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Remove Get Software Menu Item - Tiger -
Aug 2009
Remove the 'Mac OS X Software...' menu item in Tiger Warning: if you're not comfy in the terminal and/or vi/pico, this might not be for you. An unsuccessful attempt at this has the nasty side-effect of not allowing you to run the finder (yes, you'd have to ssh/telnet into the machine to fix it if you mess this up somehow). The XML file to be edited is located in: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/StandardMenus.nib/ There is a file named objects.xib in the folder. First (as root) MAKE A BACKUP copy of that file somewh ere else where you will remember (root, home, wherever, just not the same directory). I would also make sure you have remote access turned on to telnet in and move the original file back, or the have the ability to swap files out either in OS9 or remotely. You then need to edit the objects.xib file. (I did this in pico, but any text editor should work). Here are the changes (it is important not to skip a step here): 1) In line 7 (<array count="66" name="allObjects">), change '66' to '65' 2) In line 11 (<array count="21" name="items">), replace '21' with '20' 3) Delete the four lines, 20-23 <object class="IBCarbonMenuItem" id="221"> <string name="title">Mac OS X Software</string> <ostype name="command">soft</ostype> </object> 4) Delete line 197 <reference idRef="221"/> Log out and in again and it should work fine. If you have problems, you may need to replace the edited file with the original and try again.
Remove Get Software Menu Item - Panther -
Aug 2009
Remove the 'Get Mac OS X Software...' menu item in Panther Warning: if you're not comfy in the terminal and/or vi/pico, this might not be for you. An unsuccessful attempt at this has the nasty side-effect of not allowing you to run the finder (yes, you'd have to ssh/telnet into the machine to fix it if you mess this up somehow). The XML file to be edited is located in: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/StandardMenus.nib/ There is a file named objects.xib in the folder. First (as root) MAKE A BACKUP copy of that file somewh ere else where you will remember (root, home, wherever, just not the same directory). I would also make sure you have remote access turned on to telnet in and move the original file back, or the have the ability to swap files out either in OS9 or remotely. You then need to edit the objects.xib file. (I did this in pico, but any text editor should work). Here are the changes (it is important not to skip a step here): 1) In line 7 (<array count="79" name="allObjects">), change '79' to '78' 2) In line 11 (<array count="21" name="items">), replace '21' with '20' 3) Delete the four lines, 20-23 <object class="IBCarbonMenuItem" id="221"> <string name="title">Mac OS X Software</string> <ostype name="command">soft</ostype> </object> 4) Delete the four lines, 226-229 <object class="IBCarbonMenuItem" id="216"> <string name="title">Get Mac OS X Software</string> <ostype name="command">soft</ostype> </object> 5) Delete line 239 <reference idRef="221"/> Log out and in again and it should work fine. If you have problems, you may need to replace the edited file with the original and try again.
Remove Get Software Menu Item - Jaguar -
Aug 2009
Remove the 'Get Mac OS X Software...' menu item in Jaguar Warning: if you're not comfy in the terminal and/or vi/pico, this might not be for you. An unsuccessful attempt at this has the nasty side-effect of not allowing you to run the finder (yes, you'd have to ssh/telnet into the machine to fix it if you mess this up somehow). The XML file to be edited is located in: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/StandardMenus.nib There is a file named objects.xib in the folder. First (as root) MAKE A BACKUP copy of that file somewh ere else where you will remember (root, home, wherever, just not the same directory). I would also make sure you have remote access turned on to telnet in and move the original file back, or the have the ability to swap files out either in OS9 or remotely. You then need to edit the objects.xib file. (I did this in pico, but any text editor should work). Here are the changes (it is important not to skip a step here): 1) In line 7 (<array count="77" name="allObjects">), change '77' to '76' 2) In line 11 (<array count="19" name="items">), replace '19' with '18' 3) Delete the four lines, 16-19 <object class="IBCarbonMenuItem" id="221"> <string name="title">Get Mac OS X Software</string> <ostype name="command">soft</ostype> </object> 4) Delete the four lines, 209-212 <object class="IBCarbonMenuItem" id="216"> <string name="title">Get Mac OS X Software</string> <ostype name="command">soft</ostype> </object> 5) Delete line 222 <reference idRef="221"/> Log out and in again and it should work fine. If you have problems, you may need to replace the edited file with the original and try again.
Changing the login screen background image -
Aug 2009
(This is for OS X.5/Leopard) This is actually very simple. The background image for the login screen is just a picture file. It is located at /System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg which means all that you have to do is to pick the jpeg image that you want and call it DefaultDesktop.jpg and replace this file. It would probably be good practice to rename the stock image file to something else so that if you want to get it back you still have it.
Desktop Icons -
Aug 2009
If you are like me, you like to have a very clean desktop. I only have icons on the desktop that I am currently in the middle of using. This still leaves the default icons for harddrives, CDs, connected servers and so on. Well, in case you didn't know it, you can make those disappear as well, and here's how: Make sure you are in the Finder. Click on the Finder menu and select Preferences. Click the General tab. You will see checkboxes for the types of icons such as; Hard disks, CDs, DVDs, iPods and Connected servers. Uncheck all the types you don't want to show up on your desktop.
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