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14 Beautiful New Wallpapers from Mac OS X Lion Dev Preview 3

May 13, 2011 - 26 Comments
14 Beautiful New Mac OS X Lion Wallpapers

Mac OS X Lion Dev Preview 3 was just released to developers and along with it came a new bunch of beautiful high-res wallpapers at 3200×2000 resolution. You can download all 14 wallpapers in a zip bundle from Mediafire Here’s a few to see, but you’ll need to use the above download link to get … Read More

15 Awesome High Resolution Wallpapers to Spice Up Your Desktop

May 7, 2011 - 7 Comments

I got tired my desktop and login wallpaper today and went looking for a bunch of new ones. Instead of keeping them to myself, I’ve decided to share the wealth. Without further ado, here are 15 high resolution wallpapers that will make your desktop look beautiful again.

New Mt Fuji Wallpaper in Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 2

Apr 2, 2011 - 30 Comments

Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 2 has a new version of the default Mt Fuji wallpaper. The new picture shows some clouds in the foreground and the mountain itself has a bit less snow on it, creating less of a contrast. As usual for Apple’s default desktops, it’s absolutely beautiful, and it makes a … Read More

8-Bit Pixelated Mac OS X Aurora Wallpaper

Mar 29, 2011 - 8 Comments

Are you bored with the Mt Fuji and Space wallpapers from Lion? Try out this 8-bit rendition of the default Mac OS X Snow Leopard Aurora wallpaper. OK so it’s probably not quite 8-bit in terms of colors, but the pixelation brings back that retro feeling. Combine it with PixelSafari and you’ll be wishing you … Read More

Make Mac OS X look like iPad iOS

Mar 24, 2011 - 29 Comments

Have iPad envy? Do you prefer the ease of the iOS interface? Maybe you just like the way iOS looks and want your Mac to resemble that user interface. By combining a few tips, we can make the Mac OS X desktop look a lot like iPad’s iOS: 1) Add Spacers to the Mac OS … Read More

iOS Water Drops Wallpaper for the Desktop

Mar 20, 2011 - 6 Comments

The default iOS water droplets wallpaper is beautiful, but it doesn’t easily stretch to a desktop resolution. No big deal, some crafty Photoshop work from DeviantArt has created this massive 2560×1440 version that closely resembles the default background on new iPhones and iPads.

Minimal Date, Time, and Day Screen Saver

Mar 5, 2011 - 10 Comments

A few weeks ago my microwave broke, which you might think has nothing to do with clocks but I actually never use the microwave for anything except to check the time. With the giant clock aka microwave broken, I set about to find some clock screen savers for Mac OS X so my unused Mac … Read More

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Space Wallpaper

Feb 26, 2011 - 12 Comments

You guys asked for it, so here it is; the awesome space galaxy wallpaper from Versions in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview. Click here or the image above for the full 1920×1080 version. If you’re wondering, the original filename is “NSRevisionsBackground.png” and it’s from the Versions package, unlike the Mac OS X 10.7 … Read More

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Fuji Mountain Wallpaper

Feb 24, 2011 - 14 Comments

Mac OS X Lion debuted to developers with a gorgeous wallpaper of Mt Fuji in Japan as the default desktop background picture. Well, who wouldn’t want that gorgeous picture on their Mac? We know a few of our readers wanted the Fuji wallpaper out of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview, so here it … Read More

How to Hide the Mac Menu Bar in Older Versions of OS X

Feb 24, 2011 - 12 Comments

Want to hide the Mac menu bar? You can do that and set a few more options to automatically hide and show the menu bar with a free utility called MenuEclipse, the end result is pretty similar to the way you can automatically hide and show the Dock. In the screenshot above, I have the … Read More

Block Facebook Ads and simplify the interface with Facebook Neue

Nov 18, 2010 - 8 Comments

You can block all the Facebook ads and reskin the site into a more simplistic interface (similar to Twitter really) by installing a third party browser extension called Facebook Neue. Along with blocking the sites ads, it moves the UI into a two column layout, hides a few of the sidebar options, removes application links … Read More

Change the Expose Highlight Glow Color on Mac

Aug 30, 2010 - 6 Comments

Expose is one of the most useful features of Mac OS X and it looks great too. Well, except for the window glow color, which a lot of people aren’t particularly thrilled with. You can replace the bright neon blue hover glow with any other color simply by editing and replacing some PNG files.

How to Add a Trash Icon to the Desktop of Mac OS X

Jul 29, 2010 - 14 Comments
Mac OS X trash can icon

Long ago in a time far far away, OK really it was just prior to Mac OS X, there used to be a Trash icon on the Desktop. Yup, earlier versions of Mac OS didn’t have a Dock at all, and the Trash was just another item on the desktop, sitting in the bottom right … Read More

Josef Frank Wallpapers

Jul 15, 2010 - 2 Comments

If you’ve been to Google.com today you can’t possibly have missed their logo honoring the late Josef Frank, a famous architect. The crazy looking Google logo is actually a take on Josef Frank’s wallpaper designs, which are intricately detailed and quite fancy. After seeing these, I thought they’d look great on my iPad, so I … Read More

Turn Spotlight into an Application Launcher Only in Mac OS X

Jul 6, 2010 - 4 Comments

You can easily turn OS X’s wonderful Spotlight search engine into only an application launcher for Mac apps by adjusting the Spotlight search settings that are found within System Preferences.

Customize the Mac Finder Window Background

Jun 28, 2010 - 22 Comments

Did you know that you can customize the backgrounds of any Finder windows in Mac OS X? This is a nnice way to customize the appearance of your Mac a bit, and you can either choose images or colors, or go with the default setting of a simple white background. In the screenshot above, the … Read More

Best iPad 1 Background Picture Ever? A Beautiful Night Sky Image!

Jun 9, 2010 - 16 Comments

Sure the original iPad wallpaper background is phenomenal, but there are a lot of other fantastic potential background pictures out there for iPad too! Case in point: A friend of mine just sent me this absolutely amazing picture of the night sky over Maui taken by photographer Eric Rolph. Maybe I am an Apple nerd, … Read More

Supercharge Mail with a Plugin

Jun 6, 2010 - 7 Comments

You may not know it, but OS X’s Mail.app has the ability to utilize plugins. Installing a plugin is not an overly difficult task. After the first install, the subsequent plugins become easier to get running. A lot of the plugins you download claim that installation is as easy as double clicking on the .mailbundle … Read More

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