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How to Theme your Mac OS X with Magnifique.

May 23, 2009 by Tony Stark

 

Are you bored with your existing look of Mac OS X desktop we have something for you. When it comes for Mac OS customization only few applications stands out and Magnifique is leading all of them. Magnifique is a free and light weight theming application for Mac OS X. This tool allows you to create your own theme library, and apply themes with a click. Magnifique has a built in theme downloads system that can list and easily download themes directly from our servers right onto your computer, without the usual hassle of using a web browser and manually installing themes.You can also check the preview before downloading & installing the theme. Magnifique is created by famous OSX86 developer PCWiz man behind iPC & many OSX86 utilities. Magnifique supports Mac OS X 10.5.X You can theme your dock also.

 Download Magnifique 2.1 Click Here.

Mac OS X theme

Once download finished launch the Magnifique and select themes from available downloads at the bottom left corner. When you selects a theme Magnifique will show you the preview of the theme. If you likes the theme then press Download Now at the top right corner and your download will begins.

Download Theme

Once your download completes you will be able to apply the selected theme to apply the theme select the theme you already downloaded from the My Themes at the top left corner. Once you selects your theme you have to press Apply Now button to apply the theme. After applying the theme press restart finder and your theme will be finalized.

Magnifique

If you need to apply another theme Uninstall the previous one by pressing Uninstall Theme button at the Bottom right corner then repeat the steps given above. If you are a developer you can build your own Magnifique themes the required guide is bundled with the package. If you wants to mix two or more themes and create your unique one you can use theme mixer option. The interface is easy enough to figure out. Tick the checkboxes for what you want to include, and use the pull down menus to select from which theme. Then enter the usual information (name, author, version, description) and even include a preview image if you want to. Then click Mix Theme and let the Magnifique mixer start stirring and your mix shake will be ready. Here are some screenshots of various themes in action.

preview OS X theme   preview

preview-2   preview-4

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Comments

  1. Don says

    May 26, 2009 at 2:28 am

    Nice, reminds me of Shapeshifter for Tiger which cost me $20 bucks, but it had a lot more and better themes than Magnifique, just too bad it hasn’t been upgraded to work with Leopard. I hope Magnifique will run without a hitch on Snow Leopard?

  2. Reviews says

    June 27, 2009 at 9:07 am

    this is good and Then click Mix Theme and let the Magnifique mixer start stirring and your mix shake will be ready.

  3. Kirstie says

    March 5, 2011 at 9:37 am

    Hi there, i was wondering, where’s a good place to get some themes for magnifique? i downloaded it, but cant find any themes that will actually work for it 🙁

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