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ShapeShifter

ShapeShifter - 1.0

haxie to completely change OS X interface via themes

All Time: (3.8)
Version 1.0: (3.9)
Selected Version: 1.0
Release Date: 2003-11-18
License: Commercial
Downloads (version 1.0): 2,970
Downloads (all versions): 2,831
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, 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?
While you may have heard horror stories about themes kludging user's systems, ShapeShifter makes this a thing of the past. Installing themes in Mac OS X used to require some dangerous methods (and more than a little bravery on the part of the end user). Not so with ShapeShifter - now changing the overall appearance of your system is every bit as safe as switching desktops or screensavers. ShapeShifter is safe because it never touches the actual files and resources residing deep within your system.
ShapeShifter is also very simple to use - just grab any guiKit or dlta theme and double-click it ... ShapeShifter will instantly become aware of its presence and pop open the ShapeShifter preference pane. To apply a theme, click the radio button next to the theme and hit the Apply Selected button. That's it!
With ShapeShifter, you can:
  • Change the overall appearance of your operating system safely, quickly, and reliably
  • Experience things that haven't been possible with Mac themes before
  • Quickly preview themes without actually applying them
  • Use Jaguar themes in Panther effortlessly
  • Install different themes for different users
  • Keep your themes wherever you please on your hard drive
  • Add and remove themes effortlessly

Operating System Requirements:

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

  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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Version 1.0:
Overall Rating: (3.9) Features: (4.0) Support: (4.3)
Ease of Use: (4.3) Quality / Stability: (3.9) Price: (3.5)
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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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