blackosx Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 Hey @eSaF No problem, and I agree, that logo is pretty faint. It’s simple enough for me to recreate that background with a stronger logo. Next time I’m on my desktop machine I’ll do it and update the files in the repo. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 @eSaF you have an Aorus mobo, try the @blackosxBOCIP_3_LE_OrangeGlow_AORUS pack, including background. I love it. Very nice. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 hours ago, miliuco said: @eSaF you have an Aorus mobo, try the @blackosxBOCIP_3_LE_OrangeGlow_AORUS pack, including background. I love it. Very nice. Seriously Bro this one rocks!!!!!!!! - Thanks for the recommendation. Spoiler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiliplasen Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Hi, i have a ultra wide monitor 2560x1080 Is there any way to create a custom icns to use like background?? I use some programs but I have a very small icns Thanks AnyConv.com__AnyConv.com__background-stylish.icns AnyConv.com__AnyConv.com__background-tela.icns AnyConv.com__AnyConv.com__background-vimix.icns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 57 minutes ago, eSaF said: Seriously Bro this one rocks!!!!!!!! - Thanks for the recommendation. Reveal hidden contents Today with free time I am testing themes with background. It is very entertaining. I have discovered another very nice one, Gold by @chris1111, what do you think? As they say on the radio, over and out ... for now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anto65 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 34 minutes ago, wiliplasen said: Hi, i have a ultra wide monitor 2560x1080 Is there any way to create a custom icns to use like background?? I use some programs but I have a very small icns Thanks AnyConv.com__AnyConv.com__background-stylish.icns 26.03 kB · 2 downloads AnyConv.com__AnyConv.com__background-tela.icns 16.02 kB · 2 downloads AnyConv.com__AnyConv.com__background-vimix.icns 32.63 kB · 1 download 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiliplasen Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 25 minutes ago, antuneddu said: Thank you very much bro its exactly I was looking for, I finally do it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1111 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, miliuco said: Today with free time I am testing themes with background. It is very entertaining. I have discovered another very nice one, Gold by @chris1111, what do you think? As they say on the radio, over and out ... for now Thanks You have probably windows in the same Drive so rename HardDrive.icns to Windows EDIT ++ sorry typo rename Windows.icns to HardDrive.icns Edited February 6, 2021 by chris1111 rename Windows.icns to HardDrive.icns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, chris1111 said: Thanks You have probably windows in the same Drive so rename HardDrive.icns to Windows EDIT ++ sorry typo rename Windows.icns to HardDrive.icns No, Windows is on another disk. Windows entry is not the one detected by OC (ScanPolicy does not include NTFS systems) but created from Misc> Entries. OC puts a generic OC icon to this entry. That's why you don't see a Windows icon. I do it like this so that Windows is behind BigSur in the menu. If OC detects NTFS systems, it puts Windows before BigSur with right icon. It's a personal cosmetic fad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackosx Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 23 hours ago, blackosx said: Next time I’m on my desktop machine I’ll do it and update the files in the repo. I've updated the backgrounds in the BlueGlow icon packs to have slightly stronger logos. Previews and download links are the same as here. @eSaF - Hope the Gigabyte one is now better for you, if you're still using it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I am mostly happy with the way my Hack is, the one bugbear I have is in the Boot Menu where Windows appears as the first Boot Disk. Don't get me wrong, I can make the machine default to BS disk but Windows is always the first disk (see pic). I have tried different permutations/Combinations and the results are the same, there is one that I tried by @miliuco that gave an Icon result list like this - Windows, OS X, Windows - the last Windows Icon in the list does nothing, when clicked, it induces an error. If it is all possible to change the Boot order Icon list, can someone please enlighten me. I have attached my EFI Folder to assist. The OS X Disk is designated as the first boot disk in the BIOS, yet Windows places it self first. Spoiler EFI.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackosx Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 I don't see why having Windows first is an issue, but see @miliuco post above where he says what he did to achieve this. Essentially: 1 - Change ScanPolicy to not include NTFS (ie. don't look for Microsoft basic data partitions) 2 - Create a custom entry to manually add Windows 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, blackosx said: I don't see why having Windows first is an issue, but see @miliuco post above where he says what he did to achieve this. Essentially: 1 - Change ScanPolicy to not include NTFS (ie. don't look for Microsoft basic data partitions) 2 - Create a custom entry to manually add Windows Bro it's not really an issue, probably my OCD kicking in, will check out your recommendation though, if it doesn't work out will leave as is - Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, eSaF said: Bro it's not really an issue, probably my OCD kicking in, will check out your recommendation though, if it doesn't work out will leave as is - Cheers. I think we're both quite picky How to add a boot entry in OpenCore Windows Boot Manager Path consists of an EFI path + a boot loader path. How to find your Windows EFI path? Select Shell.efi from OpenCore boot options (should be enabled in config.plist). Type FS0: > type DIR > if there is an EFI folder type cd EFI > type DIR again to see if it is the EFI folder of the Windows disk. Do this successively for each FS volume (FS1:, FS2:, etc.) until you find the Windows EFI folder. For example, mine is FS0 (first). Windows EFI is where the Windows Boot Manager locates. You must memorize its identifier index. Print the mapping table of all volumes and save it to a file named map_table.txt this way: map > map_table.txt Where do you find the map_table.txt file? On the EFI volume the prompt is on when you type map > map_table.txt. Exit. Return to macOS. Mount the volume where you stored the map_table.txt and open it with your preferred text editor. For example: sudo diskutil mount disk0s1 open /Volumes/EFI/map_table.txt Find the line that contains FS0 (or the one that corresponds to your Windows EFI folder) and copy its path. For example: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x17,0x0)/Sata(0x1,0xFFFF,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,4E088723- D4D9-4D7B-824A-2B38AB53CD72,0x3F,0x552FB)/ Add the bootloader path: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi Finally, a completed path going to be filled in the /Misc/Entries of config.plist goes as follows: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x17,0x0)/Sata(0x1,0xFFFF,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,4E088723-D4D9-4D7B-824A-2B38AB53CD72,0x3F,0x552FB)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi Notice that there is no space between the PCI path and the bootloader path. Windows behind macOS in the OpenCore menu This is accompanied by a ScanPolicy value that does not show neither NTFS systems nor EFI partitions. This way, macOS disk appears first and the Windows entry appears behind macOS disk. Edited February 8, 2021 by miliuco 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) @eSaF Windows entry example. <key>Entries</key> <array> <dict> <key>Arguments</key> <string></string> <key>Auxiliary</key> <false/> <key>Comment</key> <string>Windows 10</string> <key>Enabled</key> <true/> <key>Name</key> <string>Windows</string> <key>Path</key> <string>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,18-CC-1C-49-8B-44-1B-00)/HD(1,GPT,DF3F0348-A4F8-4A34-9C86-963B0E98F2BE,0x800,0x54747)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi</string> <key>TextMode</key> <false/> </dict> </array> SanPolicy value to only show: 0x00000001 - OC_SCAN_FILE_SYSTEM_LOCK. 0x00000002 - OC_SCAN_DEVICE_LOCK. 0x00000100 - OC_SCAN_ALLOW_FS_APFS. 0x00000200 - OC_SCAN_ALLOW_FS_HFS. 0x00010000 - OC_SCAN_ALLOW_DEVICE_SATA. 0x00080000 - OC_SCAN_ALLOW_DEVICE_NVME. 0x00200000 - OC_SCAN_ALLOW_DEVICE_USB. <key>ScanPolicy</key> <integer>2687747</integer> Edited February 8, 2021 by miliuco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackosx Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, miliuco said: I think we're both quite picky How to add a boot entry in OpenCore Windows Boot Manager Path consists of an EFI path + a boot loader path. .../snip/... Excellent explanation I would like to add another way to obtain your Windows path which would be to use an OpenCore debug build and check the log for an entry like this: 05:758 00:005 OCB: Registering entry Windows (T:32|F:0|G:0|E:0) - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x17,0x0)/Sata(0x1,0x0,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,558011E8-3667-464B-9BB2-B292181AE197,0x28,0x64000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 minute ago, blackosx said: Excellent explanation I would like to add another way to obtain your Windows path which would be to use an OpenCore debug build and check the log for an entry like this: 05:758 00:005 OCB: Registering entry Windows (T:32|F:0|G:0|E:0) - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x17,0x0)/Sata(0x1,0x0,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,558011E8-3667-464B-9BB2-B292181AE197,0x28,0x64000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi Yes, I forgot this, but for me this way it's more difficult, I usually have OpenCore release. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 20 minutes ago, miliuco said: I usually have OpenCore release. Same here - Windows behind macOS in the OpenCore menu - is what I am aiming for, looks a lot cleaner in my opinion. Will give your method a try and hopefully get the desired effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odemolay Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) hy everybody, first thank you for you works. i need you. i try to use this theme in OCC 066 (i have tried in 065 to without sucess) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZjNWhXZbNyHqnJQ5c0thc94lnXAc01Ch5H7 i dont understand why it doesnt showup at the boot invit. i use one of Chris1111 it s running perfectly. my OC settings seems to be good i've tried 3 different chris1111 themes and one made by blackosx program without any issue would tou please help me? Edited February 8, 2021 by odemolay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 22 minutes ago, odemolay said: hy everybody, first thank you for you works. i need you. i try to use this theme in OCC 066 (i have tried in 065 to without sucess) https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZjNWhXZbNyHqnJQ5c0thc94lnXAc01Ch5H7 i dont understand why it doesnt showup at the boot invit. i use one of Chris1111 it s running perfectly. my OC settings seems to be good i've tried 3 different chris1111 themes and one made by blackosx program without any issue would tou please help me? But with that theme yo must set PickerVariant to Modern. Have you do so? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odemolay Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) hello, yes pickerVariant is already set to Modern, this is what I use for@chris1111's themes Edited February 8, 2021 by odemolay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1111 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, odemolay said: hello, yes pickerVariant is already set to Modern, this is what I use for@chris1111's themes This is strange what is show in boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackosx Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 @odemolay You are missing Shell.icns, or in the case of your Image dir, ModernShell.icns 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, blackosx said: @odemolay You are missing Shell.icns, or in the case of your Image dir, ModernShell.icns You’re right!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 @miliuco - Sir I thank you for the clear and concise instructions on how to achieve the look I wanted (see attached) @blackosx may you continue to push the Icon configuration barriers for as many Hack days we have left, Gentlemen I salute you both. Spoiler 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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