How to Give Windows the Mac OS X Lion Look With Lion Skin Pack Theme

Apple really knows how to make its products beautiful. I’m not an Apple fanboy and do not carry an iPad wherever I go but I have tried them and I do like a lot of things about them (yes, I ain’t a Windows fanbiy either). Hence time and again I play with my existing devices and tweak them toshow the OS X or iOS interface (yeah yeah, why not buy a Mac instead and all.. I can hear Mac owners shouting.. well, lets keep that debate for some other day).

Few weeks ago, I installed a MIUI ROM on my Android device to give it the look and feel of aniPhone. Now this week I wanted to get the Mac OS look on my Windows, and that’s exactly what we will talk about in this article.

After hunting for sometime, I found a promising transformation pack designed by hameddanger, named The Lion Skin Pack 11. It was impressive and I decided to give it a shot.

Before installing I insist you make a system restore point manually. It’s the easiest way to revert back  if you don’t like the transformation. Also, close any running programs.

While the system creates your restore point, download the transformation pack. There are two types of installers, the first one being the online installer which comes with auto bugs fixes and is the recommended option. If you can’t connect to internet on the computer you want to install the pack on, then, you may opt for offline installer.

Download Online Installer: Win 7 x86| Win 7 x64 | Win XP

Download Offline Installer: Win 7 x86| Win 7 x64 | Win XP

The installation is very simple; just stick to the default settings at the time of installation. Once the installation is complete you will be prompted to restart your PC.

On your next boot your Windows will not look like Windows any more, everything will have a new look, right from the Logon page to sound theme. Everything will resemble the Apple Lion OS.

Here are some of the screenshots of the transformation pack.

My Verdict

I must say, the skin pack is pretty amazing piece of work. The pack lives up to the expectations. The only problem I encountered was when I restored the system back to the previous state. Every settings reverted to its original state except the icon pack. Other than that, it was all good.

So, are you thinking of a makeover for your Windows?

Tagged as: OS X, theme, Windows

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CleanMyMac 1.9.5 Mac OSX

CleanMyMac 1.9.5 | Mac OSX | 6.6 Mb

CleanMyMac represents sophisticated all-in-one-suite utility that helps keep your Mac clean and healthy. With just two simple clicks you can delete useless files that basically pile up and waste your valuable disk space. CleanMyMac allows enjoying smooth system performance combining such vital features as Slim Universal Binaries, Clean Unneeded Languages, Logs Rotation, Clean Caches, Quick and Secure Erase, Application Uninstallation, and Killing Trash Left From Buried Applications. CleanMyMac can save gigabytes of disk space and enhance your computer speed. Go ahead and give it a shot! Your Mac will definitely be grateful! Any application running on your Mac leaves numerous support files, which won’t just get to Trash once you remove the app. CleanMyMac will locate and erase all “leftovers” from your system files to enable you to easily install and uninstall new programs whenever you need. The more junk files are stored on your Mac the slower it will work. Processes of saving and storing unnecessary files take your priceless time. Using CleanMyMac will professionally help your Mac reduce the amount of operations required for your online and offline activities.

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Mac Data Recovery

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When you press empty trash in your mac, you are not deleting the files, you are just making that space in your hard-drive free to be reused. The files are simply removed from the directory of files in the folder.The best thing to do is act immediately: Do not save, copy or paste anything in your computer until you have installed the Mac recovery software, then simply use this application to scan your hard-drive and get back your deleted files.

Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery software can even recover your lost data from iPod and Lacie hard drives.

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Decrease the volume and shutdown your Windows or Mac PC automatically

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For those who like to listen to music or watch a movie before sleeping, I have got a couple of downloadable utilities for both Mac and Windows PC that automatically lower the volume of your multimedia player and can also shutdown or hibernate your PC at pre-defined time. These utilities come in handy as you don’t have to worry about the hassle to do things manually or in-case you fall asleep while enjoying music or movie.

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Safari 5 for mac

It has innovative new features that improve the way you view the web. And powerful new tools to help developers enhance and customize the browsing experience altogether.
Safari Reader
Safari Reader removes annoying ads and other visual distractions from online articles. So you get the whole story and nothing but the story. It works like this: As you browse the web, Safari detects if you’re on a web page with an article. Click the Reader icon in the Smart Address Field, and the article appears instantly in one continuous, clutter-free view. You see every page of the article — whether two or twenty. Onscreen controls let you email, print, and zoom. Change the size of the text, and Safari remembers it the next time you view an article in Safari Reader.

A more elegant browser By design
Before Safari, browsers were an afterthought. Something you put up with if you wanted to surf the Internet. One browser looked and felt just like another, so you chose the one that worked the best and crashed the least. They were ugly, cluttered affairs, whose interfaces competed for your attention and made browsing — the very purpose for which they were created — more difficult. Safari changes all that.
Safari is designed to emphasize the browsing, not the browser. The browser frame is a single pixel wide. You see a scroll bar only when needed. And if you choose, you can hide almost the entire interface, removing virtually every distraction from the browser window. A great browser should get out of your way and let you simply enjoy the web. Safari does just that. And it does it regardless of platform.

The first browser to deliver the “real” Internet to a mobile device, Safari renders pages on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch just as you see them on your computer. But this is more than just a scaled-down mobile version of the original. It takes advantage of the technologies built into these Multi-Touch devices. The page shifts and reformats to fill the window when you turn your device on its side. You zoom in just by pinching and extending your fingers. Of course, no matter how you access it, Safari is always blazing fast and easy to use.

Accessibility 
VoiceOver Screen ReaderSafari features built-in support for Apple’s VoiceOver screen reader in Mac OS X. VoiceOver describes aloud what appears on your screen and reads the text and links of websites. Using VoiceOver, you can completely control the computer with the keyboard instead of the mouse.
Enhanced Keyboard Navigation
Thanks to the enhanced keyboard navigation options in Safari, you can navigate the web without a mouse. Press the Tab key, and Safari jumps to the next password field, pop-up menu, or input field. For increased keyboard control, you can hold down the Option key while tabbing to have Safari skip through every link on the page. And if you press the Return key, Safari opens the highlighted link, letting you “point and click” with just a few keystrokes.
Zoom Text Only
You can choose to zoom in on only the text when you take a closer look at a web page.
Closed Captions for HTML5 
VideoSafari can now deliver an accessible video experience. If a video embedded in a web page using the HTML5 <video> tag includes closed captions, click on the “CC” button in the video controls to display them.
Custom Style Sheets
Apply a custom style sheet — that you download or create yourself — that sets default fonts, font sizes, colors, and contrast, making your favorite websites more readable.
Minimum Font Size
If you find that text on some websites is too small to read (such as photo captions or fine print) Safari can increase the font size to make it more legible. Just set the minimum font size in the Advanced pane of Safari preferences.

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