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[1.2 NOW RELEASED] LeopardRebirth - Ultimate Sierra theme
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You probably installed the iTunes theme on an older iTunes version
Update iTunes or reinstall it with apple's installation and install the theme again
[doublepost=1486046438][/doublepost]This shouldn't affect your iTunes library
The PPCStore for Leopard should be released once I finish coding it's website
I agree with @vddrnnr that there is no reason / benefit to changing the displayed OS version information.
@SunSourceTom can you make that change a selection (option) at install?
That will be $.02 CDN please
Brilliant Theme. Well done.
I had previously installed the "Mountain Leopard" theme and installed LeopardRebirth on top. This allowed for the subdued sidebar icons.
"Dark" menu bar via Nocturne 2.0
I've modified "About This Mac" to my taste (To call it by it's real name). These files are at /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/
Download the attached loginwindow-resources.zip if you want to shortcut. Note that you'll want Xcode installed so that you can change the machine type string in the AboutThisMac.nib file as I've just typed "Power Mac G5 (Late 2003)" in as text. Edit your AboutThisMac.strings file to return your "Version" to "10.5.8".
Cheers!
-AphoticD
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Hi there, how can I change the Name of my model? Now my iMac G5 is displayed as a power mac (late 2003) and I just can't figure out how to change that. I also don't know how to change the normal picture in the "about this mac window" please help :/
Copy the AboutThisMac.nib file back to your desktop and double click it to edit (Xcode needs to be installed). You can then double click the "Power Mac G5 (late 2003)" label in the interface editor app and type out your machine model. Save, then move/copy the .nib file back to the English.lproj location and replace. Logout or restart to see the changes.
The picture file is MacOSX.tif in loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources directory. You can drop in the one I put together (loginwindow-resources.zip file above) and replace or make your own using Photoshop.
I've tried that, the problem is, I can't find the "Power Mac G5 (late 2003)" text anywhere in these files. Well I'm german so I put your files in the german language folder. I guess I just need to figure out how to customize that window properly. Couldn't figure out how to upload pictures here , I guess i try to restore the imac window to that "cut of version" how it originally was. Not pretty but better than false information on my iMac G5 system
. Apart from that, this MacOS Sierra Pack is pretty awesome!
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I've tried that, the problem is, I can't find the "Power Mac G5 (late 2003)" text anywhere in these files. Well I'm german so I put your files in the german language folder. I guess I just need to figure out how to customize that window properly. Couldn't figure out how to upload pictures here , I guess i try to restore the imac window to that "cut of version" how it originally was. Not pretty but better than false information on my iMac G5 system
The AboutThisMac.nib file will open in Interface Builder.app if you have Xcode installed. If it just opens up as a folder with three files (classes.nib, info.nib, keyedobjects.nib) then you will need to install Xcode.
1. Go to https://developer.apple.com/download/more/
2. Login with your Apple ID (you may need to register for a free developer account - I can't remember if I had to).
3. Search for "Xcode 3.1.4" (This was the last version for Leopard PPC)
4. Download Xcode 3.1.4 Developer DVD.dmg (933MB)
5. Install (and reboot if it tells you to)
6. Try opening AboutThisMac.nib file again.
Cheers,
AphoticD
Okay I have to apologise, for some reason I mixed up X11 and Xcode, I've installed it now, changed the System information and the language. Worked like charm, thanks a lot!
Great! I'm glad you sorted it out.
Here's a screenshot with LeopardRebirth on a 12" Aluminum PowerBook G4 which I rescued. I added a brand new, factory sealed Apple battery which arrived this morning (for just $10), applied new Arctic Silver thermal paste to the CPU and GPU and blew out all the dust.
It's setup to triple boot between Leopard, Tiger and Ubuntu Mate (16.04). I'll add an OWC Legacy SSD next and it will be zippy enough for daily production use.
Here's a screenshot with LeopardRebirth on a 12" Aluminum PowerBook G4 which I rescued. I added a brand new, factory sealed Apple battery which arrived this morning (for just $10), applied new Arctic Silver thermal paste to the CPU and GPU and blew out all the dust.
It's setup to triple boot between Leopard, Tiger and Ubuntu Mate (16.04). I'll add an OWC Legacy SSD next and it will be zippy enough for daily production use.
That's how it look on my desktop. But what annoys me is, that WebKit (Safari) seems to hang a lot on many websites. I'd like to use it more cause it's more snappy than TenFourFox and supports 720p Youtube without overusing CPU Power. But the adblock addon in webkit also doesn't seem to work properly, which is really annoying. Is there a good tweek for that? My iMac G5 feels like a snail compared to the PowerMac which feels like 5x faster, watching YT is also only possible when the video is fully loaded on either tenfourfox and webkit. Of course the Power Mac is around 2x faster but I thought, the difference shouldn't be as huge as it feels.
How does your PowerBook feel in every day basic tasks?
How does your PowerBook feel in every day basic tasks?
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Safari being snappier than T4Fx is situational.
Certainly out of the box compared to a default T4Fx install it is. However, T4Fx can be optimized. Safari cannot. I might suggest looking at the thread in my signature concerning T4Fx and see if anything there helps you to optimize it better.
If in the end, it's still Safari for you, I have found that modifying system resources often has a tendency to slow Safari/Webkit down. Since I usually modify my system resources (not this theme) I've long abandoned Safari/Webkit for anything other than video watching.
Uninstall the adblock extension and use an edited hosts file instead - block ads without any CPU use:
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
For playing Youtube in browser, the most convenient and efficient solution is NinjaKit with Viewtube:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/youtube-options-in-2016.1986056/
Looks good. Nice work with your PowerPC collection on the desktop.
I found WebKit (r21430) is much faster than TenFourFox (45.7.0) on my PowerBook G4s and only slightly quicker to load and a little smoother to scroll on the Dual G5s.
I do like TFF's Firefox sync service for synchronising bookmarks / history across all my devices (and OSes).
Did you enable the WebKit advanced features? Plus run the scripts to disable Topsite previews and disable IPv6 on your network devices? I found the script for disabling IPv6 was only intermittently successful, so I manually switched IPv6 to "Off" in System Preferences > Network > [Ethernet/Airport] > TCP/IP.
The three scripts included in the Webkit.dmg file helped speed things up dramatically. I then used the script to link the new Webkit into Coda 1.7.5 which I use for web development. I didn't bother linking into Mail or iTunes as I won't be using the webkit services in these apps.
1. Basic web browsing in Webkit or TFF is useable. I'll have to try the adblock addon next as any ad-laden sites bring the little 12" AlBook to a crawl and into turbo-fan mode.
2. YouTube is not very enjoyable at all - even at the 240p option it's still pretty sluggish.
3. Any text based work (scripting, terminal/ssh, coding, notation, etc) is perfect.
4. Photoshop (CS3) and Pixelmator (1.5.1) run well for general UI design mockups and web graphics - I wouldn't load anything high-res into it though.
5. Apple's Remote Desktop runs surprisingly well. I can comfortably control my Mac Pro (1280x720 HiDPI) over wifi and do drag and drop transfers, etc.
6. Running any X programs via ssh/X11 works like magic - I wish Apple would have built a similar function into native Mac apps to run (individually) over a network and not just via full-screen ARD/VNC.
Overall I am happy with the little PowerBook but it is more a labour of love than a machine I need to heavily rely upon.
In my opinion, Apple PowerPC hardware hit a level of perfection in 2005. Right before the switch to Intel, which I believe resulted in an all time low level of reliability and customer (dis)satisfaction until about 2008 when it all started to work like Apple products should again.
I wish Apple could've stayed the PowerPC way. Simply because it's really a complete different technology. My first Macinotsh was an Intel iMac nearly 10 years ago and after I've learned about Apple and their past products I really got fascinated by these older Macs without Intel processor (I also became a PC Builder around that time, and I've learned about hardware). I hated XP but Win7 fixed that for me (Vista was just a failed atempt ..coughs*). And so I decided to get my self a PowerMac G5 Quad, I think these desktops are by far the most epic machines Apple has ever designed. It was also faster (back then) then my Intel iMac. It's not that I don't like x86 Macs, but when you are "aware" that something completely different is working under the hood, something that was for nearly a decade claimed to be faster then any other x86 consumer processor, it's really a shame that it had to be dropped. I like old machines to be as useful for modern tasks. I even restored a HP Pentium 4 17" monster LapTop from 2005, with a fresh version of Win7. And apart from the noise this behemoth makes, it nearly feels like an up to date computer. Which is pretty unfair considering that the PPC G5 never really had a chance to use it's full potential in Mac OS.
(written on an iMac G5
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Well said. I can (unofficially) run macOS Sierra and Windows 10 (1607) on my nearly 9 year old MacBook Unibody (2008) and Mac Pro 3,1. With all of the energy saving / power economy advancements and software support that come with it. But the G5 only had 6 years from first product release in mid 2003 to end-of-life development (10.5.8 update on August 5, 2009) and even well before the end-stage, software developers (including Apple) were dropping support for PPC on a mass scale and likely ignoring opportunity to improve PPC software performance as it wasn't financially gainful.
Fortunately, both Tiger and Leopard are rock solid operating systems (each with their pros and cons). Despite their limited software support. But there are the rare developers / hackers / tinkerers (such as @SunSourceTom) who are bringing a smile to the faces of PowerPC enthusiasts like ourselves. (Thanks mate!)
I have satisfied my interest in getting to grips with Ubuntu Mate PPC now and have ironed out most of the kinks to make it work the way I want. For my next project, I've scored a non-working 17" PowerBook G4 1.67ghz (for $10 + shipping) which should arrive tomorrow for me to repair and I'll install MorphOS on it to see if it has a useful place in my studio and workflow.
Keep tinkering!
As you can tell from my questions I'm asking here, I'm not that much of a software guy, I play more on the hardware side (which is of course admittedly easier) so Linux was never really an option for me, searching for all of those drivers and using commands to install programms. Even on Mac OS and Windows, everything apart from "killall Dock, killall Finder, regedit or msconfig" is out of my range ad the moment. But using advice from the internet is mostly very helpful. That's how I installed sierra on an 2008 iMac (which I've given to my parents years ago) and to create a Fusion driver per terminal commands on my 2010 Core i7 iMac which is my main Computer (and hopefully still be for a long time). When I buy a Mac or build a PC I try and get the fastest hardware possible (or what is in my finacial range..), I expect these things to run 10 years. I don't wanna buy everything new every three years, and by using already old hardware aside, it shows me that it's definitely possible. And there has been stagnation on the CPU marked for around 5 years now, which is good for people who don't wanna buy new stuff all the time. Back in the 90's your 3000$ PC had to be upgraded just a few years later only to run Windows 98. Luckily these days are gone now, but instead of new Computers, you have to buy a new Phone now every few years. The importance of mobile devices, seems to supersede the Personal Computer more and more. Can't help me though, I just use WhatsApp, SMS and SatNav I don't need all of these other features. At least for now.
I don't want to appear negative but to use PowerPC to it's fullest now, you have to get your hands dirty a little or move on to a newer architecture.
I gave you advice on NinjaKit and a custom hosts file, which will give you painless Youtube playback and an ad free experience but you shunned away because of the difficulty involved - and believe me, they are so straight forward to do.
I'm no coder or hacker and only give advice that requires the slimmest of software understanding and is based purely on what I've eked out for myself.
I can understand not wanting to get bogged down in the technical side but without exploring a little, you'll be stuck at a less than optimal level of performance from your Macs.
That's not entirely true, if I hadn't made my hands "dirty" in the first place, I wouldn't even be aware of that what is under the hood of a computer. I have downloaded the NinjaKit extention, but I can't find anything about ViewTube. However what I did with the host file to block ads, I figured out slightly different apporach to understand how it worked.
First I installed the NinjaKit ext. in WebKit
I launched Directory Utility app and enabled the root user
I opened Onyx and made hidden folders visible
I moved your HOST file (i changed to small letters just in case) to Macintosh SSD/Private/etc and deleted the original file to but your file in place
opened up terminal, typed in sudo dscacheutil -flushcache and restarted (just in case) the Mac.
It doesn't block youtube ads though, but it blocks everything else I've seen (or not seen) so far on the web.
Thanks a lot!
First I installed the NinjaKit ext. in WebKit
I launched Directory Utility app and enabled the root user
I opened Onyx and made hidden folders visible
I moved your HOST file (i changed to small letters just in case
) to Macintosh SSD/Private/etc and deleted the original file to but your file in placeopened up terminal, typed in sudo dscacheutil -flushcache and restarted (just in case) the Mac.
It doesn't block youtube ads though, but it blocks everything else I've seen (or not seen
) so far on the web.Thanks a lot!