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TUAW's Daily Mac App: Bowtie

by Samuel Gibbs (Jul 13th, 2011)

Have you ever thought iTunes was just a bit plain? Want a customisable controller that you can theme to match your mood? You need Bowtie. We've covered Bowtie before, but it's basically a replacement for the iTunes Mini Player, giving you track information, controls and the ability to rate ...

Apple asks Toyota to remove jailbreak store advertising

by Mike Schramm (Apr 5th, 2011)

Well, that was quick. No sooner than word got out about Toyota's advertising on the unofficial ModMyi jailbreak store for iOS, Apple has reportedly stepped in and asked Toyota to back down. Apparently the advertising company responsible for the theme and buy called up to remove it and said that ...

Toyota puts up theme, ads on ModMyi jailbreak repository

by Mike Schramm (Apr 4th, 2011)

This is kind of a weird story, but definitely an interesting one. Word is going around that Toyota, of all brands, might be advertising on the ModMyi repository. Supposedly there's an official Scion interface theme on sale in the jailbreak store, and there are ads for the car manufacturer ...

Put a Windows Phone 7 theme on your iPhone

by David Quilty (Feb 1st, 2011)

Been trying to think of a way to try out a new Windows phone without crossing over to the dark side switching sides? If that's the case and you have been looking for a way to recreate the Windows Phone 7 interactive theme on your iPhone or iPod touch, Wyndwarrior's "OS7" is available in public beta ...

TUAW's Daily App: Helsing's Fire

by Mike Schramm (Jul 15th, 2010)

Helsing's Fire is an interesting little title with a pretty original gameplay premise. The idea is that you place torches in an area full of objects and walls, and you have to target or hide certain creatures with that light. The backstory of the game is about the adventurer Van Helsing and his ...

How to create Keynote themes

by Sang Tang (Sep 25th, 2009)

Out of the box, Apple's Keynote is a gem. The app is intuitive and, like many Apple products, strikes a nice and delicate balance between ease-of-use for novice users and functionality for more advanced power users. While Keynote offers a nice set of built-in themes, there may be times when you want ...

Terminal Tips: Personalize Terminal.app

by Cory Bohon (Sep 22nd, 2008)

Tired of the bland, black and white look of Terminal.app (/Application/Utilities)? By tweaking the preferences in Terminal, you can easily change the theme, and look of your Terminal windows. Open Terminal and click Terminal > Preferences (or press command + ,). Clicking on Settings will allow ...

New Keynote Motion Themes from iPresentee

by Steven Sande (Jul 7th, 2008)

If you're bored silly with the typical theme backgrounds in Keynote, pop on over to iPresentee's website and check out Keynote Motion Themes 2.0. These themes, which were released today (7/7/08), add five more motion themes to iPresentee's product line. All of these themes provide moving backgrounds ...

RWThemeMiner 2.0.5

by Cory Bohon (Jun 2nd, 2008)

Did you just upgrade to the latest version of Realmac Software's RapidWeaver? Then you might notice RWThemeMiner, which lets you edit your RW themes, is no longer working. Fret not because RWThemeMiner was just updated to version 2.0.5 which works with RapidWeaver 4. RWThemeMiner is available for ...

TextMate themes collection

by Brett Terpstra (Jan 3rd, 2008)

I love playing with TextMate themes. I tend to get bored easily, and besides a proclivity for dark backgrounds that impair readability, I'm always up for variety. That's why I'm pleased to see TM Themes, developed by Garrett Bjerkhoel, hit the TextMate theme scene. The site is starting out with a ...

Keynoteuser releases Galleria theme for Keynote '08

by Mike Schramm (Aug 28th, 2007)

Brian, who also told us about that Keynote hack when '08 was first dropped, sends a note about Galleria, a theme he's selling for Keynote that's designed specifically to show off photos. The theme takes advantage of the new "media placeholder" function in Keynote '08 that lets you place photos ...

iSticky offers notes with reminders, sending via Bonjour, more

by David Chartier (Jun 12th, 2006)

Sticky notes are great, but sticky notes that can have reminder alarms, be sent to other Macs via Bonjour, sent over the web and SMS, archived and more - are better. If any of these features have your inner nerd excited, then check out iSticky - a sticky note app on steroids. Also on the feature ...

YAMTT - Yet another Mail theme for Thunderbird

by David Chartier (Dec 31st, 2005)

Hawk Wings has tracked down another Mail theme for Thunderbird by the name of TigerMail. While I know we've blogged one before, I can't track it down. From what I remember though, TigerMail is a much more accurate reproduction of the Tiger Mail look and feel. But if Panther Mail's look and feel is ...

Poll: Do you mod OS X's appearance?

by Dave Caolo (Sep 1st, 2005)

One of my regular online haunts is Resexcellence. They've got a huge library of appearance themes for Mac OS X. While I enjoy looking at them, I've never installed any. I imagine that it's fun and satisfying to use a theme you've designed yourself, or simply one that agrees with your own aesthetic ...

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