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DESCRIPTION
Magnifique is a theme manager unlike any other, lightweight, a good variety of themes to choose from, and some devoted developers to fix whatever you want as soon as possible.

Get more themes at http://magnifique.pcwizcomputer.com/

WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.1:
  • Added Theme Mixer feature
  • Fixed case sensitivity issue with theme list
  • Themes now alphabetically ordered
  • Fixed downloads list repetition bug
  • App now remembers position of split view
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

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SCREENSHOT

Developer:pcwiz Computer and jivhg/Alex Zielenski
Downloads:18,257
  - Version d/l:11,708
Utilities:Desktop
License:Free
Date:03 Mar 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
DEVELOPER POLL
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Every day!
3 times or more a week
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Feb 20 2009

EASER  I wonder whatever happened to Kameleon (which is forever stuck in "I promise Version 2 soon" land) and Facade (which is forever stuck in Res-Excellence "I promise to be real some day" land). I for one plan to donate to Magnifique because, you know, I am actually theming instead of hoping.   
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
+8
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Feb 26 2009

EASER  The next question is whether anyone will start porting their old Shapeshifter themes to this new approach. I hope so.  
(Version 1.2)

praisebury
+5
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Feb 25 2009
*****

GROOVYDAVE  Solid and simple theme changer that allows you to quickly go back to your last theme if you prefer.

I had my doubts that it could be this easy, but it is. Kudos!  
(Version 1.2)

praisebury
+4
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Feb 17 2009
*****

LEMERLOT  Finally! The long wait has an end - Leopard can be themed now very easily.

Magnifique works flawlessly for me and it really makes a difference for all eye candy lovers working with a Mac (and Leopard) :-))

LeMerlot  
(Version 1.0)

praisebury
+4
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Mar 5 2009

PCWIZ  Magnifique DOES have an uninstall function built in. The problem is that the theme creator writes the uninstall script, and sometimes its not complete. But there are some cases in which the script is fine, but your particular setup or previous modifications may complicate things. In any case, with app mods, its hard to be perfect.

If you want to avoid risks at all, just do not install "custom mods" (leave it unchecked), and just go with the Main system (window) theme which is handled by the app and not a developer written script, so its very safe and very easy and fast to uninstall.  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
+3
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Mar 4 2009

PCWIZ  Please tell us what theme you applied that caused this. We take these sorts of matters very seriously, and any theme that causes problems will be removed from the repository immediately. I can help you get things back to normal.   
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
+2
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Mar 1 2009
*****

HENDO  I love this application! Now with the built in themes downloader it makes it even easier! Theming is a quick and simple process. Thank you so much for this!  
(Version 2.0)

praisebury
+2
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Feb 21 2009
*****

MICKFISH  What a treat to find this little beast - it does exactly what it promises: simple, free (although it'd be churlish not to make a donation). Score 1 for the good guys,  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
+2
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Feb 18 2009
*****

MODULIZER  This is a great first try on a Leopard skin/themes manager.

It work as indented and changed my OS X with a great new look... and most importantly it returned my OS X to its original looks without any problems on "Uninstall Theme". On a side note I had already skinned the Dock and it was also restored to my own skin on uninstall.

Minor bugs/change requests:

- when applying a skin it would be great if the app automatically restarts Dock and Finder... maybe even smart by detecting what needs restarting.

- not sure if this is a Magnifique issue or a theme issue, but in the darker themes text is not very visible in the window header or on the menu bar, is it not possible to change these font colors yet?

- I found that a dark theme would not change the color of the menu bar. The problem seems to be that I needed to turn off translucent menu bar. Maybe this setting should be changed automatically.

Again... Great work - keep up the good work!  
(Version 1.0)

praisebury
+2
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Mar 3 2009
*....

MR.ABC  so unsafe, unstable, it is practically impossible to go back to the original leopard theme (had to resort to the forum, and it took me about an hour to figure it out). there really should be just a button to click to cancel the changes made.

real disppointment. maybe i'll give it another try when a major update is made.  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
+1
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Mar 3 2009

ERIC WOEHLER  HELP!!!

what did you do to restore leopard?

I have removed themes, uninstalled themes etc but theme elements remain!!!

Many thanks

Eric  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
-1
Mar 3 2009

AETNARIA  Did you try installing the theme "Original Leopard r2" from the website? It looks like it is supposed to replace anything changed with stuff that matches the original appearance of Leopard.  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
0
Mar 3 2009

PCWIZ  Hi,

I am the developer of this application. For those who are having issues going back to the original Leopard. This is not something that is caused by Magnifique itself, rather a theme you used. This can also be caused by a system that was premodded before using Magnifique. As for restoring back to the original look I suggest 3 options:

1) Use the "Uninstall" button if you haven't already done so

2) Try using the "Original Leopard r2" theme available from our repository (this is the original Leopard look)

3) Download iLeopard from here:

http://littlekiwi.co.cc/Download/iLeopard%202.1.2.dmg

And then install the Uninstaller.pkg package.

I hope this issue is resolved :)  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
+2

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