Are you still searching for the best way to customize and manicure your Mac desktop to the fullest extent? Well, we provide the answers to your hard-sought queries.
The Wallpaper and Screensaver
Use your System Preferences option to go to:
Desktop and Screensaver tabs. Use the Desktop and Screensaver folders to browse through your iPhoto library and the conventional pictures that you have to allow your Mac desktop to be glorified by the subtlest and prettiest of pictures. The screensaver will save energy when your Mac is idle for a given amount if time. You may also select an animation instead of an ordinary picture as screensaver to help make your Mac Desktop more attractive and soothing to the eye.
Customizing the Dock
Manipulating and varying the size, magnification the Dock size and icons is an effective Mac desktop customization technique. Defining the position of the dock on screen, animating the opening icons, hiding or locking the dock are various other methods to use the dock to the fullest extent. You can do all these magical tricks with the Dock by accessing the System Preferences. Under this application click on Dock> Personal to optimize your Mac Desktop to the fullest.
Tweaking your Desktop
Go to System Preferences> Dashboard & Expose, under the Personal tab. This will allow you to provide active screen corners and keyboard shortcuts. The former allows you to set events when you touch any of the four corners of the screen, while the latter lets you assign shortcuts to very important applications key combinations on the keyboard.
Weather Forecast
Mac has also incorporated the usage of a site or meter to allow the forecast and report of the weather in the locality outside. The WeatherMenu from AfterTen software is specifically launched on Mac base for this purpose. This application gives a contemporary and up-to-date feel to your Mac desktop.
Monitoring Mac with MenuMeters
Customizing or personalizing your Mac menu bar to provide all technical information about the system can be done on Mac now. Menumeters are specifically designed to inform you on the memory used, network activity, processor info etc. all this is done through animated icons to help the user feel well-informed yet amused.
Adding Widgets
Widgets are mini-programs assigned to perform one specific task ad are present on the desktop. Click on the Dashboard icon to view the presently installed widgets. You can then download and install more widgets from the net.
Personalizing your Mac desktop is as easy as eating your lunch! But mind you, you have to be very cautious and informed before using the applications otherwise your desktop might end up looking like a bad plastic surgery gone worse!