{"id":6795,"date":"2017-05-17T16:12:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T16:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6795"},"modified":"2017-05-17T16:12:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T16:12:15","slug":"make-gnome-3-look-like-mac-os-x-in-ubuntu-17-04-16-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/make-gnome-3-look-like-mac-os-x-in-ubuntu-17-04-16-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Gnome 3 Look Like Mac OS X in Ubuntu 17.04, 16.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Along with a few Gnome Shell extensions, you can now easily make Gnome Desktop look like Mac OS X with &#8216;Gnome-OSX&#8217;, a gnome-specific GTK3 theme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/paullinuxthemer\/Gnome-OSX\" target=\"_blank\">Gnome-OSX<\/a> is initially based on the Arc-theme-files. The goal is to implement the feel of OSX on the gnome-applications. <\/p>\n<p>The theme mainly features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nautilus with blurred sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>Same theming across GTK2 and GTK3.<\/li>\n<li>Shell theme with white dock and slighty dark top-bar<\/li>\n<li>Shell theme with dark dock and dark top-bar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-shell-macos-style.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-shell-macos-style-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"Gnome Shell in OS X style\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-shell-macos-style-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-shell-macos-style-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-shell-macos-style-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-shell-macos-style.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To get this look and feel in Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.10 Gnome Shell, do following steps:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Download the &#8216;Gnome-OSX&#8217; theme from the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/www.gnome-look.org\/p\/1171688\/#files-panel' class='arconix-button arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Download Gnome-OSX<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under <b>Files<\/b> tab, grab the first package or the next 4 packages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/download-gnome-osx.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/download-gnome-osx-600x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"223\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/download-gnome-osx-600x223.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/download-gnome-osx-450x167.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/download-gnome-osx-768x285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/download-gnome-osx.jpg 1313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Extract the tarball and all you need is the following 4 folders:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gnome-OSX-Dark-Shell<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Gnome-OSX-Light-Shell<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Gnome-OSX-II-2-6<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Gnome-OSX-II-2-6-NT<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Open file browser, press Ctrl+H (view hidden folders) and go to <b>.themes<\/b> folder (create the folder if not exist).<\/p>\n<p>Then move the 4 extracted folders to <b>.themes<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-osx-themes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-osx-themes-600x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-osx-themes-600x356.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-osx-themes-450x267.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-osx-themes-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gnome-osx-themes.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Apply the GTK theme and Shell theme via Gnome Tweak Tool:<\/p>\n<p><i>See <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/enable-shell-theme-in-gnome-tweak-tool-in-ubuntu\/\" target=\"_blank\">this tutorial<\/a> if shell theme is disabled<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tweak-tool-themes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tweak-tool-themes-600x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"255\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tweak-tool-themes-600x255.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tweak-tool-themes-450x191.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tweak-tool-themes-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tweak-tool-themes.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> For the icons, I&#8217;m using the macOS icons available for download at the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/www.gnome-look.org\/p\/1102582\/#files-panel' class='arconix-button arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Download macOS icons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, extract and move the result folder to <b>.icons<\/b> folder (create it if not exist) in user home folder. And apply the icon theme via Gnome Tweak Tool.<\/p>\n<p><b>5.<\/b> For the bottom dock, go to the link below and install &#8216;Simple Dock&#8217; extension:<\/p>\n<p><i>or manually install the extension by following the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/optimisme\/gnome-shell-simple-dock\" target=\"_blank\">project description<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/simple-dock-extension.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/simple-dock-extension-600x314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/simple-dock-extension-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/simple-dock-extension-450x235.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/simple-dock-extension-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/simple-dock-extension.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>6.<\/b> For the top-left corner Application menu, install this <a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.gnome.org\/extension\/6\/applications-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\">gnome shell extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>7.<\/b> To move window buttons to left, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout \"close,minimize,maximize:\"<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Along with a few Gnome Shell extensions, you can now easily make Gnome Desktop look like Mac OS X with &#8216;Gnome-OSX&#8217;, a gnome-specific GTK3 theme. Gnome-OSX is initially based on the Arc-theme-files. The goal is to implement the feel of OSX on the gnome-applications. The theme mainly features: Nautilus with blurred sidebar. 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