Transform Your Windows XP to Look Like Mac OS X
October 2nd, 2007
If you like the functionality of Windows XP but long for some of the eye candy that Mac OS X offers, then the FlyakiteOSX transformation pack is something you should definitely take a look at. FlyakiteOSX works on Windows XP (both Home and Professional), Windows 2003, and Windows Media Center Edition (2003, 2004, and 2005). By utilizing such 3rd party applications as Y’z Shadow, WinRoll, and Docks, plus the Tiger Visual Style (all of which are included in the transformation pack), your XP machine will be “aquafied”.
First you’ll need to download FlyakiteOSX (Click on the Normal Edition link). Once the zip file has finished downloading, extract the contents and begin the installation by double-clicking on the executable. When the Setup Wizard appears, click the Next button. The next step is to choose what components you wish to install, it also provides the option to create a System Restore Point. To take full advantage of the transformation pack, check all of the checkboxes to get all of the eye candy goodness that these components provide. After you have selected the components, click the Install button.
Once the installation has completed, click the next button. You will be prompted to reboot your system. Make sure you have no other applications open, then click the finish button. Your computer will go through the reboot process.
When mine came back up, I was greeted with this (kind of odd seeing Mac OS X right under “Welcome to Windows”):
After I logged in I noticed that my desktop had gone from this:
to this:
A rather significant change! Here’s some other screenshots:
You can do some further customization by altering the settings and options of the 3rd party applications. By right-clicking the icons for WinRoll and Y’z Shadow (in the notification area next to your clock), you can access their preference and options windows.
You can also right-click on the Dock bar to change it’s options as well.
If you ever decide that you no longer wish to look Macish, simply uninstall the transformation pack and you’ll be back to the XP look in no time.
October 4th, 2007 at 6:53 am
Okay, by this point I think you ought to just go out and buy a mac. seriously.
October 4th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Well,When I selected my favorite components and pressed install button,a error message box showed:Restore point create failed.
I think I will not allowed to switch back if i continue.
Or is it just because i dont enable the restore feature of windows xp?
October 5th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
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October 8th, 2007 at 4:05 am
“Okay, by this point I think you ought to just go out and buy a mac. seriously.”
HAHAHA… I totally agree with you!
October 8th, 2007 at 9:17 am
coooool
October 8th, 2007 at 9:19 am
coooooooool
October 24th, 2007 at 4:29 am
This is cool for those who can’t afford macs like me. Huhuhuhuhu. Nice program.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
I cannot afford a mac, nor am I willing to throw my developing software and games out the window just for the sake of having a mac…this is the perfect solution for a lot of people
October 27th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
oh my gosh it looks so wicked thanks mate
November 8th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
this page now can’t open
so most of us can’t download the program
November 8th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
@soundbbg: It still opens for me, are you behind a proxy server?
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:14 pm
This is awesome, its really gonna bee good to freak my teachers out since this is the school comp, ive also gotten the Vista transformation pack, not as convincing as this though
November 27th, 2007 at 6:56 am
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December 21st, 2007 at 7:25 am
[…] 介绍一款Windows XP 模拟 MAC OSX软件：FlyakiteOSX，可以在XP环境下高度模拟MAC OSX界面模式，这应该是个苹果Fans的作品。相比之，XP下的Theme MAC皮肤和其简直无法相比。这里提供下载链接：地址一、地址二，或者直接Google搜索“FlyakiteOSX 3.5”也可以找到很多相关下载链接。下载下来一定要杀毒，俺下午在多个网站载下来的多个软件，都发现含有一个木马程序，以下发几张截图： […]
December 21st, 2007 at 7:41 am
[…] 介绍一款Windows XP 模拟 MAC OSX软件，一个苹果Fans的作品：FlyakiteOSX，可以在XP环境下高度模拟MAC OSX界面模式。相比之XP下的Theme MAC皮肤，漂亮多了（顺便提一下，网上也有一款基于CSS+Javascript模拟MAC Dock的CSS Web Menu）。这里提供下载链接：地址一、地址二，或者直接Google搜索“FlyakiteOSX 3.5”也可以找到很多相关下载链接。下载下来一定要杀毒，俺下午在多个网站载下来的多个软件，都发现含有一个木马程序，以下发几张截图： […]
March 10th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
DO NOT INSTALL THIS PRODUCT! seriously messes up your system files during installation. I couldn’t even open system restore after it got done with my computer. I had to format my hard drive(erase everything), back up everything and install XP again(not as fun as it sounds).
March 18th, 2008 at 7:11 am
I can understand wanting to reskin an OS, but when the skin goes so far as to disguise what you are actually running (Internet Explorer:mac 5.2) it is quite ridiculous. The visuals of aqua fine, but pretending to be OSX is stupid.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Can you return it to the XP???
I’m just 12 years old but I’m full of surprises…
I changed my computer’s skin to windows vista by my self…
(man!! I’m so boastful!! T_T)
July 12th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Good software thanks.