Wednesday, July 20, 2011

My New OSX Lion Login Screen

I wasted no time getting my demo laptop upgraded to OSX Lion.  Below is my new and improved login screen.  Way cool!


To change the boot login background, do the following:
1. cd /System/Library/Framewoorks/ApKit.framework/Versions/C/Resources
2. cp NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png.lion.orig
3. cp your_new_background.png NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png

To screen capture the login page, do the following:
1. sudo screen -m -d bash -c "sleep 60; screencapture /Users/USER/Desktop/login.png"
2. Logout and move your mouse cursor out of the way.
3. Wait until you hear the sound of the camera shutter.

Voila!

Have a great day!

Brad