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- EatingPie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14You DO NOT need XCode for this. It's really just changing a few images, just make sure you maintain format (tiff/jpeg) and dimensions.
"/System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgent.app/Contents/Resources"
Login Apple Icon
- A 90x90 image called "applelogo.tif" -- make sure you match the size!
Login Text - Yes, Another image file!
- A 140x24 image called "MacOSX.tif" -- Don't know if you need to match sizing.
"/Library/Desktop Pictures"
The Background/Desktop Image...
- A 2560x1900 file called "Aqua Blue.jpg" (space required).
I replaced this image with a jpeg at 1440x900, since that's my MacBook native resolution. This is the default background, so it will become your desktop background unless you set that separately through System Preferences.
-Pie - gatorsrule21, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8$450? On the page it says four dollars and ninety-five cents ($4.95).
- Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Still $4.95 too much for an application like this. Such features should be free.
- drthipp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6lame. i'm not gonna pay money to change a screen i hardly ever see.
- trylleklovn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Do NOT install Bootx
- donsherio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ koregaonpark
What are you talking about free.... The flickr site even sites Visage Login as the program, and that he WISHES it were free. v.v - elqed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3There's this neat little app installed with xcode called Interface Builder. Find the NIB used by the login app, called "LoginWindowUI.nib" (hint, on my box it can be found at - /System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgentPlugins/loginwindow.bundle/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/). Enjoy.
It is certainly possible to turf you osx install (but, backups are your friend, and learning how to use single user boot is good for you), but I would rather risk screwing something up than pay $5 for something so trivial. - mattprice, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@donsherio,
The comments point to a "guide" that shows how to do it for free. - JustAdvertise, on 10/06/2009, -0/+1This Simple Script below should be enough to change the Login Screen....
http://digg.com/apple/Login_Screen_Changer_For_Leo ... - OrangeTide, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2We've been doing this on X11 since the late 1980s.
- Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2How can you even compare the two? Firstly the Linux way is free, secondly you don't have to download 3rd party software (it comes with GDM, XDM or KDE).
Besides I wasn't talking just about the login screen. Be it icons, dock icons, themes, whatever... you need 3rd part applications, none of which I have found to be free. - koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Found a free way to do this, btw.
http://flickr.com/photos/smaran/313017415/ - Niten, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3If you only want to add a text banner, then just do something like:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow
LoginwindowText -string "Some Login Banner" - Sonic84, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Good to see Visage was finally been updated, been uning it since 10.1, but had to give it up becaus it didn't play nice with Tiger, now if only http://www.resexcellence.com/ would come back online...
- giaguara, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5With OnyX you can also edit the text in login window, among other things...
And it's pay if you like the program so it will work too. - koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -9/+6Also check out Sanity Software's Login Panel Images: http://keakaj.com/loginpanelimages.htm
And their Login Screen Backgrounds: http://keakaj.com/loginbackgrounds.htm - koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4Hey Mr. America, I'm Indian. When I say bucks, I mean rupees.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2and this isn't spam because?
- EatingPie, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2I do not recommend this neat little app, or certainly could not with either late Panther or early Tiger when I tried it (can't remember which, sorry).
After installing a color image, I had one good boot with a nice image... then one total failure that (thankfully) ended in restoring the original grey-scale apple. I never researched it further because ... well... horking your early boot sequence often ends in total destructo (can't even get to single user mode for repairs if you can't boot!).
-PIe - WinnemuccaMac, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1@ kermithefrog
People have been doing this on Windows (for free) for years. Here's something that popped up in Google, although there are probably better ones out there:
http://bfarber.com/index.php?dlcategory=1
It's only a matter of downloading the replacement files and putting them in your WINDOWS system folder with the right name. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Im pretty sure I had visage 4 years ago
Edit: oh they have added being able to change the picture. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Also there is an app called Imagine Bootx that allows you to change the actual bootscreen background during the apple chime at the beginning. The good news is last time I checked it was Freeware the bad news is I think it is only supported for PPC give it a check.
http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/software.php?sign=ImBX - OrangeTide, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Hey I did this on OSX Beta. not hugely exciting and there are dozens of sites dedicated to doing this with or without special utils.
- koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4Okay, my bad. Cocktail can only change the text on the login window :-(
- macuser9214, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6Can do the same thing using XCODE for free.. Buried.
- kermithefrog, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0anything like this for windows.
buried - Caltsar, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1You customize the OS X login screen about the same way you customize a linux login screen. this just makes it easy and backs everything up.
- koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4After searching a bit more on the Google, I found another app, also shareware, but with less restrictions: http://www.maintain.se/cocktail
Visage Login expires in 3 days, whereas Cocktail expires after 10 launches/customisations. - huhwhathuh, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4way to have a point, mr pointless
- Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2I don't get why Mac OSX isn't customisable out of the box... Linux is. I guess Apple wants developers to create 3rd party shareware software.
- kuturak, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4Don't really think this is a place for promoting commercial software. Buried.
- koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -13/+1Could you explain how? I'm interested to know, as I don't really want to shell out 450 bucks to buy Visage Login.
- bergur1, on 10/12/2007, -33/+2Sorry for being an ass hat troll here BUUUUT
I thought every mac was safe. "safely customize your Mac OS X login screen." NOT SO TOUGH NOW!!!1!!1!!!oneoneone!
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