Change Apple Greeting?

[.:Dumbledore:.]

Ok, I'm a simple guy with WAY too much time on my hands.

Do you know when you start up your computer, and it says "Welcome to Macintosh"? Is there any way to change that text? I am running Panther, and I saw that feature in Visage, but that's only for Jaguar and below?

I can do some editing of system files, I'm not a newbie to Mac OS.

Thanks in advance for your help.

--Dumble

 

[Satcomer]

I think this guide is what you want.

 

[.:Dumbledore:.]

No, not quite, I am looking more for changing the boot loading text. You know, when you boot your computer, and it says in the window, "Welcome to Macintosh."... Just that text. I don't want to change my login panel image, I've already done that. I just want to change that text, and only that text.

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Try this:

http://www.resexcellence.com/mods_04/03-04-04.shtml

You're gonna have to do some Photoshopping or image modification because that text isn't really "text," but part of a graphic image.

Use at your own risk!

 

[texanpenguin]

Diablo, that article was mentioned earlier.

Perhaps you mean editing the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file to put a custom message on the Login Panel?

The other thing is, that doesn't *say* Welcome to Macintosh. That was what it said on boot up until OS 8 (perhaps 8.6). If you want to edit THAT, well, don't ask me.

 

[bobw]

A free way to create BootPanels

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Diablo, that article was mentioned earlier.

No, not in this post it wasn't. There was an article mentioned from the same website, but the article I linked to was not mentioned earlier in this thread.