

As shown below, switch the GTK+ Theme and the Window Theme to “Adwaita Cupertino SL”.

Once inside, search for the Theme options. Open Unity and search for Advanced Settings. Click on the link below to install it though Ubuntu Software Center. Run the following command:įollowing this seemingly complicated procedure, you will have to install GNOME Tweak Tool, which in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is called Advanced Settings. After unpacking the archive, open a terminal and navigate to that folder. The developer of Faenza Icons 1.2 makes things a little bit simpler. Navigate to the same folders and create them if they don't exist. Open a terminal and write the following command: If for any reason you can't copy the files into the hidden folders, it means you must first open a nautilus window with root access. Find one named “.themes” and copy the all the folders inside “147061-Adwaita-Cupertino” directory in it. It will show a lot of hidden folders and files. These folders contain a few other folders, with the themes and the icons. One folder will be named “147061-Adwaita-Cupertino” and the other one will be “faience_icon_theme_by_tiheum-d47vo5d”. The installation of themes in Ubuntu is not as simple as people would want it to be, by it's gotten a lot easier in time.ĭownload the two packages and unpack them.
#MAKE UBUNTU LOOK LIKE MAC OS HOW TO#
This tutorial will teach users on how to make the Ubuntu distribution resemble Mac OS X.įirst of all, you must download a GTK 3.x Theme called Adwaita Cupertino and the appropriate GNOME Icon Theme that will fit, with the same name, Faenza Icons. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS has a nice default theme, but others can be installed.
