Kaleidoscope
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Kaleidoscope is the ultimate in user interface customization for the Macintosh, letting you switch between completely different interface designs provided by plug-in modules called Schemes. Top 5 DL's are for version 2.3.1, the final (language specific) release.
[Items 1 - 5]: Full installer, Kaleidoscope version 2.3.1, Language; English (Kaleidoscope231US.bin), German (Kaleidoscope231DE.bin), French (Kaleidoscope231FR.bin), Italian (Kaleidoscope231IT.bin) & Japanese (Kaleidoscope231JP.bin)
[Items 6 - 11]: Earlier Releases, English language only: Versions 1.0.1 (Kaleidoscope101US.sit), 1.6 (Kaleidoscope16US.sit), 1.7.1 (Kaleidoscope171US.sit), 1.8.2 (Kaleidoscope182US.sit), 2.0.1 (Kaleidoscope201US.sit) and 2.2.2 (Kaleidoscope222US.sit)
[Items 12 - 13]: All 4,010 schemes in one zip file ("kaleidoscope_schemes.zip", 650 MB),
"kaleidoscope_banned.zip": Apple issued takedowns against any scheme that tried to replicate OS X's "Aqua" look, a selling point of its then-new OS
The official site closed circa January 2015, but its vast scheme collection can still be browsed on the Wayback Machine. In the complete alphabetical listing, click on an author's name to preview all of their designs. Approximately 3,700 of the 4,010 schemes can be downloaded from this archived version of the site.
As for the rest, here's a download of all 4,010 schemes in one zip file:
But wait, there's more! Apple issued takedowns against any scheme that tried to replicate OS X's "Aqua" look, a selling point of its then-new OS. This next download compiles 32 of the "banned" schemes:
Selected Kaleidoscope schemes are also hosted on OSX2000's website.
CompatibilityArchitecture: 68k PPC
Comments
Is there any way to register this now, or is it completely dead? The registration notice is haunting me on my vintage build D:
These guys did a Yosemite scheme for Kaleidoscope 2. Start bugging them to release it!
http://simplebeep.com/podcast/e3-kaleidoscope-scheming
For anyone interested, use AC10-M345K-VW98C-359 to register.
"Another way to change your Mac's face is by using Themes. There were a lot of themes on the Internet , some of the best are aqua theme, and Liquid theme."
I use Liquid Metal on my Pismo and it rocks. Not to mention, Themes are a lot less resource-intensive...
Another way to change your Mac's face is by using Themes. There were a lot of themes on the Internet , some of the best are aqua theme, and Liquid theme.
"A complete list of scheme files dowloadable from the official site can be found here:
http://kaleidoscope.net/schemes/schemes/"
This link is working,but I did not found it on kaleidoscope site.
THANKS
A complete list of scheme files dowloadable from the official site can be found here:
http://kaleidoscope.net/schemes/schemes/
You can still view descriptions and sample images by going to http://kaleidoscope.net/schemes/ and selecting the appropriate links, but any download links you find using this second link will NOT work.
I will try build a backup of the files in case the link goes offline. It's 4,011 files long!
"For the truly lazy (and to avoid an insane number of links in this post):
http://www.google.com/search?q=Kaleidoscope+(themes|schemes)"
Of course i checked this method too,but would be to simple to found what I need
Im looking only Windows scheme.If have some one information where I can download this scheme please put here link.
Thx for reply. I checked Your method but they are not works for me.
Scheme archive on www.kaleidoscope.net is not working any more.
regards
eastone
Firstly, try http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/ (still up as of 2009.06.12 17:38 GMT-4)
Several other sites which gather these files are still up as of this date, as well. Apple apparently created a tool for converting Kaleidoscope schemes into Appearance Manager themes, but I'm not sure if it was ever released to the public.
For the truly lazy (and to avoid an insane number of links in this post):
http://www.google.com/search?q=Kaleidoscope+(themes|schemes)
Where I can get schemes in 2009?