If you’re looking for a Mac theme for Linux, look no further.
GNOME-OSX II is (as you might have already guessed) a Mac GTK theme for Linux desktops — and it’s a pretty pretty adaptation.
‘This theme is a ‘gnome-desktop-interpretation of Mac OS X”
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Yup, this is not an out-and-out copy of the standard UI in macOS. The theme describes itself as “a gnome-desktop-interpretation of Mac OS X”, with the theme designer saying they’ve “tried to implement the feel of OS X on the gnome-applications.”
This means the theme it’s not trying to be a pixel-perfect clone of the macOS theme — and there are plenty of GTK themes that try to do that out there — but instead adapts the core design of Cupertino’s desktop OS in a way that makes sense (and looks best) on the GNOME desktop.
The GNOME-OSX II theme works with most modern GNOME-based desktops, including GNOME Shell, GNOME Flashback, and Budgie. But the theme does not work with the Unity desktop.
Aside from evoking the form and function of macOS there are some novel touches too, such as the use of a blurred sidebar in the Nautilus file manager, and consistent theming across GTK2 and GTK3 apps.
A compataible GNOME Shell theme is also available to download for those wanting even more mac-inspired bling for their desktops.
Why do this?
Debate about the merits (or otherwise) of theming a Linux desktop to look like another operating system arises every time a theme like this is presented.
The terse answer is, if you can’t understand the appeal, sense or logic in doing it: don’t.
Whether you have Apple envy or simply admire and appreciate the design aesthetic of a macOS, there’s no shame if you decide to make Ubuntu look like Mac. The whole point of using Linux is (after all) that you can do things like this — you certainly can’t make Mac OS X look like Ubuntu!
Download GNOME-OSX Mac theme for Linux
The GNOME OS X II theme requires GNOME 3.20 or later. To use it on Ubuntu you need to be running Ubuntu 16.10 or above.
Once the download is complete you need to extract the tarball to your ~/.themes directory.
Finally, to switch theme on you need to use the GNOME Tweak Tool, which is available to install from Ubuntu Software.
For a more faithful mac-ification try the La Capitaine Mac icon theme for Linux, also available as a free download from GNOME-Look.
This simple tutorial shows how to install Mac OS Catalina style Gnome Shell theme and icons in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Following steps include how to install the GTK theme, icon theme, tweak panel appearance, and install useful extensions.When everything’s done, your Gnome desktop will look like:
1. First install Gnome Tweaks and required theme engines.
Open terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard), paste following command (Ctrl+Shift+V) and run to install some required libraries:
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) and hit Enter.
2. Download / Install Mac OS Catalina Theme:
The light, dark, transparent theme packages are available at gnome-look.org page (under files tab).
Select download one or all of the packages as you want.You may also download “Extra” tarball for wallpaper and fonts.
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Then install them via:
- Go to Downloads folder and extract all the three tarball.
- Open new Files (Nautilus file browser) window.
- Press Ctrl+H to display hidden file folders.
- Then navigate to .themes folder (create the folder if not exist!).
- Finally move the theme package folders from Downloads to .themes.
2. Download / Install Mac OS Icon Theme:
There are a few OS X icon themes available, click here (files tab) to get one of them.
Then install the icons via:
- Go to Downloads folder and extract the tarball.
- Open new Files (Nautilus file browser) window.
- Press Ctrl+H to display hidden file folders.
- Then navigate to .icons folder (create the folder if not exist!).
- Finally move the icon package folders from Downloads to .icons.
3. Install user theme Gnome Shell extension.
You can skip this step if you have already installed the User Theme extension, and don’t want the Blur effect.
1.) First time installing a gnome shell extension? Do open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard, then run command:
Go to extensions.gnome.org, and click the link to install the browser integration.
2.) Click here to install user theme extension to load shell themes from user directory.
3.) (Optional) Click here to install extension to apply a Blur effect.
4. Apply the Mac OS Catalina Theme and Icon:
Launch Gnome Tweaks and navigate to Appearance, there you can choose themes for Applications, Icons, Gnome Shell.
5. Adjust the left dock panel.
Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run following commands one by one:
- To move left dock panel to bottom, run command:
- To shorten the dock panel, run:
- Move app launcher icon to left:
- Set dock panel background transparency (range from 0 to 1):
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