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yeah i would really appreciate knowing how to do that. as i'd like to have all my windows have a different color background than white, but then the sidebar is off and its totally annoying.
allexsimmons said:
well you have to edit some files in the finder's package contents, although i don't know where to find the finder app to see it its still editable.
if someone wants to they can give this a go:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040923032352321&query=Sidebar+color
®îçhå®? said:
says that it may break with updates, still... it can be tried out to see if it works in Tiger. i'm not at home and haven't had a chance to play around with it myself, but it should still work i would think... unless you've tried it already?
Yeah, the hack that was posted here seems to have been broken with Tiger. However, it is still achievable through ShapeShifter. I modified the SS theme "One," to colorize my sidebar blue.
It takes a couple of ShapeShifter's free programs, and a quick scan through the theme to do so, but it can be done in a few minutes. The problem is that it only applies to ShapeShifter, which is a controversial program in the first place. What with the potential for system instability and all that...
Anyway, I believe you need Unsanity's GUIkitty to unpack the theme. And then use ThemePark to edit and repackage the new theme.
EDIT: Wanted to give a bit more info on this, as I finally got around to reconstructing the steps for myself. If you want to go the ShapeShifter route, which is about the only solution I know of for Tiger, download the aforementioned applications.
Open the theme you wish to modify in GUIkitty to decompile it and then open the decompiled theme in ThemePark; here there are various settings -- look for Global Elements -> Text Color -> Sidebar Background. Note that you can also change the default bgcolor of lists/column views, as well. Repackage it and open with ShapeShifter.
It takes a couple of ShapeShifter's free programs, and a quick scan through the theme to do so, but it can be done in a few minutes. The problem is that it only applies to ShapeShifter, which is a controversial program in the first place. What with the potential for system instability and all that...
Anyway, I believe you need Unsanity's GUIkitty to unpack the theme. And then use ThemePark to edit and repackage the new theme.
EDIT: Wanted to give a bit more info on this, as I finally got around to reconstructing the steps for myself. If you want to go the ShapeShifter route, which is about the only solution I know of for Tiger, download the aforementioned applications.
Open the theme you wish to modify in GUIkitty to decompile it and then open the decompiled theme in ThemePark; here there are various settings -- look for Global Elements -> Text Color -> Sidebar Background. Note that you can also change the default bgcolor of lists/column views, as well. Repackage it and open with ShapeShifter.