Make your PC look like a Mac

I've seen many people trying to emulate the look and feel of a mac. I had to use dozens of different tutorials for more accuracy, and that took a few months (it would have taken less than a week). So here's my first Instructable; be easy on me!! if you always wanted a mac for its looks, than this is the tutorial for you.

Step 1 What you need

there are some programs that you need to download to start.

For the looks:
- windowblinds or stylexp
windows gui.
- finderbar
for the file edit view etc. on your taskbar.
- rk launcher or rocketdock
for the lovely dock at the bottom of the screen.
- iconpackager + icons
- wallpaper (optional)
- logonstudio
gives the mac feel on the logon screen. for skin on this one, google it
depending on the OS you are trying to emulate.
For the programs:
- trillian
chat program like ichat.
- itunes
self-explanatory.
- yahoo! widgets
like konfabulator or dashboard.
- transbar
makes your taskbar transparent.
- styler
has a handy toolbar plus customizable features. skin

Comments

[cmaria3]

you dont need to do all that
http://lion-skin-pack-for-windows-7.en.softonic.com/download
this downolad covers everything its quick and easy

[obiwanakin]

The rar is a tmp file.

[CrazyMan707cp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjnK2RXY80k This is a good video to help you.

[app0]

wtf is with tags? ;)

[J Man!!!]

 4 star. I like this a lot. I made something like this

[scott!]

Can't you just use safari instead of getting a skin for fire fox?

[J Man!!!]

 The new Safari looks nothing like the older version. It looks more windows-based

[electrick]

Why on Earth would you want to do that?

[scott!]

Haha, yeah I don't know, I like fire fox too, but I prefer google chrome most of the time though

[elluart0609]

scott, yes. electrick, i don't know, i switch around between the two when one of them crashes or gets slow or hard on my cpu.

[ibrahimk]

hey itz nice idea an idea that change the world

[cokecola]

If you are so in love with a mac why don't you buy a mac?

[instructors]

an average pc cost around 300-1000 dollars, a mac cost from around 1000-2000 dollars.

[Arbitror]

My PC cost $1850. It has 9GB of RAM, a 1GB video card, 1TB of...

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[cantthinkof bettername]

a mac with those specs would probably be about 10 grand

[cokecola]

Well if they are that fantastic you better buy one.

[xrobevansx]

Hackintosh a cheap PC instead.

[arnoldtheduck]

has anyone posted a hackintosh instructable on here yet?

[scott!]

yeah, check it out here

[elluart0609]

there isn't one for leopard is there? and isn't it still kinda slow anyways since it's not the operating system running on its native hardware?

[DIY Dave]

lol

[elluart0609]

i keep a pc because of compatibility.

[C85 Vaio]

I did it! Heres the final result

[scott!]

you might want to use styler to change the top bar to make it look like the mac one, I did and it looks much nicer, here's a pic of everything it did for me.

[tanmanknex]

here's a link to the taskbar thing at the top.

[tanmanknex]

oops, forgot the link. ;D
http://landvermesser.tripod.com/

[tanmanknex]

so, what are each of the four files? i figured out the docklets (duh) but what are the other three?

[REA]

ive had this for a while:

[tanmanknex]

that looks almost exactly like what my mac's desktop used to look like, with random files all over...

[REA]

random files all over the place?! ill have you know i have an organized mess! lol

[tanmanknex]

i didn't say your desktop had random files all over the place, i simply said that that's what mine looks like, and mine is random files all over the place. ;D

[daiatlus79]

here is my setup.. i was able to cut through all the step by step (and as a bonus improving my computer by eliminating vista) was to download XP Ultimate by Johnny. do not take this as a direct endorsement , or a swing at this Instructable, but this custom xp version eliminates the need for windowblinds.. by having stuff all included. as a bonus it not only mimics a mac in all the visual and functional respects of being xp in macs clothing (look, feel, Dock, animated wallpapers, etc). plus it can look and act like xp, Ubuntu, Windows 7, and Vista (without being a pig on memory). it runs smooth as silkl on my pc and i am running: Penium D 2.80 Gigahertz, onboard Intel Graphics (shared 128 megs), gig of ram (shared with the video), 80 gig drive. and it is perfect.. cant ask for better. maybe johnny ripped this guy off lol :P

[daiatlus79]

now dont take me as knockin your work... this is a GREAT job and inspired me to find a 'no work' version of it for myself... mostly due to time constraints...

[photoscott]

I tried this awhile back and the one thing not mentioned in this Instructable is that doing all these things to get the Mac look really hogs your resources and RAM. I suggest doing this on a PC that has plenty of memory and a fast processor. Otherwise your PC WILL run like molasses.

[elluart0609]

i agree. haha.

[OwinchO]

ok so if i make my coompute look like mac so waht if i dont want it anymore??????? email me at [e-mail]

[elluart0609]

Sorry, but i have email issues right now so i'm just gonna reply to this comment. There are actually a few ways to deal with this. One way is to just create a new user account (if you haven't tried this yet) and do everything you want on the new account and backing up the files, so you could always just delete the account. another way (If you already went through this all) is to just either delete all the customization tools from start/control panel/programs/add\remove a program. Otherwise, you could always simply turn off the programs playing around with their settings/options.

[scarletswimsuit]

you cant forget safari

[scarletswimsuit]

and quicktime

[elluart0609]

most people probably have quicktime. u could find safari @ the apple website for free.