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^ Absolutely beautiful :yes:

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Nothing spectacular, but this wallpaper is awesome and Leopard's new UI adapts to nicely to it :)

Wow, this SS is amazing...congrats! Btw, where can I find those Aduim/iChat colored status bubbles? They look so coo and I'd like to use them please.

Thank you! :)

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mac noobie ? here... I have searched and can't find any info on how to name and have the used/free drive space info show on each drive icon on the desktop. Plus I have also seen peoples iphone and ipod with the same info on the desktop to when they are mounted like a DVD drive does when you insert a DVD. I have a iphone and a ipod that don't even show up on my desktop. So could someone please explain to me how this is done?

Also how do you show info on different activities that is running on the macs task bar up by the clock such as cpu,net speed, memory... ect.

How boring is this ? --> My desktop icons are....Macintosh HD, Time Machine Backups, and Untitled ( Yes I did manage to do a dual boot with Windows, but haven't been there for days...lol ) Here is some screen shots to show what I'm talking about.

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Drive icons: Right Click > Get Info. Then you can change the name under "Name & Extension".

For the menubar thing you'll want iStat menus.

Thank you so much, I did install iStat menus and that is exactly what I wanted... I was also able to change the name of the drive icons but how do I show the info on the drives as seen in the screen shot below? Also do you know how to show the iphone and ipod icons on the desktop when they are connected ?

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Drive info: Right Click on Desktop > Show View Options > Show item info

But as for the last thing, I'm not sure. Mine shows external devices by default.

EDIT: heh, just found the answer by accident. Open up Finder and go Finder > Preferences. Under the General tab you can select which devices appear on the desktop.

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Drive info: Right Click on Desktop > Show View Options > Show item info

But as for the last thing, I'm not sure. Mine shows external devices by default.

EDIT: heh, just found the answer by accident. Open up Finder and go Finder > Preferences. Under the General tab you can select which devices appear on the desktop.

So simple but yet so hard....Thanks a million acxz

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Xmas again.. amazingly my first Leopard shot even though i had from day 1!! I found the wall i made from last year and thought it was cool!

now for the details..

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Wall: Vertical by Capital18 Feat. Orlaith McAllister by me

Icons: Mix up by many!

Adium Hud: Hirogen (want the matching message style now!!)

Music Widget: As always my own just refined a bit now!

anything else well shout!

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NSFW - Sorta!

Xmas again.. amazingly my first Leopard shot even though i had from day 1!! I found the wall i made from last year and thought it was cool!

now for the details..

um...

Wall: Vertical by Capital18 Feat. Orlaith McAllister by me

Icons: Mix up by many!

Adium Hud: Hirogen (want the matching message style now!!)

Music Widget: As always my own just refined a bit now!

anything else well shout!

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can you hook me up with that wallpaper? i tried to get it last year i think but never found it. thanks bro!

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