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Customizing/Theming OS X - Things to Note
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1886615" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>(I know that this is an old thread.) I'd just like to add that I have talked to someone who works at Apple about this, and it turns out that in recent years Apple has purposely make the macOS hard to theme and/or to change its look and feel. </p><p></p><p>The reason for this is that Apple has been burned several times before over companies (cough...Microsoft, Samsung...cough) wholesale stealing their OS's look and feel. Apple thinks that keeping the Mac's interface more standardized and less customizable will make it easier to bring a look and feel (i.e. trade-dress) lawsuit if their OS is ripped off again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1886615, member: 190607"] (I know that this is an old thread.) I'd just like to add that I have talked to someone who works at Apple about this, and it turns out that in recent years Apple has purposely make the macOS hard to theme and/or to change its look and feel. The reason for this is that Apple has been burned several times before over companies (cough...Microsoft, Samsung...cough) wholesale stealing their OS's look and feel. Apple thinks that keeping the Mac's interface more standardized and less customizable will make it easier to bring a look and feel (i.e. trade-dress) lawsuit if their OS is ripped off again. [/QUOTE]
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