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Change the title of the About This Mac box System
After having changed the picture in the About this Mac box, you may also want to change the title above the picture. I personally changed them to "About this iBook" and "About this iMac." You'll need to have the Developer Tools installed, and the process goes like this:
  1. Go to System -> Library -> CoreServices -> loginwindow.app -> Contents -> Resources -> your_language.lproj, where your_language is English, German, etc.
  2. Copy ProcessPanel.nib from this folder to the Desktop
  3. Open it in Interface Builder
  4. In Process Builder, select 'About this Mac' under 'Instances'
  5. Select Tools -> Info in the menu
  6. You get a mask where you can change the window title
  7. Close and save your changes
  8. Start from another volume and replace the original file with the changed one. Don't forget to backup the original file!
  9. Once you get back to the original system, you may want to set the privileges correctly (read & write: system, write: wheel and others). I don't know if this really matters but it's more elegant to do so.
Enjoy!

[Editor's note: I have not tested this one myself...]
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Nice...
Authored by: Ezekiel on Nov 21, '02 12:23:30PM

But why the hazzle of starting up from another volume? It sounds much easier just logging into console, or single user mode. Especially if you don't have other volumes...



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No restart required
Authored by: macavenger on Nov 21, '02 12:49:10PM

Ok, this might have an element of risk to it, but I was able to accomplish this without even having to restart at all. Simply change the permissions on the .nib file and enclosing folder to you, edit it, save, and change the permissions back. Works like a charm, change takes effect the next time you open the info window, and interface builder even automatically saves a backup of the original, although that might be a setting in my preferences. I've actually done this with numerous system .nib files, and never had a problem. Although if you are the paranoid type (not a bad thing, in this case), you may want to make a backup copy of the file first.



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changing text or rather gettin rid of it
Authored by: panicX on Nov 21, '02 05:07:22PM

I confess its a bit of topic or maybe not.
You people seem to know where these things are stored.
I have been looking for a way to remove "Get Mac OS X Software"
from the Apple menu. I suppose it can be done in a way similar to
editing the 'about box' text.
Any idears?

thanx for the hint BTW :)



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That hint has been published...
Authored by: robg on Nov 21, '02 07:54:02PM
I don't know if it's been tried in 10.2 or not, but this hint explains how to get rid of it: regards; -rob.

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thanx :)
Authored by: panicX on Nov 21, '02 08:56:25PM

thanx rob :)



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Still works in 10.2 but...
Authored by: panicX on Nov 21, '02 10:19:22PM

Hi,
I tried it and it still works :)
but....
INSTEAD OFF:
4) In line 11 (<array count="16" name="items">), replace the '16' with '15' - you're removing something from an array.
5) In line 7 (<array count="69" name="allObjects">), change '69' to '68'.

IT MUST BE:
4) In line 11 (<array count="19" name="items">), replace the '19' with '18' - you're removing something from an array.
5) In line 7 (<array count="77" name="allObjects">), change '77' to '76'.

I'll post this with the originating article as well.



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Editing a running system
Authored by: Chris66 on Nov 23, '02 08:15:47AM

I confess I'm no Unix pro rather an old style macos 9 Resedit hacker who switched to X so I used the standard procedure for OS 9 hacks for my hint.
What makes me curious: Can you edit all parts of the system directly with the Interface Builder or are there files you better not touch this way?
The hack of the ProcessPanel.nib involves only pop-up windows so it's obivous that this one isn't to dangerous.

Chris (Anonymious)



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Editing a running system
Authored by: macavenger on Nov 25, '02 09:44:10PM

I've edited quite a few of the system .nib files, not too mention icon and picture files, directly while the system was running, and never had any problems. Of course, I'm also the type that has no trouble taking risks with my system, although I do have an extra, untouched copy of OS X installed on my machine just in case.



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