Desktop Buttons

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Screenshot of Desktop Buttons
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Screenshot of Desktop Buttons

If you've been to an Apple Store, you've probably seen this app - it's some icons on the Desktop that launch a few different web pages.

The application is very "default" - The prefs are saved to com.apple.MyCarbonNibApp and it's registered to __MyCompanyName__, the default in XCode.

Customized Desktop Buttons
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Customized Desktop Buttons

Customizing it

The images and text are stored as PICT resources in the .rsrc file in the package. The URLs are hardcoded into the binary though, so you'll have to change them with a hex editor and use tinyurl for long links.

Where can I get it?

It can be downloaded here http://homepage.mac.com/jimbo2/.cv/jimbo2/Sites/.Public/DesktopButtons/DesktopButtons.app-zip.zip

You'll probably also want http://homepage.mac.com/jimbo2/.cv/jimbo2/Sites/.Public/DesktopButtons/Quit_DesktopButtons-binhex.hqx

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