iTweaks: Tweak Anything Apple

For those of you who have recently found yourself to be a proud owner of a beautiful and sleek iPhone or iTouch, this post is for you. I found a article from one of my favorite sites "Lifehacker.com". If you have just recently purchased or received a iPhone or iTouch, this install will be a little different than those of you who have a older version of both products.

3rd Party Apps are a beautiful thing. But Apple has and will do everything in their power to stop you from making your iPhone into "your" iPhone. This is definitely understandable since after all it is their product. But since most of the world is not patient enough to wait for Apple to come around. Here are some ways around the wall of upgrades that will lock your iPhone into application purgatory.

NOTE: As we all know the world isn't perfect and neither am I. So do not think that this is fool proof plan. Learn and read as much as possible before you continue with this process of hacking your iTouch and iPhone. I know all to well how fustrating these things can be so bare with me. Here are some tips you might find useful that I found in a Lifehacker.com comment thread.

1. Make sure all of your java apps are up to date.
2.In windows make sure that you close all iTunes processes (e.g. iTunes helper) from the task manager.
3. Move your jailbreak folder to the root folder in Windows (e.g., C:\) and the desktop on the Mac (you may also have to rename your hard drive on the Mac temporarily to MacintoshHD)
4. It may not work the first time you try. If not, restore and start over.
5. Nothing bad is going to happen if you just remember you can always force restore and get back to the original firmware.If you still have problems with the jailbreak, visit iLounge or iPod Touch Fans Forum - there are plenty of people there who can help you work out any problems.

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Top 10 Mac OS X Leopard Hacks

1.# Make the menubar opaque- Lots of Leopard users say the menu bars new transparency makes menu items difficult to read. To turn the menu bar opaque again (like it was in Tiger), download and run the free OpaqueMenuBar

As some of you may know, the new OS Mac Leopard has lots of great new features that are helpful in many wonderful ways. But lets face it, some of us just like things the way they are. Mac OS’s come every couple of years and while the brilliant and diligently working programmers at Apple are creating the “Next Great Operating System” we normal non programmers are Finally getting used to our old Operating System.

So how do you stay up to date with the new awesome Mac Operating Systems while holding on to the old school. Thats easy…. Use some of these Top 10 Leopard Hacks!

Go ahead and upgrade to the new Mac OS 10.5, you can still have some of the things that you loved about Tiger OS.

Top 10 Leopard Hacks

Via LifeHacker and Other sites

1. Make the menubar opaque- Lots of Leopard users say the menu bars new transparency makes menu items difficult to read. To turn the menu bar opaque again (like it was in Tiger), download and run the free OpaqueMenuBar


2. Kill The Dock Reflection- If the new reflective dock is too distracting to you. Then turn it off using these terminal commands.

(via Wired, omit the $ prompt when you type them yourself):

$ defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES $ killall Dock

3. Revert the Blue Dots to Tiger Black Triangles- Leopard uses blue dots to show open applications. Here is a quick way to change it back to Tiger’s black triangles.

First, you need the triangle, of course. Download indicators.zip and unpack it on your Desktop. The files are:

• indicator_large.png (42 x 14 pixel)


• indicator_medium.png (32 x 11 pixel)


• indicator_small.png (14 x 8 pixel)

Why three of them? You will notice later that, unlike in previous versions of OS X, the size of the indicator in Leopard changes as you resize the Dock. You can try to use the medium size for all three to keep it from resizing, it's up to you. Or you can create your own indicators, just make sure you keep the image sizes and names as listed above and make the background transparent.

NOTE: messing around with root files is dangerous and if you do not know what you are doing itweaks.wordpress.com is not responsible for any damage to your system. Continue with this iTweak at your own risk. If you agree then read on.

Close all applications and log out, then log in as Administrator (root).

Navigate to /Users/<your_user_name>/Desktop. From there take the indicator files and move them to the Desktop in root. In Finder select your hard disk (Usually Macintosh HD), then /System/Library/CoreServices

Right-click on Dock and select Show Package Contents. (If you don't have this menu option, you will need to install Developer Tools.) Select Contents/Resources/

This is where you will find the original indicator files, rename them to something else - just in case (e.g. original_indicator_small.png).

Now copy your three triangle indicator files into this folder. Reload the Dock (Ctrl + Option + right-click | Relaunch). If you still have any applications running, you may want to close and reopen them to update the indicator. Enjoy! (Hack #3:via SilverMac.com)

5. Add a Stack Of Recent Apps- We all know that when you are using your Mac that you can easily find yourself reaching for the same apps and files. In terminal add these following commands: $ defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add ‘{ “tile-data” = { “list-type” = 1; }; “tile-type” = “recents-tile”; }’ $ killall Dock.

6. Change Your Dock From 3d to 2d- For those of you that do not like the 3d dock or just want to have the option of changing your dock to a 2d image.

Download Dock Doctor.

6. Zip Quick Look- Have you ever wondered “Man I hope this zip file does not corrupt my system” or “have I used this zip file before” well with this iTweak you can look in to the zip file just like you are vieweing a picture folder in Leopard. Zip.qlgenerator shows archived file list in Quick Look.

7. Time Machine Setup- If your Mac is slowing down due to frequent updates from time machine. Fine tune your back up scheduling time with this freeware. (TimeMachineScheduler)

8. Quick Finder Tab - Okay this is the coolest one. Have you always wondered how to quit the quick Finder dock icon. Well I have and here is where you can find out how to install a freeware that lets you do that. Add a Quit Menu to the Finder

9. Unlock Hidden OS X Leopard settings- Turn on and off preferences to lots of features in Leopard by downloading a freeware LeopardMod

10. HackYour PC into a Mac- Well is not exactly a Leopard mod fully but it is really cool. Read More….

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iPhonedownload Pro: You can access a network of sites that offer free downloads for your iPhone here.

iPhone Unlimited: Download as much as you like. Personal favorite.

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