We’ve established how easy it is to make Ubuntu look like a Mac but theming Linux Mint, the popular Ubuntu-based offshoot, is a little trickier.
But no more.
It’s now possible to make Linux Mint look like a Mac too, and it’s all thanks to a customised version of the uncannily accurate macOS Mojave GTK theme we highlighted a few weeks ago.
May 14, 2020 Undeterred, Paul has re-engineered his Mac os theme for Linux Mint, building a new Metacity theme that blends with the rest of the UI while still allowing apps using Client Side Decoration (CSD) to look the part too. The downside is that, for now, Paul’s excellent Mac os theme only affects the look and feel of applications and app window borders. Sudo apt-get install plank macbuntu-os-plank-theme-lts-v7 Finally install some tweak tools to select mac theme: sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool gnome-tweak-tool And for final touch install these mac wallpapers.
So if you long to add some Cupertino styling to the Cinnamon desktop, read on!
Mac Theme for Linux Mint 19
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Mac themes for Linux Mint are not new.
But good ones? Well, they have been a bit hard to come by due, in part, to the Cinnamon desktop being based around an older version of GTK, the underlying toolkit that’s used to “draw” the GUI of many apps.
Major compatibility issues and refactoring changes between GTK versions has meant that many popular modern GTK themes were not directly compatible with Linux Mint — and that included crop of clonetastic Mac themes too.
Updated GTK in Linux Mint 19
The recent release of Linux Mint 19 changes the game; ‘Tara’ ships with a newer version of GTK that supports many of the advanced theming capabilities that themes often use.
And ready to take full advantage of the new theming capabilities available to Linux Mint 19 is prolific Linux theme maker PaulXfce.
Paul creates and maintains a bunch of well designed and well made themes for various GTK+ based desktop environments, including GNOME Shell, Budgie and, more relevant to those of you reading this post, Cinnamon.
Having recently raved about his creepily accurate macOS Mojave theme I was thrilled to learn that Paul has made a custom version of his macOS mojave theme available for the Cinnamon desktop.
Not that the task was entirely smooth sailing, as Paul points out:
“This has proven to be a much more difficult thing to do, because of the way Linux Mint uses Muffin as a window-manager, which has some drawbacks (like: Server-Side-Decoration, so no transparency in Nemo, ) and the ‘multitude’ of toolbars that take half the real-estate of the window… Reducing the size of them was my first priority.”
Undeterred, Paul has re-engineered his Mac os theme for Linux Mint, building a new Metacity theme that blends with the rest of the UI while still allowing apps using Client Side Decoration (CSD) to look the part too.
The downside is that, for now, Paul’s excellent Mac os theme only affects the look and feel of applications and app window borders. A Cinnamon desktop theme is not (currently) available (and the Cinnamon Spices website turns up nothing Apple-related).
Still; the theme is a sterling attempt and well worth trying out — even if only as a novelty. You can download the theme directly from GNOME-Look:
To install, extract the archive file to the hidden ‘.themes’ folder in your Home folder (if you don’t have one, create one).
Finally, to apply the theme, Open System Settings > Appearance > Themes and select the theme in both the window-borders and controls section.
More Ways to Make Linux Mint Look like a Mac
If you’re minded to make the Mint desktop more like Mac OS X there are some additional things you can do to curate a Cupertino-style aesthetic on the Cinnamon desktop.
You can move Mint desktop panels easily. Just right-click on an empty section of the panel, choose the ‘Properties’ menu option and, from the settings you see, move the panel from the bottom of the screen to the top.
This makes way for what is surely the most iconic element of the Mac desktop: the dock.
A chunky task bar, the dock puts large app icons and folder shortcuts within reach at the bottom of the screen. There are plenty of Linux docks available but we think that Plank is by far and away the best. You can install Plank on Linux Mint be searching for it in the Software Manager app.
You can add more applications to your Plank dock by dragging a shortcut out of the Mint Menu and dropping it on to the dock. You can even add folders to Plank too!
Other suggestions:
So get started and share your screenshots in the comments.
Got any magnificent Mint-to-Mac makeover suggestions? Share ’em below!
Change the appearance of your PC with the appearance of Mac OS on your computer with Ubuntu.
For all users of Ubuntu 16, a way to modify the appearance of Ubuntu 16.04 to a Mac OS in a simple and fully functional to impress our friends or colleagues.
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This transformation is called MacBuntu, which is a transformation package available for Ubuntu 16.04 which contains GTK themes that support the Unity, Gnome, Cinnamon, Mate, and Xfce environments.
Download Mac OS Desktop Backgrounds
First, we must download the desktop backgrounds from the following link: MACBUNTU BACKGROUNDS
Automatically Ubuntu displays the following message where we must activate the Save File box. Once downloaded, we proceed to extract the contents of the Pictures folder.
Install Themes, Icons & Cursors of Mac OS
For the entire update process we must install a secure PPA so that the whole process is reliable and efficient, we will enter the following line in the terminal:
Then we update the repository using the command:
Once the repository is updated, we will use the next line to install the MacBuntu icons:
Finally, we install the MacBuntu themes using the following:
If at any time we want to uninstall MacBuntu themes and icons we must execute the following commands:
Ubuntu Os X ThemeInstall Slingscold (Launchpad)
To have the appearance of the Launchpad in Ubuntu 16.04, we must install the Slingscold utility using the next line:
Install Albert (SpotLight)
One of the most used utilities in Mac operating systems for everything related to the search of files is SpotLight, and in this case, it cannot be missing, for this, there is this tool called Albert that offers the same advantages of SpotLight.
Thanks to this tool we can quickly locate documents, images, music, applications and much more.
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To install this utility, we will use the following line:
Once installed, we proceed to open it to configure its hotkey (keyboard shortcut) to facilitate its opening. We can define the desired key combination in the Hotkey field.
Install Plan Dock
As the name implies, this tool fulfills the role of Dock in Ubuntu 16.04.
For its installation we will execute the following line:
Mac Os X Dark Theme
Now we must install the Plank themes, for this, we will use the next line:
To configure the Plank theme we will right click on it, and the following configuration window will be displayed where we display the options of the Theme field:
There we choose the most appropriate according to our taste.
If we want to remove Plank from Ubuntu 16.04 we will use the following command:
Modify the Ubuntu Desktop 16.04
Next, it will be necessary to modify the appearance of the Ubuntu 16.04 desktop like that of Mac OS, for this, we execute the following:
Next, we run the following
If we want to have the classic environment of Ubuntu 16.04 again, we will use the following command:
Now we will configure the system so that the Apple logo is visible in the launcher, for this we execute the following:
Next, we will move the downloaded icon to the correct route:
If we want to remove said logo from Ubuntu 16.04 it will be necessary to enter the following line:
Install Monochromatic icons in LibreOffice and fonts in Ubuntu 16.04
LibreOffice handles default human icons in Ubuntu, but we can transform this appearance using the following command:
Installing the fonts is an optional point, but if we want the operating system fonts to have the appearance of Mac OS, we can execute the following line:
Unzip the file using the next line:
Ubuntu 18.04 Mac Os Theme
Finally we installed them:
Apple logo when logging into Ubuntu 16.04
If we want that when we start the computer we see the Apple logo as it happens in any Mac machine we must add the following repository :
Update the repository:
We install the initial screen utility:
Mac Os X Dark Theme For Ubuntu DownloadMac appearance for the login by installing the LightDM theme in Ubuntu 16.04
We may want to have the appearance of the Mac OS login in Ubuntu 16.04, for this it will be necessary to execute the following parameter:
We accept the download and respective installation. If at any time we wish to remove this option we will use the next line:
Change Ubuntu themes by installing the Tweak theme
Tweak offers us the possibility to change the themes in Ubuntu in a dynamic and reliable way.
It will be necessary to execute the following commands for its installation using the two environments of Ubuntu 16. Once this process is concluded, we proceed to restart the operating system.
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Once the system is restarted, this will be the welcome screen:
We enter our password, and we will be on Ubuntu 16.04 with a Mac OS:
In this way, we have the ability to radically customize the entire environment of Ubuntu 16.04 and begin to experience the use of a Mac OS system in a simple, free and functional.
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