The appearance of Mac OS X has slowly been drifting away from the old aqua style to a more modern and refined look that closely resembles iTunes. The change in this direction was really made obvious within Leopard with the introduction of the coverflow style finder and the removal of the brushed metal windows. For some reason, Apple ignored the scrollbars though, and we still have Aqua-styled candy looking scrollbars when everything else resembles iTunes. So you had to figure it was only a matter of time before a crafty Mac user would change that, and here we have it. Installation is very easy, but I would backup the .rsrc file before you replace it with this new version.
The scrollbars in new versions of Mac OS X are hidden until activated by use, that is, by scrolling, making them invisible by default. This is the new default behavior that works very well if you primarily use a trackpad with your Mac. I use an external mouse with my…
Google's Chrome browser has been updated to support two native OS X Lion features; full screen support and overlay scrollbars. These features have been available in the unstable developer channels but now they're finally released in the stable build, meaning you no longer need to use the Maximizer add-on to…
Modern versions of MacOS default to hiding scroll bars until the user is actively scrolling. While this helps to add to a minimalist appearance, it can also make navigating apps, webpages, and preferences more challenging since there is no clear indicator that you can scroll, until you attempt to start…
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thanks for the files, i have been using them for couple of month, and they are great. but now i would like to switch back to my old scrollbars, which i forgot to keep a backup copy, can you please upload the original .rsrc files?
Thanks
[…] OS X Leopard’s Finder is intuitive and easy to navigate, but for some reason shipped with old Aqua-style candy scrollbars (1) when everything else resembles iTunes (2). So you had to figure it was only a matter of time before a crafty Mac user would change that, and here we have it. Installation is very easy, but I would backup the .rsrc file before you replace it with this new version.DownloadSource & Discussion: MacThemes2via […]
[…] YouTube Get iTunes style scrollbars in Mac OS X Leopard » This Summary is from an article posted at OS X Daily on Sunday, November 11, 2007 The appearance of Mac OS X has slowly been drifting away from the old aqua style to a more modern and refined look that closely resembles iTunes … here for a full size screenshot Ads by Yahoo! Summary Provided by Technorati.comView Original Article at OS X Daily » Recent Discussion Topics […]
The appearance of Mac OS X has slowly been drifting away from the old aqua style to a more modern and refined look that closely resembles iTunes. The change in this direction was really made obvious within Leopard with the introduction of the coverflow style finder and the removal of the brushed metal windows. For some reason, Apple ignored the scrollbars though, and we still have Aqua-styled candy looking scrollbars when everything else resembles iTunes. So you had to figure it was only a matter of time before a crafty Mac user would change that, and here we have it. Installation is very easy, but I would backup the .rsrc file before you replace it with this new version.
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thanks for the files, i have been using them for couple of month, and they are great. but now i would like to switch back to my old scrollbars, which i forgot to keep a backup copy, can you please upload the original .rsrc files?
Thanks
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[…] OS X Leopard’s Finder is intuitive and easy to navigate, but for some reason shipped with old Aqua-style candy scrollbars (1) when everything else resembles iTunes (2). So you had to figure it was only a matter of time before a crafty Mac user would change that, and here we have it. Installation is very easy, but I would backup the .rsrc file before you replace it with this new version.DownloadSource & Discussion: MacThemes2via […]
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Hi, where can I download this nice wallpaper shown in http://www.abitbol.org/macosx/leopard/leopard05.jpg ?
Thx.
[…] YouTube Get iTunes style scrollbars in Mac OS X Leopard » This Summary is from an article posted at OS X Daily on Sunday, November 11, 2007 The appearance of Mac OS X has slowly been drifting away from the old aqua style to a more modern and refined look that closely resembles iTunes … here for a full size screenshot Ads by Yahoo! Summary Provided by Technorati.comView Original Article at OS X Daily » Recent Discussion Topics […]