Desktop: May 2008

Paralex · May 4, 2008

CL33Zero said:
How do you change the skin of iTunes Paralex? I have always tried to figure that one out, but I guess I should probably ask questions in order to learn.

You have to edit the iTunes.rsrc file manually in order to change the elements. First I downloaded took a GUIkit file (Rhino is the theme) and extracted it using GuiKitty. Once extracted, I found the iTunes.rsrc file there. I opened that up in ThemePark. Then go into ~/Applications/iTunes -> View Package Contents and grabbed the iTunes.rsrc file from there and opened it up in ThemePark. Once you have those two files opened, just drag all the elements one-by-one from the Rhino resources to the iTunes resources. It will take about 15-20 minutes to do all of this since you are dragging each image one-by-one. Remember to do a backup of the original iTunes resources just incase there's a screw up.

bryphotoguy · May 4, 2008

The Vindicat3d said:
Where'd you get that background???

Lotus Downloads

Malachi said:
Nice ride Bry, how many does it seat?
Could I get 2 baby seats in there.

It's not mine. Right now I can only dream of owning such a cool car. It seats only one passenger and I assume there's an airbag for the passenger so it'd wouldn't be safe for a joy ride with a baby.

This is what I drive-
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fleurya · May 4, 2008

mathogre said:
Paralex, you always have the coolest setups.

Agreed. I always want to know how you do the cool things on your desktop, like the display at the bottom with the disk volumes and the reskinned iTunes.

Paralex · May 4, 2008

fleurya said:
Agreed. I always want to know how you do the cool things on your desktop, like the display at the bottom with the disk volumes and the reskinned iTunes.

The custom dock on the bottom is DragThing, the volumes are default OS X desktop icons.

Also, you can find out how to change your iTunes skin a few posts above.

bigrobb · May 4, 2008

Paralex said:
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New Monitor.

that set up you have is awesome what is the weather thing you have at the bottom

ShadowSpandex · May 4, 2008

*cough* ^^

Paralex · May 4, 2008

bigrobb said:
that set up you have is awesome what is the weather thing you have at the bottom

That's the Widscape Weather widget for Yahoo! Widgets: http://widgets.yahoo.com/widgets/widescapeweather

Cnie122485 · May 4, 2008

CL33Zero · May 4, 2008

Paralex said:
You have to edit the iTunes.rsrc file manually in order to change the elements. First I downloaded took a GUIkit file (Rhino is the theme) and extracted it using GuiKitty. Once extracted, I found the iTunes.rsrc file there. I opened that up in ThemePark. Then go into ~/Applications/iTunes -> View Package Contents and grabbed the iTunes.rsrc file from there and opened it up in ThemePark. Once you have those two files opened, just drag all the elements one-by-one from the Rhino resources to the iTunes resources. It will take about 15-20 minutes to do all of this since you are dragging each image one-by-one. Remember to do a backup of the original iTunes resources just incase there's a screw up.

Well....um.....I mean....dont get me wrong, you did a very good job explaining it. But I'm just confused

Paralex · May 4, 2008

CL33Zero said:
Well....um.....I mean....dont get me wrong, you did a very good job explaining it. But I'm just confused

Maybe this tutorial can help: (dead link removed)

bigchuckdiesel · May 4, 2008

April desktop

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CL33Zero · May 5, 2008

Paralex said:
Maybe this tutorial can help: (dead link removed)

Thanks a bunch

iWhat · May 5, 2008

TopDog · May 5, 2008

Is there room for a Linux desktop here? I played around with OpenSUSE this weekend. A great alternative to Windows if you have a PC standing around...

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CL33Zero · May 5, 2008

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dtravis7 · May 5, 2008

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I was going to ask the same thing. I figured it was some sort of front end for iTunes but that is just a guess. I have seen it in other desktop pics.

If you notice, he has the Weather Widget on the desktop also. I forget how to do that as I keep my Widgets hidden till I need them.

I figured out how he is doing it but my Widget is different.

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Aptmunich · May 5, 2008

I'd guess it's a widget since iWhat also has the weather widget on the desktop...

iWhat · May 5, 2008

That is a very widget old called Black 'n' Blue. I think it's the best looking one around.

As for how dashboard widgets are on the desktop, go here. But the widgets on the desktop will always overlap all windows.

dtravis7 · May 5, 2008

iWhat said:
That is a very widget old called Black 'n' Blue. I think it's the best looking one around.

As for how dashboard widgets are on the desktop, go here. But the widgets on the desktop will always overlap all windows.

Thanks iWhat on that Widget's name. It does look very nice. I figured out the desktop part and yeah it does overlap all windows, so it can get in the way I guess for some.

I was pretty sure that is what you were doing.

Just downloaded that BlackNBlue and it is nice.

Leukeh · May 5, 2008

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About half an hour in Illustrator...