Mac users who miss the rounded corners atop their new Mac OS X Leopard screens can undo Apple’s (misguided?) decision to square them off in Windows-esque fashion.
MacDailyNews Note: Apple Macs have had rounded corners since their inception. Mac OS 7.6, released January 7, 1997, did away with the rounded corners on the bottom (along with the “System” moniker).
“Displaperture,” from developer Many Tricks, brings back rounded screen corners to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
Users can decide which corners they wish to be rounded off, choose their radii, and enjoy their Macs the way Macs were meant to be.
Displaperture is a universal binary and free for download (if you like it, the developer accepts donations).
More info and download link here.
After what I learned from installing Leopard I’m staying well clear of all these marginal hacks…
I value the solid reliability of my Mac and I won’t have it abused again!
maybe for CRT displays (eMacs), but I don’t think I want rounded corners on my MacBook’s display…
Will this fix the glossy screen issue?
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Apple is going square.
Jeez, talk about nit picking!. Sheesh!
My monitors are snappier now!
The corners are still slightly rounded. I know mac users are detail oriented but damn, that is a small thing to annoy you.
Jay,
Leopard’s corners are not “slightly rounded,” they are exactly square.
Get your eyes checked.
it’s the menu bar that is rounded – get a second monitor on and the corners are square anyway (tiger)
@Dave:
You can always fix the problem:
Home Depot
FG
I hope you aren’t referring to programs, windows and the like, ‘cos I count AT LEAST a 3 pixel radii when transitioning from vertical draws to the horizontal in Safari.
I thought something was different… Don’t really give a rats ass though.
To be honest. It’s so slight and not important, I didn’t even notice the corners were squared off. I actually had to look at a system running Tiger to tell the difference. I think this on the top of the “Things gone from Tiger we don’t need nor care about” list.
whats this about rounded corners? good thing this app came out… now i can get some work done. i keed.
i miss the rounded corners it’s very obvious, i am trying the programme now and its nice to have them back, one of the Macs virtues is the attention to detail, ie nitpicking the square corners are crude and too PC.
Never noticed before, but my PowerBook running 10.3 has round upper corners and square lowers, FWIW.
unless your screen is round, there’s no reason to round the edges. it looks dumb.
Guys, don’t you see?
First, they square your corners.
Next, they’ll rape your cows.
It’ll make McHale’s Navy’s Ernest Borgnine look like The Poseidon Adventure’s Ernest Borgnine all over again, only more.
I’ve used basically every version of Mac OS, and never noticed the change until reading this.
If rounded corners is the biggest problem in your life, I envy you….get over yourselves you F$&#xin;g whiners!!
How: Buy Vista. With Leopard you get to upgrade to the 5 year old Windows XP look for window corners.
You aren’t very observant.
every window in Tiger has a rounded brushed aluminum frame at the top and squared at the bottom.
Damn, next Apple is going to do away with that.
Just to make Windows guys feel at home in Leopard. Why?
As for the Desktop… rounded corners is well a non-issue for me.
Really? Rounded Corners? Is *this* what we’re talking about today. WTF is wrong with the world?
Pie are not round, PI r squared.
Just my $0.02
MacANAL!