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Theme for Ubuntu emulating the interface of the Macintosh OSX operating system.

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Ubuntu 22.04 USB Not Working on M2 Macbook Air

I have been using Parallels on my M2 Mac to run Ubuntu for the first time, and I absolutely love it. However, I am only on the free trial and I think it's kinda useless to spend $120/year just to run ...
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Macbuntu ppa value error [duplicate]

I am trying to install Macbuntu on 18.04 Beaver. The first step is to add the Macbuntu PPA repo, this is what happened: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/macbuntu This PPA is dedicated to ...
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PPA for the Macbuntu theme in Ubuntu 20.04

Does the PPA still work for the Macbuntu theme in Ubuntu 20.04? If not what happened to the old Macbuntu theme that was compatible with earlier Ubuntu releases? Has the Macbuntu theme become a ...
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How to fix terminal title-bar icon in Ubuntu? [duplicate]

I applied a Mac OS theme to my Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. The new icons are coming properly in titlebar of all applications except for terminal and gedit like below. You can see that between the minimise-...
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Shadow effect on Top Bar when using Macbuntu-O shell theme

This is my first post here. I run Ubuntu 18.04 and I recently installed the MacBuntu theme packages that are available. Looks great, the only thing is -- I would like to know if anyone knows how to ...
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How to change ctrl+right/left navigate shortcuts in ubuntu 18.04?

How can I change Ctrl+right/Ctrl+left to Alt+right/Alt+left, but keep all Ctrl-related shortcuts unchanged (Ctrl+C, for example) ?
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Theme is inconsistent for window commands / title bar buttons [duplicate]

I prefer the color system of MacOS for title buttons (green yellow and red) and am looking to configure my Ubuntu 18.04 to that. I've installed a number of extensions that modified the appearance of ...
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No line breaks in first line in terminal

I've modified my Ubuntu 17.10 system to make it look like macOS. Now I'm confused about how my terminal behaves. Line breaks do not appear correctly. This video shows what I mean. The modified file ...
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Splash screen not showing during boot in Ubuntu 16.04 but works fine while shut down

I have installed Macbuntu 16.04 transformation pack on my Ubuntu. The splash screen (or boot screen) does not show up during boot. It just shows a black screen and then the lightdm-webkit-greeter ...
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How to modify a theme (macbuntu)?

I want to use the theme Macbuntu. But the way this theme format the window's title bar is unacceptable (it colors the title bar greyish-white) or in other words, the readability is not legible. I have ...
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How do I change the Xenial.xml file?

I want to change the Xenial.xml file to include MacBuntu wallpapers. For some reason, unknown to me, it won't let me include those wallpapers. I even considered even removing the default wallpapers, ...
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Weird "Dynamic Top Bar" bug every time I reboot/boot up

i'm using gnome flavour of ubuntu 16.10,with macbuntu theme and few gnome extensions. the problem i'm facing is activity text gets overlapped by the apple logo every time i start the computer. so ...
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ubuntu-application-switcher

After following this guideline my Ubuntu application switcher would look like this. It seemed like there are 2 application switchers getting overlapped. Anybody has any idea on this, please help me
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Not able to apply macbuntu theme [duplicate]

I just started using Ubuntu so please give me an explained answer. I was trying to install macbuntu theme in my Ubuntu 16.10. I did the first step which was sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/...
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how to transform panel ubuntu in panel style apple finder (watch the picture)

how to add this panel or how to create ? i like this panel so much, please guys giude me for how to add or make this panel and how to install this on my ubuntu 15.04 thanks in preview
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MacBuntu icon is not working for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I am following a web tutorial to install Mac theme for Ubuntu. It is MacBuntu-os theme and it is working fine but few icons are not looking good. below is ...
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How do I put slingscold icon on plank?

I installed slingscold and plank by typing the following in terminal: sudo su add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/macbuntu apt update apt install slingscold apt install plank apt install macbuntu-os-...
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Can I apply MacBuntu themes and icons on Xubuntu 16.04?

MacBuntu 16.04 is supposed to be compatible with XFCE. Fonts and cursors work, but when I apply the themes and icons on Xubuntu 16.04, nothing happens. How can I apply these icons and themes (or ...
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Macbuntu Problem

So I'm new to the whole Ubuntu thing, and I thought I would try to make my Toshiba Chromebook 2 look like a mac using this tutorial: http://lifehacker.com/5665765/macbuntu-makes-your-linux-desktop-...
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Cannot change window border theme in Gnome (shell or flashback) [duplicate]

So I changed back to Ambiance from the Macbuntu theme, but the window border is still the Macbuntu one, I have looked and none of the other questions work on 16.04, so how do I change the window ...
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My background wallpaper is black

I'm not able to change my background wallpaper for some reason. I had removed macbuntu splash and then after that I'm not able to change the wallpaper. What should I do?
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Macbuntu noobslab security

Is this site safe? Being sort of a security nut, im Wondering if it is safe to install Macbuntu theme, and icon pack from noobslab.com.I have would not be installing any of the other things (lightdm, ...
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Will installing Macbuntu environment remove unity?

I want to install Macbuntu in my Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit) using this tutorial. My question is : if I install Macbuntu environment, will I be able to use unity by logging out from Macbuntu and choosing ...
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how to change session when on MacBuntu theme?

Learning about the Xmonad session, I downloaded it, but as of now I am unable to change session due to Macbuntu theme as it has no such selection criteria in Login screen, is there anyway to change ...
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how to get macbuntu desktop environment

Recently i saw a post on ask Ubuntu regarding mac-buntu and i got curious about it and tried installing mac-buntu through this command in terminal sudo apt-get install macbuntu-desktop , but the ...
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How to install mac os theme for Ubuntu?

How to install Mac OS theme in Ubuntu 14.04 ? I searched all of Google but no proper results on Mac OS theme for Ubuntu all i get is Mac-buntu which has unity and doesn't look like mac at all . Help ...
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Ubuntu on old MAC MINI 1.42 GHz /512/?

I'm totally new in this subject... Is there a possibility to install Ubuntu on an old MAC MINI 1.42 GHz | 512 | without INTEL processor? If not does anybody have an idea for another system/OS?
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No application menu in the Panel [duplicate]

I've tried Macbuntu, but did not quite like it, so I uninstalled it but Ubuntu didn't restore completely. There are now only close, minimize, maximize buttons in Panel, while originally there should ...
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how to restore top level menu on panel in ubuntu 13.04

I tried to install "Macbuntu" which is not compatible with 13.04 and I don't know why? But I used force option on command line nothing changed so I uninstalled "macbuntu". Now the problem is that the ...
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How to install Macbuntu in 12.10?

How to install Macbuntu in Ubuntu 12.10? Currently, there are no updates for Macbuntu. The last update is only for Ubuntu 10.10. Is there any way to install the great Macbuntu in Ubuntu 12.10?
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Unable to install Macbuntu

I downloaded Macbuntu from http://sourceforge.net/projects/macbuntu/ I extracted it in Downloads folder, and then I dble-clicked "install.sh"(Macbuntu-10.10 folder). When prompted, I clicked RUN IN ...
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How to install MacBuntu on an Ubuntu minimal install?

I've tried going for Cinnamon install however the process failed. Discussion here. I want to try a different approach. Thus my question is, how do I install MacBuntu or MAC-4-Lin right onto a Ubuntu ...
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How do I install the Macbuntu theme on Ubuntu 11.10?

I have downloaded Macbuntu, extracted it inside the downloads folder, and opened the terminal, I don't know how to edit or anything. How do I install the Macbuntu theme on Ubuntu 11.10?
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Macbuntu 10.10 installation via command line

I have edited the install.sh file and I'm trying to install Macbuntu 10.10 via command line with the following: sashi@Sashi-System-Product-Name:~$ cd Macbuntu10.10 bash: cd: Macbuntu10.10: No such ...
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How to complete remove macbuntu (even by formatting)?

I just format my root partition (and keep my Home partition), and reinstalled Ubuntu 10.10. But the theme of macbuntu is still there. If I try to run it's "uninstall.sh" even with "--force" I get "...
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After installing macbuntu theme, VMware menus disappear

I installed the macbuntu theme, for Ubuntu 10.10, and the menus from the VMware application disappeared. The other applications are correctly showing the menus. Any idea how to get back the VMware ...
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