Many people use different computers during their lifetime, both at work and at home. These computers can have different operating systems so users have to get used to the interface and command differences.
In particular, those who own a Windows 7 and 8 PC and an Apple Macintos h system will notice many differences that, at times, can cause problems when trying to use a function available in one but not in the other.
So I'm not just talking about a different graphical interface but just about features and functionality that can be activated in different ways via mouse or keyboard.
For example Mac users press the apple + cev to copy and paste while on Windows the Ctrl key is used and not the Windows key.
It can be useful or at least fun then try to turn Windows into Mac, both in the graphical interface and in the functions .
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1) First of all let's see how it is possible to transform the graphics of the Windows 7 and 8 desktop so that it is almost identical to that of the Mac computer operating system.
To transform the graphics of Windows 7 and Windows 10 into Mac OS you need to download and install the very complete transformation pack .
The program is completely automatic and makes the appearance of Windows identical to that of a Mac, including the desktop, menus, search fields and the lock screen.
The developer also made it easy to uninstall the program (from the Control Panel) and restore the normal Windows interface, which is not common for other transformation packages.
Mac OS X Skin Pack is another set of tools that includes not only the graphic theme but also the dock bars and many other plugins capable of bringing the desktop functions of the new Mac to Windows 7, 8 and Windows 10.
Another graphic theme allows you to transform Windows 7 into the beautiful graphics of the iOS operating system with iOS Skin Pack .
Another way of transforming the graphics of the Windows 7 desktop into a MAC is the Leopard-X program that uses various tools useful to modify the graphic aspect of Windows including the famous Dock or start menu bars described in another article and which can be used in place of the Start button.
2) Still on the subject of graphics but this time for adding new functions, you can install the MAC desktop widgets on Windows 7 thanks to a tool called Kludgets .
This Kludgets includes some of the best predefined gadgets that are used on MAC computers such as, for example, the clock, the post-its, the calendar, the search for roads and many others.
This tool must be installed and then, from the notification icon near the clock, new widgets can be added to the Windows desktop.
You can also download widgets from the Apple website (not all of them work) and install them on Windows via the Open Package button on the Kludget menu.
Although there are many widgets on Windows 7, (see the best gadgets for Windows 7) the MAC ones are qualitatively better.
3) Finally, the most useful tool, the one that could actually be used by those who have two computers, one Mac and one Windows, making sure that they work the same way, with the same mouse and keyboard commands .
MaComfort is software that brings some of the functionality of Apple Mac computers to Windows .
The free version of the program offers four different categories: keyboard, active corners, spaces and QuickLook.
From the Keyboard section you can configure the default keys of a Mac also on Windows.
For example, you can manage the volume with F4 and F5, mute with F3, activate the combinations of keys and keyboard shortcuts so that the Windows key behaves like the Apple key and so on, add different ways of writing characters specials like the @ (with Alt L).
However, all Windows key combinations remain active.
Active Corners is the option to add functions to the corners of windows .
Spaces imitates the Mac OS X Leopard virtual desktop manager in order to manage several desktops together (see also article on virtual multiple desktops also in 3D on Windows).
QuickLook provides the ability to quickly preview a file by selecting it and pressing Space.
This function can be used for the preview image, for a text or audio file.
Quicklook appears to work only in Windows Explorer and not on the Windows desktop.
In addition, you can also activate the quick selection of windows from the corners of the screen as with Exposè
To conclude I say that all these transformations are quite fun and also beautiful to see but, if there were no specific needs, in addition to curiosity, I see no reason to change the Windows Desktop which can be customized in a thousand different ways without the need to use external programs .
