Change the Apple Logo & Background Image on the Login Screen in OSx 10.5 Leopard

Submitted by BeatnikDude on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 15:21

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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

Comments

Nobody (not verified)

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 01:40

No reason to even suggest using Terminal. To change the logo, in "Go to Folder", paste in "/System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgentPlugins/loginwindow.bundle/Contents/Resources/". Then drag applelogo.tif to desktop as a copy. Drag the original to trash, and authenticate with password. Drag your custom TIF to the "Go" window and authenticate.

Why are you geeks always so eager to use the Terminal to simply copy a file to the desktop?

You can change the grey log of BootX (appears first at a normal startup) using the freeware app "BootXChanger".

BeatnikDude

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 13:15

the terminal is easy breezy powerful, but thanks for the alternate