'Pimping' your desktop......

TornSi · TornSi #1 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 07:00 AM

Hello everybody,

Pretty new to all of this, having recently purchased a mac, has to be one of the best decisions I have made! Cant see myself working on anything else now. As I said though I am still very new to all of this and was hoping for some ideas to get me going.

Have noticed a few of you have got some nice desktops and are also using some applications that look pretty cool.

I was hoping if I listed a couple that stood out, somebody could let me know how to get hold of them!

1. The dock at the bottom has no background to it, it is completely clear.
2. When listening to music a pic of the albumn comes up and the title.
3. loads of great wallpapers, how do I get them?

That would be enough for now, if anybody here knows any other cool applications that would be good to use please let me know, it would be good to know!

christm · christm #2 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 07:03 AM

1. clear dock - http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8808

TornSi · TornSi #3 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 07:32 AM

Thanks, any others?

chrisgrieve · chrisgrieve #4 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 09:24 AM

1. as above
2. not sure
3. www.interfacelift.com some really good photo wallpapers

RiDE · RiDE #5 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 09:45 AM

2) Check out You Control Tunes as well as Growltunes

Village Idiot · Village Idiot #6 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 09:52 AM

www.deviantart.com

has some good backgrounds.

christm · christm #7 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 09:58 AM

also for some gd backgrounds i either just use this site - http://macdesktops.com/

or devianart.com

or my own pics.

or simply an image search with your favourite search engine.

TornSi · TornSi #8 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RIDE

2) Check out You Control Tunes as well as Growltunes

As in software called "you control tunes" and "growltunes"?

mknabster · mknabster #9 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 11:04 AM

You can always make some cool wallpapers yourself, that's what i do!

TornSi · TornSi #10 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 11:12 AM

I would like to, but I dont even know where to start when it comes to that sort of stuff!

RiDE · RiDE #11 (**permalink**)

08-20-2007, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TornSi

As in software called "you control tunes" and "growltunes"?

Correct... YouControlTunes

and.... Growl with GrowlTunes from the "Extras" folder withing the Growl .dmg

christm #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 18, 2005 Location: Devon, England Posts: 2,295 Mac Specs: ibook g4, imac 2ghz c2d, mbp 2.4ghz c2d - 10.5.1	08-20-2007, 07:03 AM 1. clear dock - http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8808 my website-templemurray.com professional event photography updated daily http://www.last.fm/user/christm3 mac tips n tricks - http://uk.youtube.com/christm3
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chrisgrieve #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 11, 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 132 Mac Specs: iBook 12" G4 (tiger) 24" iMac 2.4Ghz, 1Gb Ram, 320Gb Hard Drive, (leopard)	08-20-2007, 09:24 AM 1. as above 2. not sure 3. www.interfacelift.com some really good photo wallpapers http://www.chris.grievedesign.co.uk/
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Village Idiot #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 04, 2007 Location: Durtburg, WV Posts: 2,641 Mac Specs: Sooper Fast!	08-20-2007, 09:52 AM www.deviantart.com has some good backgrounds. Chaotic Evil, Level 1 IT-Tech Slough Roast Blog Capitol Sound Blog
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christm #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 18, 2005 Location: Devon, England Posts: 2,295 Mac Specs: ibook g4, imac 2ghz c2d, mbp 2.4ghz c2d - 10.5.1	08-20-2007, 09:58 AM also for some gd backgrounds i either just use this site - http://macdesktops.com/ or devianart.com or my own pics. or simply an image search with your favourite search engine. my website-templemurray.com professional event photography updated daily http://www.last.fm/user/christm3 mac tips n tricks - http://uk.youtube.com/christm3
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TornSi #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 16, 2007 Posts: 46	08-20-2007, 07:00 AM Hello everybody, Pretty new to all of this, having recently purchased a mac, has to be one of the best decisions I have made! Cant see myself working on anything else now. As I said though I am still very new to all of this and was hoping for some ideas to get me going. Have noticed a few of you have got some nice desktops and are also using some applications that look pretty cool. I was hoping if I listed a couple that stood out, somebody could let me know how to get hold of them! 1. The dock at the bottom has no background to it, it is completely clear. 2. When listening to music a pic of the albumn comes up and the title. 3. loads of great wallpapers, how do I get them? That would be enough for now, if anybody here knows any other cool applications that would be good to use please let me know, it would be good to know!
	QUOTE Thanks

RiDE #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 13, 2006 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas! Posts: 3,556 Mac Specs: Mac's	08-20-2007, 09:45 AM 2) Check out You Control Tunes as well as Growltunes
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mknabster #9 (permalink)
Member Since: May 22, 2007 Posts: 880 Mac Specs: 15in MBP 2.5GHz Core2Duo \| 1.83Ghz Dual G5 PowerMac \| 2.0 GHz Dual G5 PowerMac	08-20-2007, 11:04 AM You can always make some cool wallpapers yourself, that's what i do!
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TornSi #10 (permalink)
Member Since: May 16, 2007 Posts: 46	08-20-2007, 11:12 AM I would like to, but I dont even know where to start when it comes to that sort of stuff!
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