28 Ways to Customize Your Mac Desktop

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Yesterdays edition of my Mac Week special showcased some cool and clever customized Mac desktops. As I had anticipated, I had a ton of questions about how to customize your Mac desktop in such a manner. So, I quickly got to work on this post that is full of tutorials, apps, and widgets that will let you customize your Mac desktop to your hearts content.

I feel it is worth pointing out that a majority of the really customized desktops are done with a program called GeekTool which you will see later on down the list. All of the tweaks that involve the use of GeekTools have a “GT” beside their title just to help keep things a bit more organized. If you know any other cool apps, scripts, or customization tips, please share them in the comments!


1. Shapeshifter


2. Serene Saver


3. Backlight


4. Wallpaper Clocks


5. GeekTool

(Tutorial on using GeekTool)


6. Alarm Clock


7. Amnesty Widget Browser


8. Desk Shade


9. Synergy


10. Date Line


11. Doc Doctor


12. Magnifque


13. Candy Bar App


14. Bowtie App


15. Add Current Weather to Your Desktop


16. GT - Uptime


17. GT - World Clock


18. GT - Display Comics


19. GT - Recent Music Playlists


20. GT - Facebook on Your Desktop


21. GT - Scripts for weather and networks


22. GT - Monitor Your Backups


23. GT - Put News on Your Desktop


24. Skype Contacts on Your Desktop


25. GT - RAM, Processes, CPU


26. GT - Weather Desktop


27. iDeskCal


28. Mach Desktop

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8 Comments

  1. Zenor says: Jun 3, 2009

    Great post, thank you!

  2. Dario Gutierrez says: Jun 3, 2009

    Awesome list, the apps for desktop are cool. Thanks for this compilation.

  3. Aleena says: Jun 3, 2009

    LOVE it.

  4. Mardi says: Jun 4, 2009

    How do I have my name appear at the top of my screen where the time, spotlight, etc., are? Thanks

  5. Thomas says: Jun 5, 2009

    Thank you, great post :D

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  8. DuranArts says: Sep 1, 2009

    awesome posts.. been looking through site and everything is very interesting. keep up the good work!

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