Make Windows Look Like A Mac

MacVision

Who would want to use MacVision: MacVision is a program that is made for everyone and anyone who has ever been dissatisfied with Windows Explorer. MacVision helps you use your computer in a more friendly way, and even lets you see it with a more unique and eye pleasing look.

What this program does is something that no other program has done, and it's coming and brought nothing but praise from Mac users. Mac users, stuck on PC's. Forced to use PC's every day because they have them either at home or at work, they are more familiar with the user friendly system of the MacOS, and don't like the strange and often confusing workings of Windows.  Now, the time has come where they can feel at home on their PC when they can't be on their Mac. 

Exactly what does MacVision do? MacVision adds a replica of the MacOS8 Finder (The Finder is to the MacOS as Explorer is to Windows.) to your Windows system. Note that this is not just a screenshot of a Mac Finder, but a fully functional, very dynamic program that allows you do work just like you were on a Mac.

Not only does MacVision provide the functionality of a Mac, but it can even trick you into thinking you are really using a Mac! The Graphical User Interface (GUI) on Macs has always been know to be better looking, and overall easier to use. Now, with MacVision's interface emulation, you can experience the MacOS GUI in Windows.  MacVision changes not only the way the frames/borders of your windows look, but also everything from push buttons and radio buttons to check boxes, progress bars to scrollbars, and even more support will be added in the future.

 

WinMac From Mike Goodine's article:

WinMac is, quite simply, a functioning Macintosh toolbar that can be used in Windows. While it does not offer any type of emulation, it does give users access to a wide array of Windows commands in a simple, drop down menu format. While many of these commands are readily available via the right-click menu on the Windows desktop, a few (hide desktop icons, recent applications, recent documents, Windows guide, and others) require a more tedious effort to locate manually. The ease of access is a boon to both long time Mac users who have had this functionality all along, and to Windows users who have grown tired of the effort required to accomplish simple tasks.

Ritchie Chow was the original creator of WinMac and Mike Mallory has been working on improving it since 1997.

Macintosh System Icons This self-installing IconPax will change all of your system icons in Windows 95 and 98 to MacOS 8 system icons. (System icons include folders, files, disk drives, etc.)

 

Macintosh System Fonts The complete MacOS 8.5 system font set. This includes both older system fonts and the new theme fonts.

 

Macintosh Dialog Icons For Windows 98 This is a replacement for the file USER.EXE which will change your dialog icons (the icons in the annoying pop-up windows) to MacOS 8 dialog icons. It will also change the icon on the "Start" button to the MacOS logo.

Warning! This file will work only under the English version of Windows 98. Do not replace your User.exe with this file if you are using Windows 95 or any other Windows OS except Windows 98 English. And make sure you backup your original User.exe first before using this replacement.

These icons:
default icons

Will be replaced with these icons:
better icons

 

Macintosh Startup Screen Toy Just like Mac OS 8.0+ this program will display the "Welcome to Mac OS" splash screen over your desktop. Just put it in your startup group.

startup screen

This screen shot is taken at 800x600 resolution with WinMac running.

 

MacOS 8.0 Wallpaper for Windows 102 Mac OS 8.0 wallpapers in BMP format.

 

Macintosh Cursors

Full Mac cursor scheme for Windows. This will add a Mac cursor scheme on your computer. When you double-click the *.reg file, it will ask you for confirmation to add information to the registry. Answer yes, to complete the installation.

cursors

 

WinShade 3.0 WinShade is a desktop utility that allows you to take control of your windows. Using WinShade you can assign actions to occur when you click a mouse button on the title bar of any window. The commands you can assign include minimize, maximize, "Rollup/Unroll", "Send to bottom", and "Keep on top". The "Rollup/Unroll" command allows you to "roll up" the window into its title bar, leaving only a thin horizontal window on the desktop. You can click back on the rolled-up window's title bar at any time to restore the window to its previous dimensions. The "Send to bottom" feature allows you to send any window to the bottom of the window stack, while the "Keep on top" command will make a window stay on top of all the other windows.