Customize your Mac

This little how-to will show you some cool things you can do to your mac.
**I take no responsiblity if you mess up your mac**

Note you must be an adminstartor for most of these changes
Also more will be posted I'm feeling lazy.

Step 1 Geektool

A must for any mac user

Download here:
http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/download.php

Do a little research to fully understand Geektool.
After you read up try these different shells without quotations

Display Weather:
"curl --silent "http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss?p=02066&u=c" | grep -E '(Current Conditions:|C<BR)' | sed -e 's/Current Conditions://' -e 's/<br \/>//' -e 's/<b>//' -e 's/<\/b>//' -e 's/<BR \/>//' -e 's/<description>//' -e 's/<\/description>//'"

Uptime:
"uptime"

Current Date:
"date"

Calender:
cal

For more commands do a google search

another helpfull log to have is the crash log (Make sure you go to file not Shell) :
/private/var/log/system.log

Comments

[erikals]

which of these apps are available for osx 10.2

[gmjhowe]

No mention of the skin your using? Or what program? No mention of great tools like 'tinker tool'? No candy bar? Perhaps a little bit more work needed?

[enero1170]

the only reason i didnt mention my skin is because im still learning on how to fully change the program that i used was manifique like stated above, by all means is this instructable not done i still have a lot to add but I figured i'd post something in teh meen time

[djmcjiggles]

what skin are u using on finder?

[enero1170]

I'm using a skin from manifique its am app you can download if I can find the link again 'll post it