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All you need to change the Apple Logo & Background Image on the Login Screen in OSx 10.5 Leopard is the terminal and an art program.

If you don't know what the terminal is you should not use it. It is located here: >>Applications>>Utilities>>Terminal and you type in the commands below. ;)

How to change the Background Image on the Login Screen for OSx 10.5 Leopard

• copy the default DefaultDesktop.jpg file to the Desktop with this terminal command:
  cp /System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg ~/Desktop/
• modify the DefaultDesktop.jpg file on your desktop
• save this file back over the original with this terminal command (this command requires an admin password):
  sudo cp ~/Desktop/DefaultDesktop.jpg /System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg

How to change the Apple Logo on the Login Screen for OSx 10.5 Leopard

• This file is a 90×90 tif file and needs to remain a a 90×90 tif.
• copy the default applelogo.tif to the desktop with this terminal command:
  cp /System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgentPlugins/loginwindow.bundle/Contents/Resources/applelogo.tif ~/Desktop/
• modify the applelogo.tif file on your desktop
• save this file back over the original with this terminal command (this command requires an admin password):
  sudo cp ~/Desktop/applelogo.tif /System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgentPlugins/loginwindow.bundle/Contents/Resources/applelogo.tif