Inspired by
yesterday's hack from
Locker Gnome, I set out to change my login logo - the apple gets boring after awhile.
Same hack as yesterday, find the appropriate graphic and replace it with our desired graphic (make backups as need be). These hacks were done on Mac OS 10.3.5.
The login screen graphic is located at:
/System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgent.app/Contents/Resources/applelogo.tif
The image can only be 90 by 90 or it will be cropped, and it must be a tif file (obviously).
About this Mac
The images on the "About this Mac" panel can be modified as well. The image you want to replace here is:
/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/MacOSX.tif
You have to reboot for the change to become evident. I used a nice image with Mr. Stupendous overlaid on the "Mac OS X" for this image.
Changing the Login Text
For a description of changing the text on the Login Screen visit
Mac World, read the section titled "Adding Text to the Login Screen".
