MAC OS is one of the OS which gives impresive graphical ability and interface. My friends where planning to buy an apple laptop only because of its graphics, I myself attracted to MAC OS. There are some hardware compatibility issues for running MAC OS on Intel Hardware. So well other alternative to using MAC OS is either to purchase MAC hardware(which would be naturally expensive) and run full fledged MAC OS or you could tweak and customize your Ubuntu desktop to look more like MAC OS X.

Installing Cursor, GTK and Icon Theme

To install cursor,gtk and icon theme first download the package from the link given below :

http://rapidshare.de/files/38210507/MyTheme.tar.gz.html

To install the theme package we have downloaded fro the above link, go to (System -> Preferences -> Appearance) and click Install and point to our newly downloaded Mytheme.tar.gz archive.

This should start installing the theme package (Cursors/Icons/Theme) once installation is completed . Chose Customize in theme and click on Customize.

In this window in Icons chose LeopardX , in Controls Mac4Lin_GTK_Aqua_v0.3 , in Window Border Mac4Lin_GTK_Aqua_v0.3 and in Pointers White Cursor .

If you have followed the steps properly the theme and icons should have been installed , and you should be able to see the new theme applied to your default desktop.

Enabling Compiz Graphic Effects and installing Mac$lin Theme

First Step is to install compiconf-settings-managerusing apt-get

shahid@shahid-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Before customizing Compiz you have to change Appearance Preference to Extra ( System -> Preferences -> Appearence )

After completing above steps , you can customize compiz by going to System -> Preferences -> Advanced Desktop Effects Settings .

After this Install Emerald Theme Manager using apt-get

shahid@shahid-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install emerald

After installation is over download MacOS X Emerald theme from this link : http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Mac4Lin+Leopard+Emerald+Theme?content=68409

Now open (System -> Preferences -> Emerald Theme Manager )

After Emerald theme manager opens click on import and point to the downloaded theme package from withing the Theme Manager , you will find Mac4Lin Theme listed select the theme , click on refresh and quit the application

Mav like Dock with Avant Navigator

After the above steps Install Avant Window Navigator.

Avant Windows Navigator is cool little tool that allows you to have a cute looking dock at the bottom of the screen . Even though AWN is still very buggy, still because it is so feature rich and cool looking you could install it .

To install AWN you need to add extra repositories, now adding any additional repository carries certain amount of risk of screwing up your system so follow these step at your own risk.

To add repository:

shahid@shahid-laptop:~$ echo "deb  http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu hardy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
shahid@shahid-laptop:~$ echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu hardy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

After issuing above command type the following command to update your repositories :

shahid@shahid-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update

and finally to install AWN issue the following command in the terminal window :

shahid@shahid-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk

Now after completing above mentioned steps AWN should be properly installed , To Launch AWN go to (Applications -> Accessories -> Avant Window Navigator )
Now you could customize AWN by choosing to add more applets , configuring 3D effects for AWN etc by going to AWN Manager ( System -> Preferences -> Awn Manager )

Though the theme which AWN comes with preinstalled is also good , you might like to try this it’s cool and very Mac like
http://rapidshare.com/files/71511920/Transparent.tgz.html
you could install this theme through AWN Manager go to (System->Preferences->AWN manager) and go to themes there and click on “Add” and point it to the downloaded theme.

You will see a confirmation dialog box that theme has been added properly. Close AWN Manager and start it again and chose the theme just installed and press apply button to make this theme default theme of AWN.
This is how my AWN Dock looks(with the above theme installed) like : -