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Jesus A. Alvarez |
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namedfork.net |
BootXChanger lets you change the grey Apple logo boot image on Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.6.
To set an image as a new boot image, open BootXChanger and drag a 128x128 pixel image to the image well, then click Apply.
Based on a clever hack found by Dave Dribin to modify the Mac OS X boot loader to add custom graphics.
CompatibilityDoesn't work on the early 2011 MacBook Pro.
BootXChanger 1.0.4 will not change the background color of the boot screen. You should use #BFBFBF as your image's background color unless you want a noticeable rectangle around your image.
If your image has more than 100 colors, it will be down-sampled and probably look ugly. If this happens, you can try saving the image in GIF or PNG-8, making sure it uses 100 colors or less.
Users on Intel Macs should consider using the Intel Mac exclusive BootXChanger 2.0 instead, which contains a number of enhancements and allows you to change the background color.