Your new Mac is something that is an asset to you. And personalizing it means a great deal to you. After all, you would want your Mac to have a personality of its own. Or rather it would reflect your persona through and through. But the only obstacle in the course is knowing the process of how to personalize your Mac itself!
Use System Preferences to the Hilt
If you have been a Mac user, you will know that control panels and system extensions or their miscellaneous combinations were done by most system customizations. But under Mac OS X, these are controlled by the System Preferences applications. Using it to modify and define system settings is a better option than the earlier one. Therefore, maximize the utilities given in these panels and customize your Mac.
Homemade Launcher
Use the Users folder in your hard drive and create a new folder by pressing Command-Shift-N. Name it for example, Toolbox folder. Add other applications such as subfolders, games, utilities and graphics. Drag and drop any application into the subfolders of the Toolbox folder you have created. Now drag and drop the Toolbox folder to the Dock.
This will create a folder on the Dock that will allow access to different applications through different subfolders.
Save Your Screen
The Mac OS X has stable screen savers than its predecessors. Using the Screen Effects Preference Pane, you may create or generate already existing pictures and videos as screensavers. File formats such as JPEG, JPG TIFF work fine, but GIF often gives low image resolution and bad performances as screensavers. The Activation and Hot Corners tabs are made to allow additional changes in settings.
Desktop Pictures
The ability of the new Mac OS X to allow beautiful desktop pictures as your desktop background is an added rational application. The setup to apply a desktop picture is the same as the screensaver setup. You can also use the iPhoto import command to import photos and pictures you would like to adorn your desktop with. This feature is a new with the new Mac and is very popular with the digital camera mobiles being a rage in today’s age!
The New Mac Noise
Mac has brought up a new series of start-up and alert sounds, along with different tunes and themes to open up a plethora of wonderful audio harmony. Fun sounds such as sounds of explosions, flutes, baby talking etc are not only unique but also give your Mac a finish that matches its style! Bring them up from the Classic Startup Sound programs. While using alert sounds, use shorter versions. This is because longer sounds create as much annoyance as wastage of time.
With this ammunition pack, touch up your Mac with the state-of-the-art magnificence of personalization!