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Zany_Zachary1
Asked: 2021-03-26 08:54:19 +0800 CST

Make Ubuntu 20.04 Look like Mac OS Catalina

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How can I make my Ubuntu 20.04 machine look exactly like Mac OS Catalina?

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  1. Best Answer

    This Question is for GNOME 3.XX

    Shell, Icon, and Application Themes

    The first thing anyone is going to do, is add a shell theme. I recommend this one.

    Unzip that, and put it in .themes in your home folder. If it doesn't exist, create it.

    Assuming you have gnome-tweaks installed, open it up, and select your theme for Applications.

    For your shell theme, You can really do any mac theme, because we will be modifying it with extensions later.

    Now get a Mac OS icon set. I recommend this one. Put that in the .icons folder in your home folder. (if it doesn't exist, create it.) Now, go to Tweaks and select it for your icon set.

    Now, for a cursor. I recommend this one. Put it in your .icons folder, and select it with Tweaks.

    Go to Window Titlebars section of Tweaks, and select Placement>Left

    Now you have a decent looking mac clone... But we can do better.

    Extensions

    Here is a list of all the extensions we will be using:

    Activities Configurator
    Big Sur Menu
    Blur my Shell
    Compiz alike magic lamp effect
    Dash to Dock
    Dynamic Panel Transparency
    ESCape Overview
    Hide Frequent View
    Horizontal workspaces
    Jiggle
    Minimalist Calendar 3
    More columns in applications view
    Skip Window Ready Notification
    Start Overlay in Applicaiton View
    Unite
    User Themes(you probably already have this one)
    Mock Universal Menu

    This is no small task. It took me 2 years to tweak this to look exactly like mac os.

    Extension Settings

    Activities Configurator:
    Settings Page

    Blur my Shell:
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    Leave Magic Lamp default.

    Dash to Dock:
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    Dynamic Panel Transparency:
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    Jiggle:
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    Set More Columns in Application View to 7.

    Unite:
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    GDM3 Wallpaper

    In Mac OS Catalina, the lockscreen wallpaper would change to the administrator's account wallpaper. Let's do that. Refer to this question to do that.

    Congratulations!

    You have now made your Ubuntu machine look like Mac OS Catalina. Of course, this is not all we can do. GNOME can be tweaked infinitely. Install more extensions! Try more themes! But for now, we have this. A not half bad mac desktop.

    P.S. You can also change the icon for big sur menu.

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