How To: Customize Your Mac OSX Dock

Hey everyone,

Are you tired of your default OSX dock? Here is an easy solution if you answered yes. This is a very simple and free way to customize your Mac dock using a free app called Dock Library (http://www.dativestudios.com/docklibrary/) and a website called LeopardDocks (http://leoparddocks.com). These two combine to give you plenty of choices to change the colors and different themes of your dock! Enjoy!    

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Removing Google's Search Bar from Safari

The browser wars have become a rather hot topic in the Mac community as of late especially with Google's newly released Beta version of Chrome.  I've been using Chrome as my browser of choice for about 6 months now, and I just recently decided to give Safari a second chance.  One thing I loved in Chrome was the dual functionality of the address bar as an address bar and a search bar.  It makes for a clean interface, and I wanted to simulate this look on Safari.  I found that the Safari plugin Glims allows you to input keyword so your favorite search engines can be accessed through the address bar, removing the necessity of having Google's search bar in the browser.  After hours of searching, I'm proud to say I've found the solution to the seemingly permanent search bar.  All you need to do is download this and watch the video.

Enjoy!

Talina B.

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Customize with CandyBar

Those of you who have used Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger know that User Interface customization was typically an easy task and allowed you to make your Mac more your own. However, the software that users used to make these graphic changes in the past no longer works on Leopard and above. But have no fear! Candy Bar saves the day with a drag and drop interface to easily change any icon from a standard application icon to a system or volume icon. For just $29, Cnady Bar allows you to use free icon packs from The Iconfactory to change things up a little. Candy Bar also allows the customization of the dock. You can replace the background texture, "landing strip" seperator, lights and arrows and even convert the dock back to the old 2 dimensional version. Candy Bar is a must have for any Mac geek with a need for a personalized touch.

Download a 15 day trial of Candy Bar free from Panic Software and check out itsthurber.com for more reviews and Vlogs from me.

Review: Iconic

Do you enjoy over-customization? Putting a little bit of yourself into every pixel? Well if you do, than you should check out Iconic. This application is heavenly. It allows you to insert an image and have it imprinted into a folder icon and then apply it to an actual folder. So far, I can’t really find anything to complain about. Let me enlighten you. First of all, this application is free. No trials and no advertisements. It uses a simple drag-and-drop interface which makes it an absolute delight to use. One knit-pick that I have is that when you drop an image in, it often takes a while to reduce the size of the image down to 512x512. That is minor but is is defiantly noticeable. Another thing that I noticed is that when you drag the folder that you want to the picture on, it doesn’t tell you whether or not it is working, it just auto-updates the folder without notifying you. So if you aren’t paying attention to the desktop, than you could end up repeating the process several times. But other than that, this application’s pro’s outweigh the cons. So if you enjoy customization and neat-nifty apps,that I recommend you check out Iconic at iconicosx.com.

Extreme Mac Desktop Customization

Are you tired of boring, plain wallpapers and simple, stock icons? Why not customize them? That's what many Mac users do! Check out my video in which I show you my customized Mac desktop. I customized it thanks to a tutorial by Amanda or (iTalkApple) on YouTube. The stuff I used to customize my Mac are as follows:

Wallpaper | Icons | Geek Tool | Bowtie