually is beneficial, while everyone else's is just tooting their own horn


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I agree that many of the signatures are way too big. I can deal with a "Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk" but people like spiffychristian or G-Mo seem to have a desire to make their signatures longer than their posts. spiffychristian's specifically is really overdone.

IMO anything more than 2-3 lines is more than anyone should be allowed.

I don't mind icons on my desktop at all. What galls me though is reading that "Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk" line on the forum. I erased it the first time I used my iPad on email and all other spots so as not to annoy others. ;)

And the same with your sig SINC. Man you live up to the "Resident Curmudgeon" title. How many times have you posted and said such? Every single time others make a post we have to read what they own? Who cares? Why do you have link to some website? Are you an Assured Advertiser?

You know what galls me. Reading:


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Shall I continue with ppls siggys?

Why is it that everyone is allowed to have a signature, and no one complains about it, but they bother me about mine.. My signature has helped a lot of people discover tapatalk, thus my signature is actually useful whiles yours is just whoring out your website.. Or tries to impress me by telling me of all the money you've spent on toys.



I'm not sure.. I know that when typing a message the signature isn't there.. But if I edit a post, it shows up as text.. So tapatalk must add it as text during the posting process.

I will say that I love how I don't see anyones signature when I use tapatalk. Some people seem to think I want to know everything about them, so they tell their whole life story in their signature.. Some of them take up so much space... But yet, people complain about mine.. Which is 6 words.. A simple line... But yet they are allowed to have a 10 line signature... Go figure..

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Not from an iMac
Not from a MacBook
Not from a MacMini
Not from a MacBook Air
This is where I should pimp my site
Here I'll post a funny catch phrase
Here I'll quote a funny post someone made in the past
Here I'll put a lame emoticon

Totally agree with you Chris.

Totally agree with you Chris.


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Lol. Why is Chris' the only signature I see when using Tapatalk? Is Tapatalk adding text at the end of each post rather than using an actual signature? If so, that's very annoying.

Follow up..mi downloaded tapatalk HD today.. And the sig shows up right away when you make a new post.. Not after suing the publish process...

Oh... And tapatalk hd.. Not worth the upgrade.. I actually like the non-hd one better... They cram too much in on the screen in the hd version... Making it annoying to try and read long messages and you can't host messages directly in the app... (just noticed this)... I'm going back to non-hd...


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Here's the hd layout...

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Here's the regular layout..

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i should change it i guess. maybe "i am generally too lazy to use uppercase letters" or "zen.state doesn't like my signature"

ahh the standard "someone came at me so I'll attack their grammar" post... guess all forums are the same, and people are very predictable..

hey i didn't ask to be picked on! putting those products in seemed like the thing to do when i joined in 2008 and i just kind of added to it since.

i should change it i guess. maybe "i am generally too lazy to use uppercase letters" or "zen.state doesn't like my signature"

Your signature is 12 lines long...

Ever think of putting a - or something between them and stretching them out horizontally? As it stands right now your signature is an intrusive space hog but you're clearly oblivious to very obvious things. You're either senseless or being purposely intrusive. Both are bad traits.

ahh the standard "someone came at me so I'll attack their grammar" post... guess all forums are the same, and people are very predictable..

Until they aren't... which happens with some regularity. ;)

Your signature is 12 lines long...



Why not just turn signatures off in the forum settings? First thing I do on any forum that allows it. Same for pictures. Makes me happy.

That Tapatalk thing I can't turn off tho... how nice would it be to put it in the signature. :)

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Wow. I didn't mean to inspire such a rant.

No double standard here at all: I like that I see no signatures when using Tapatalk. Yours is the only one I see because Tapatalk is appending text. So yours sticks out and becomes annoying when it's the only one.

Again, I have no problem with signatures at all when using the web. So I'm not singling you out for having a signature. I am singling you out because yours is the only one that shows up when using apps like Tapatalk. And would guess it would show up if someone disabled signatures on the web, too, since it's not actually a signature - it is appended text.

Sorry - double post. Grr.

Wow. I didn't mean to inspire such a rant.

No double standard here at all: I like that I see no signatures when using Tapatalk. Yours is the only one I see because Tapatalk is appending text. So yours sticks out and becomes annoying when it's the only one.

Again, I have no problem with signatures at all when using the web. So I'm not singling you out for having a signature. I am singling you out because yours is the only one that shows up when using apps like Tapatalk. And would guess it would show up if someone disabled signatures on the web, too.

And somehow it's my fault that tapatalk set it up weird?..


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And somehow it's my fault that tapatalk set it up weird?.

What does that even mean?

I'm just pointing it out. And you could change if you wanted. I use Tapatalk and there is no appended text.

Thanks for reminding me I needed to work in my signature, I went 2000 posts without one, and just recently threw some of my certifications and machines in there in a diminished font. I have edited down to the 4 line requirement common in most forums.

chrisburke, you don't have a signature, if you did it wouldn't be an issue. Instead, tapatalk is appending that tag line to the end of every post text. If it was a proper signature, below the line, it wouldn't be an issue. Instead it's some bastardized hybrid, neither post content nor signature. Since tapatalk appears not able to append as a signature properly, it might be wise to disable the feature and contact the developer to see about them implementing it properly.

Or not... I'm content with it the way it is. Even as a line of text it's no where near as obtrusive as people's signatures.. So.. Just because I can.. I'll be keeping it...


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Or not... I'm content with it the way it is. Even as a line of text it's no where near as obtrusive as people's signatures.. So.. Just because I can.. I'll be keeping it...


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Great, I'll remove it then... Done!

http://www.passenlaw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/train-derailment.jpg

http://www.passenlaw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/train-derailment.jpg

Lol!


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I've alway been mostly a default type of person, sometimes I change a few icons, I don't use the 3D dock and I use the Bowtie app but aside from that, I don't have any really sweet apps or menubar apps either to improve functionality or do awesome things, or just anything cool and/or awesome.

Sometimes I see screenshots with awesome desktop things going on (I tried to use GeekTool once and then gave up)

So I was just wondering what do you guys do with your Mac? Keep it default or find cool things?

Maybe we can spark some inspiration to customize a bit on this forum ;)

I miss the early hacks that we had on our 68040 computers using OS 7xx
Those were the days, I miss those old hacks.

I miss the early hacks that we had on our 68040 computers using OS 7xx
Those were the days, I miss those old hacks.

Like what? RAM Doubler? Or were there more interface hacks? I remember there used to be something that worked up till OS X Tiger that changed the colours etc into different themes. I even had my Apple logo set to look like the old colourful one with some utility.

Like what? RAM Doubler? Or were there more interface hacks? I remember there used to be something that worked up till OS X Tiger that changed the colours etc into different themes. I even had my Apple logo set to look like the old colourful one with some utility.

There were some hacks that I liked, Menu changes, Some things that Apple was slow on.
True enough though, Apple has caught on up to a point nowadays.

There was a lot of very talented people back then.

I don't like the lack of colour in my finder sidebar. I miss that. And in iTunes too... deff miss the colour. To think we used to criticize windows for being a grey blah.... and now the Mac interface if fairly spartan grey...

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