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Lion Tweaks 1.4.3

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Fredrik Wiker

Lion Tweaks is the best and most popular tweaking tool for Lion.

This is a powerful, but yet very simple application that will allow you to change the new annoying features in Mac OS X 10.7. What you can change:

Show/Hide the user Library folder.
Change to a 2D or 3D dock.
Enable/Disable system window animation.
Enable/Disable mail reply animation.
Remove/Add Reading List Icon in Safari.
Enable/Disable Spelling Correction.
Enable/Disable repeating keys.
Enable/Disable permanent scrollbars.
Show Hidden Files.
Disable Crash Dialog

What's New

Version 1.4.3:

Adds the ability to remove the Spotlight icon

Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.7 or later

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Lion Tweaks User Discussion (Write a Review)

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Mattvs2004 reviewed on 25 May 2012

Great App. I finally have color in Finder again. Definitely makes it easier without having to run the Terminal to correct my Library issue.

[Version 1.4.3]

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Mattvs2004 replied on 25 May 2012

Incidentally though, I'm noticing that the color doesn't want to stay. What gives?

Stephen-Strum reviewed on 15 May 2012

First of all, I love Norway having lived in Bergen many years ago. But, I have some issues with the Lion Tweaks. I made a recent move to Lion and so far think it sucks and my first impression is that it will eat up more time and cause more frustration than the benefits I will hope to see happen. The FINDER is for me such a critical part of OS X. To make the icons grayed out is just plain STUPID. The Lion Tweaks does not solve this problem completely. After every restart one has to repeat the process with Lion Tweaks; for me this is a partial resolution. On a positive note, my MacBook Pro (MBP) was bought back in the "dark ages" of 2008 and so Lion does not recognize Airdrop. Lion Tweaks seems to have fixed this but will not know for sure until I use it.

A second work-around for the colorful icons is to RELAUNCH the Finder by using Command-Option-ESC (force quit shortcut keys) and select FINDER and select Relaunch. That is no less work than opening up Lion Tweaks and checking the colorful icons box. Moreover, if one uses the Force Cut as above, and if you are using Total Finder (a great app BTW) then Total Finder has to be restarted too.

So far I am very grumpy about Lion. I think Apple Developers have their cerebral cortex inserted in the lower portion of their GI tract. I hope I apologize for this slam of a company I have been so wildly enthusiastic about.

[Version 1.4.2]

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iFredrik (developer) replied on 25 May 2012

Thanks. I'm really sorry about the problem. The problem with the colours is a problem caused by SIMBL, the engine for this tweak. SIMBL has not been probarly updated by the developer to support Lion without bugs - therefore this happends. So there is not much I can do, before the developer of SIMBL fixes it.

A temporary fix however, can be done in three different ways.
1) You can press the "Enable colours in Finder-sidebar" button in Lion Tweaks on each startup.
2) You can find a way to manually restart Finder after each startup.
3) You can use this file (http://ifredrik.com/applications/simbl_finder_fix.sh) and place it with your startup-items. This will automatically restart finder on each startup.

I hope this cleared things out, and was to help!

Thanks for downloading and using Lion Tweaks,

Fredrik Wiker

mymon reviewed on 02 May 2012

Where is "disable Launchpad"? ;)

[Version 1.4.2]

1 Reply

Stephen-Strum replied on 15 May 2012

Just pull off the dock like any icon you do not want on the dock. If you use a mouse Right click the launchpad icon and select "remove from dock"; if using a trackpad then put cursor on dock item, select control and right click on trackpad and "remove from dock". All of these work.

+13

Stef_Vandenabele reviewed on 18 Feb 2012

Great app to make Lion even look better.
Thank you for keeping this free.

[Version 1.4.1]

1 Reply

iFredrik (developer) replied on 12 May 2012

Thank you! Lion Tweaks will always stay free! :-)

+139

Stormchild commented on 04 Feb 2012

The button to disable iTunes Dock "animations" (pop-up notification that displays the artist and song name whenever the current track changes) doesn't work for me. It enables them successfully, but does not disable it when you click the (badly-named) "No" button.

(Lion Tweaks 1.4, OS X 10.7.3, iTunes, 10.5.3)

Fortunately, you can disable them yourself with this Terminal command (this is all one line; copy and paste it as a whole):

defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool FALSE; killall Dock

[Version 1.4]

1 Reply

iFredrik (developer) replied on 17 Feb 2012

Thank you! Fixed in version 1.4.1! :-)

alep reviewed on 24 Jan 2012

Hello, I have installed this app to remove local Time machine backups. it worked but now I can no longer enter time machine, not even when connected to the external back up disk! can anyone help?

[Version 1.4]

+230

Harv commented on 25 Nov 2011

I found the coloring of Finder's sidebar, works as designed. Bravo!

But, upon restart, I found the default colorless icons returned, and I must (re)enable this setting/preference.

Is it moi, or is there a solution that I missed?

[Version 1.4]

5 Replies

iFredrik (developer) replied on 25 Nov 2011

I have not experienced that, but maybe it's linked to what Mac007 says below?

Fredrik - Developer

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Foulger replied on 27 Nov 2011

Also me too - I have checked ~/Library/Application Support?SIMBL/Plugins and the colourfulSidebarplugin is installed

GianMarco-Tavazzani replied on 14 Jan 2012

you must simply restart the Finder after you restarted the Mac, Bizarre but it works!

+230

Harv replied on 14 Jan 2012

GianMarco-Tavazzani,

Your tip re relaunching the Finder worked as advertised. Many thanks and a hearty bravo!

GianMarco-Tavazzani replied on 14 Jan 2012

Too good… you made me blush… I discovered it just for case, no skills beside the usual attention to uncommon behaviours.
Any way thank you, you encourage me to share even more my 'discoveries'
By the way, today i could have back the colours on iTunes, but I still couldn't find a way for Mail!!!

+92

Mac007 commented on 25 Nov 2011

The app requires SIMBL which is not currently compatible with Lion according to comments on that apps page on MacUpdate. I removed SIMBL due to problems with it long ago. Has anyone had experiences with SIMBL and Lion that are more favorable?

[Version 1.4]

4 Replies

iFredrik (developer) replied on 25 Nov 2011

You are right. SIMBL are compatible with Lion - but something is not right. It looks like Finder sidebar icons get reverted each time you restart - and you have to reenable them in Lion Tweaks.

http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/25/get-color-sidebar-icons-back-in-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-finder-windows/

+214

B. Jefferson Le Blanc replied on 25 Nov 2011

The link iFredrik provides below takes you to an OS X Daily page with links for SIMBL and the ColorfulSidebar SIMBL plugin which works - without using Lion Tweaks. ColorfulSidebar has apparently been around since August, but has gotten no coverage that I've seen till now, perhaps because it's from a Japanese developer, sad to say. It works when you quit and restart the Finder. I haven't tried a restart yet. In any case, all my color icons are back, which is a hallelujah moment for me.

+152

GeoProf replied on 26 Nov 2011

SIMBL is NOT compatible with Lion, no matter what anyone says. In my family, SIMBL was installed on 7 Lion Macs, and at work it was on 11 of my colleagues' Lion Macs, plus mine — all set up for very different uses with very different software installations — and every one of those 19 Macs experienced multiple SIMBL crashes every day until nearly all of us has to trash the piece of crap in the last 2 weeks.

Since he hasn't updated it in nearly a year nor responded to ANY of the panicked queries on its MacUpdate page, clearly the developer has abandoned SIMBL — and all the other developers and users who relied on it.

Simbasounds replied on 10 May 2012

Hi iFredrik, I sent you an email with an installer I wrote: a work-around for the SIMBL Finder relaunch issue.

+67

Franko commented on 25 Nov 2011

Finder Sidebar colours!!! Worth its weight in gold. Thank you, dev.

[Version 1.4]

2 Replies

Ruskiwi replied on 25 Nov 2011

+1
Worth it just for getting color icons in the Finder sidebar again!

iFredrik (developer) replied on 25 Nov 2011

That's great to hear guys! ;-) Thank you!

stefokebec reviewed on 20 Nov 2011

Great app. Can't wait to update for more features like "Disable auto versioning" "Restore colors in Finder sidebar, iTunes and Mail" and "Restore upper-right button in Finder windows". Keep up the good work!

[Version 1.3.1]

+220

Tim27 had trouble on 25 Mar 2012

Bounces in the Dock for a bit, then quits. Using 10.7.3

[Version 1.4.2]

+19

Cjbolland rated on 25 May 2012

[Version 1.4.3]

Speedluvver rated on 24 May 2012

[Version 1.4.2]

Ashiqur.shuvo rated on 19 Mar 2012

[Version 1.4.2]

Mayzilla rated on 08 Mar 2012

[Version 1.4.2]

+15

Scotty_Beam_Me_Up_Again rated on 07 Mar 2012

[Version 1.4.2]

+26

OsloX rated on 17 Feb 2012

[Version 1.4.1]

-44

Nukefixer rated on 27 Nov 2011

[Version 1.4]

Esquare rated on 26 Nov 2011

[Version 1.4]

-1

Downtown rated on 25 Nov 2011

[Version 1.4]

-22

TripHHH rated on 10 Nov 2011

[Version 1.3.1]

Downloads:53,702

Version Downloads:1,127

Type:Utilities : System

License:Free

Date:25 May 2012

Platform:Intel

Price:Free

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Show/Hide the user Library folder.
Change to a 2D or 3D dock.
Enable/Disable system window animation.
Enable/Disable mail reply animation.
Remove/Add Reading List Icon in Safari.
Enable/Disable Spelling Correction.
Enable/Disable repeating keys.
Enable/Disable permanent scrollbars.
Show Hidden Files.
Disable Crash Dialog Pop-Up.
Get a new Stack List View.
Highlight Stack items on mouseover.
Change iCal leather interface to aluminium
Change Address Book leather interface to aluminium
Disable resume for a single app
Enable the hidden FTP-server
Customize Launchpad folder background
Disable local Time Machine Backups
Enable Airdrop on old hardware
Enable colours in the Finder sidebar
Enable iTunes Dock Animation
Enable TRIM support in Lion
Enable secret iCal debug-menu
Remove Spotlight icon

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