MacThemes Forum / [iTunes] Unified gray (non-shiny) and aqua blue theme for iTunes 9.2

tcmediatech · Sep 10, 2009 1:42 pm

Overview: The point of this theme is to make iTunes look like a "normal" Leopard or Snow Leopard application, with normal window toolbars and scrollbars and such.

Here's the "before" shot:

Here's the "after" shot:

List of things that I changed:
- Main window top and bottom toolbars now match Snow Leopard default gray colors
- Mini-player background color now matches Snow Leopard default gray colors
- Equalizer window background color now matches Snow Leopard default gray colors
- Secondary window title bars now match Snow Leopard default gray colors
- Play/pause/stop/rewind/FF buttons were reverted to the previous iTunes 8.2.1 style
- Scrollbars changed to aqua blue (Warning: It will look weird with Graphite appearance!)
- Headers changed to aqua blue (Warning: It will look weird with Graphite appearance!)

Download it here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kubf3x — June 16, 2010 (for iTunes 9.2.0)

How to install:
Overwrite /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/iTunes.rsrc with the file from this download (instructions and original iTunes 9.2.0 version of iTunes.rsrc also included)

Background information:
The iTunes 9 UI really bothers me. Just when the rest of the OS (for the most part) had finally caught up to the lead iTunes took many years ago, this comically bad UI happens. Looks nothing like any other application. Too shiny. I think the iTunes team is playing a joke on everybody now.

It's so bad, in fact, I cracked open the iTunes.rsrc file (yes, it's 2009 and iTunes is still using an RSRC file to hold all its UI resources) and tried to make iTunes 9 into a good Mac OS X citizen.

To switch up the images in iTunes.rsrc, I used the old donationware standby, ThemePark. That application is ancient these days, but so is iTunes' architecture, so it works just fine. Eventually I'll probably succumb to the ridiculously shiny UI... but not yet.

Last edited by tcmediatech (Jun 16, 2010 4:18 pm)

tominabox1 · Sep 10, 2009 8:28 pm

Best one yet! fits the rest of the UI WAY better than that other "stuff"

Thanks for your work!

jonnyquist · Sep 10, 2009 8:41 pm

Nice, though I don't so much care for the aqua scrollbars.

peetr · Sep 10, 2009 10:10 pm

Nice - saving me the trouble of uploading my own. Still I have a few ideas :

1. your scroll arrows aren't aquafied, nor is the bottom right square (where they meet)
2. your mod has a lovely top part and buttons
3. the white diamond (play progress in lcd screen) is probably done by some 5 year old. Perhaps this is an improvement :

4. from your preview, I can't see if the sidebar header was themed :

5. to make the graphite variant, desaturate the blue parts with minus 80.

Maybe we can mix up some things

Last edited by peetr (Sep 10, 2009 10:13 pm)

Ji · Sep 10, 2009 11:24 pm

please do mix up some things!

BeauGiles · Sep 11, 2009 3:17 am

I love this mod in it's current form - I don't mind iTunes 9's new LCD Screen background and the lighter colours everywhere (e.g., top of sidebar album art display)
The one thing I'd love though is to replace the white backgrounds in the grid view with iTunes 8's black background.

Cory · Sep 11, 2009 3:43 am

peetr wrote:
Stuff

peetr, would you mind uploading your square mini pause/play/next/back buttons?

BlackOut · Sep 11, 2009 7:31 am

thanks!!

iconmaster · Sep 11, 2009 8:09 am

Now can we just get one with the subdued buttons/background as above, but with the original iTunes scrollbars? Please?

peetr · Sep 11, 2009 9:40 am

Cory wrote:
peetr wrote:
Stuff
peetr, would you mind uploading your square mini pause/play/next/back buttons?

Here you go :

Cory · Sep 11, 2009 12:11 pm

peetr wrote:
Cory wrote:
peetr wrote:
Stuff
peetr, would you mind uploading your square mini pause/play/next/back buttons?
Here you go :

http://idisk.mac.com/gerritvanoppen/Public/GUI/322.png
http://idisk.mac.com/gerritvanoppen/Public/GUI/324.png
http://idisk.mac.com/gerritvanoppen/Public/GUI/326.png

thanks a lot!

~HP · Sep 11, 2009 3:59 pm

tcmediatech wrote:
Download it here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qrqg2d

I will try it … iTunes 9 is so strange!

Last edited by ~HP (Sep 11, 2009 4:00 pm)

metacym · Sep 11, 2009 6:29 pm

do any of you know if the files for the itunes main window and mini-player window support
alpha-transparency? I am meddling about in the RSRC right now, and i brought opacity down, yet
it does not take affect except for the four little corner squares.

tcmediatech · Sep 11, 2009 11:54 pm

metacym: Only the superimposed elements (buttons, icons, highlights) support alpha transparency. You can't reduce the opacity on the background image; it will not make the entire window transparent.

Others: I don't have any personal interest in creating a version of this theme that includes Graphite scrollbars or iTunes 8.x style scrollbars. If anyone else wants to "hack my hack" to do that, please go ahead.

I've released a new version for September 12, 2009: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ouerw4

Minor changes in this version include...

Snow Leopard style "traffic lights" and also a darker volume control slider

No more white diamond at the current point, instead it just rounds off the edge

Modern square buttons in Smart Playlist dialogs, not those 2001-style circles

Remember this is designed for Aqua Blue only, not Graphite! Enjoy.

G-Force · Sep 12, 2009 3:09 am

Very nice!

ProbablyMe · Sep 12, 2009 4:51 am

please, please, please make version with 'new' scrollbars
or with these: http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16798874
please?

~HP · Sep 12, 2009 11:03 am

Awesome!

Pico · Sep 12, 2009 12:48 pm

+ 1 for a graphite aqua extreme version

Thanks for your work

mhmoodzaidan · Sep 12, 2009 1:16 pm

I like it! As said before, the best I've seen untill now keep it up

amnesia · Sep 12, 2009 3:49 pm

could you bring back the old black (dark grey) background for when looking at albums and tracks in their icon mode?

I hate the white background!

Steeply · Sep 13, 2009 1:07 am

the best its9mod so far

ranathari · Sep 13, 2009 9:43 am

Another voice chiming in for a graphite version, if possible?

thedash · Sep 13, 2009 10:36 am

Where can I get the itunes.rscs for this blue screen?

Last edited by thedash (Sep 13, 2009 10:36 am)

iTALiANiCK02 · Sep 13, 2009 11:44 am

could we get a version that only edits the scrollbars and buttons but leaves the chrome-ist window texture default?? : )

jlkce · Sep 14, 2009 10:50 am

ProbablyMe wrote:
please, please, please make version with 'new' scrollbars
or with these: http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16798874
please?

+1
I would love to have iTunes with the Aqua Extreme scrollbars.

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[iTunes] Unified gray (non-shiny) and aqua blue theme for iTunes 9.2

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