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ShapeShifter

ShapeShifter - 2.5

Customize your OS X interface by changing menus and buttons.

All Time: (3.8)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 2.5
Release Date: 2007-09-12
License: Shareware
Downloads (this version): 14,654
Downloads (all versions): 2,612
Price: $20.00

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Product Description:

ShapeShifter is a revolutionary new product that lets you change the overall appearance of your Mac using 'themes'. We're not talking about just desktop backgrounds and icons here, we're talking about everything - the look of windows, menus, apps, buttons, absolutely everything. You don't wear the same clothes everyday, your house doesn't look exactly like your neighbor's - why should the computing interface you use everyday be any different. You personalize your physical workspace to suit your tastes and whims, so why not your Mac?
With ShapeShifter, you can:
  • Change the overall appearance of your operating system safely, quickly, and reliably;
  • Change the appearance of individual apps to match your theme and your mood;
  • Experience things that haven't been possible with Mac themes before;
  • Quickly preview themes without actually applying them;
  • Install different themes for different users;
  • Add and remove themes effortlessly.

What's new in this version:

  • ShapeShifter no longer causes instabilities when used with Apple's Pro applications.
  • ShapeShifter now works properly with beta versions of Safari 3.
  • Cocoa pull-down menus now use the correct text color when pressed.
  • Cocoa box titles now use the correct text color.
  • guiTweak now presents a more informative error dialog when an insurmountable error prevents tweaking from concluding properly.
  • ShapeShifter now honor's Camino's "CAMINO_DISABLE_HACKS" environment variable.
  • The preference pane no longer erroneously states that new version "(null)" is available when an internet connection is present, but is unreliable.
  • ShapeShifter now properly handles OS versions with a bugfix number greater than 9 (e.g., OS X 10.4.10).
  • Windows bmp "magic pink" transparency conversion now works properly on x86 machines.
  • Adding a new guiKit to the ShapeShifter prefpane no longer causes the names of guiKits that are available to all users on the computer to disappear from the ShapeShifter prefpane.
  • Resolved an obscure issue that could cause applications to crash occasionally when ShapeShifter is loaded.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.3/10.4

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ShapeShifter ReviewGOD AWFUL ! - Version: 2.5, 7/22/2009 11:55AM PST

OSXLITTLE
Look, these guys have been trying to make this work since the beginning. It crashes, it doesn't work, it NEVER worked. I bought the first versions when I started in OSX and after being the free beta tester for this horrid little program I finally gave up. So here I come back to see if it's improved , well , I don't have my password , that was when I had another email, so I write them, not a word. Their stupid password recovery system is based on the email you had back then WHICH YOU PROBABLY DONT HAVE !

Think I'm going to pay again for what ended up being a reason to do a complete reinstall ? H E double hockey sticks no ! Lousy crashmaster program that isn't supported ! Dump that junk !
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ShapeShifter Usage TipNot safe as Shapeshifter but, if you got sick of Leopard's look, free alternative - Version: 2.5, 3/20/2009 01:56PM PST

Ilgaz
I saw this URL on another download site
http://magnifiqueapp.com/
It does what shapeshifter does in file overwriting (with backup of course) way.
IMHO Unsanity should have released a Leopard edition without APE exactly. Well, some people have done it.
Shapeshifter's method is still the safest and way more reliable. If you keep running Tiger, there is no reason to give up.
It seems we lost shapeshifter thanks to the anti ape trolls and jealous developers. Hopefully I will be proved wrong but it seems so...
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ShapeShifter Usage Tip4 apps to exclude - Version: 2.5, 7/27/2008 06:19AM PST

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dsilvan
Here are 4 apps I've found which have problems booting so you should add them to your Shapeshifter Exclude List:

Bittorrent
Minefield (Firefox 3.x beta)
Skitch
Toast Titanium 9
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