Ultimate Copland is a collection of ResEdit resource files that emulate the forthcoming System version 8 (code named “Copland”). Ultimate Copland recreates both the “Standard” and “Hi-Tech” Copland designs.
“But I just already Aaron and it's got all the icons, right?”
Wrong. Aaron replaces about 20 of the system icons whereas the Standard Ultimate Copland style replaces well over 50 icons. Aaron is in fact an extension which makes it prone to conflicts and your icons won’t show up when you hold down shift at startup. Ultimate Copland also replaces pictures such as the startup screen. Although Aaron does provide 3D windows, which Ultimate Copland doesn’t, you can get the best of both worlds by using Ultimate Copland and Aaron together.
What's so good about Ultimate Copland?
Quite a lot, actually. For example…
• Full compatibility with all the latest System versions (including System 7.5.5).
• Ultimate Copland replaces the “MacOS” startup screen in Systems 7.5.1 - 7.5.5 to read “Copland”. (Now in 3D!)
• Most of my icons have small counterparts unlike some of the other Copland hacks. (Especially noticeable is a much nicer looking small System Folder and a small wastebasket icon*)
• I have changed all three sizes of the Application icon to the Copland style.
• All my icons have been uniformed in the Copland blue colour (Standard Copland) and shaded grey in the High-Tech Ultimate Copland.
• I have added the Copland folder to the standard “New Folder” button in most “Save” dialog boxes.
• All my icons have decent looking Black & White counterparts.
• Full Aaron compatibility in the High-Tech Ultimate Copland style (See below).
*If you are also using the extension Aaron the small wastebasket icon shows up when you open the wastebasket window.
New Installation Information for users of System 7.5.5
For the patch to work properly, you must start up your computer from any system disk other than the one you intend to install Ultimate Copland 2.2 onto. If you do not do this it is likely your computer will crash. (Not that I'm trying to scare you or anything.)
The patch will only work with System 7.5.5, the latest system update from Apple. If you are unsure of which system version you are running select "About this Macintosh…" from the apple menu. The version number is in the top right.
The patch will change the following files to updated versions containing the Ultimate Copland icons and pictures.
“System” v7.5.5
“Finder” v7.5.5
“General Controls” Control Panel v7.5.7
“Launcher” Control Panel v2.8
“Apple Menu Options” Control Panel v1.1.2
“SimpleText” Application v1.3.1
“MoviePlayer” Application v2.5 (Installed by Quicktime 2.5, available for Apple's FTP site, among other places.)
If you don’t have any of these files on your computer (i.e. many people won’t have MoviePlayer on their hard disk) then you can just click the “skip” button when prompted to patch the file. If you have an earlier version of any of the files then you may have to manually install the patch. Instructions for manual installation are below.
System 7.7.5 manual installation and installation for all other system versions
1) First off, you need ResEdit, one of Apple’s programming tools (If you don't already have this program you will find it on many magazine cover CDs and there is a link to it on my Ultimate Copland Home Page: See below.)
2) Choose either the Standard or High-Tech Copland style.
3) Open the folder “System Folder” and duplicate the file “System”; drag this copy onto the ResEdit icon.
4) Return to the finder and double click the “Ultimate System 7.5.5” (or “High-Tech System 7.5.5”) file. (Users of any System version other than 7.5.5 should use the "Ultimate/Hi-Tech System" files instead.)
5) Return to ResEdit and then in the “Ultimate System 7.5.5” (or “High-Tech System 7.5.5”) window, select all the resources and copy them.
6) Still in ResEdit select the window “System Copy” and paste into it the copied resources.
7) Click “Yes” when it asks you if you want to replace the resources with those that have the same ID.
8) Save, and Quit ResEdit.
9) Drag the file “System” from the folder “System Folder” into the trash, but don't empty it yet.
10) Rename the file “System Copy” file to “System” (no spaces or the word “copy”)
11) Restart. If all goes well, you can empty the trash.
Now, do the same for the “Finder” file, the “System 7.5 Update” file (if you have one in your System Folder), the SimpleText and MoviePlayer applications and the “General Controls”, “Apple Menu Options” and “Launcher” Control Panels.
This diagram might help you understand what files need to be updated and where they should be. Please note that those in brackets < > are folders. Also, you might not have some of these files on your hard disk or they may be in different places. If you are not sure use the find command (command-F) to search for the files on your hard drive.
<Hard Disk>
<Applications>
SimpleText
MoviePlayer
<System Folder>
System
Finder
System 7.5 Update OR System 7.5.2 Update
<Control Panels>
General Controls
Apple Menu Items
Launcher
(For information on “High-Tech Aaron” see below.)
Note: The files “Ultimate System 7.5 Update” and “High-Tech System 7.5 Update” can be pasted into the file “System 7.5 Update” versions 1.0 and 2.0 and also “System 7.5.2 Update”.
Don't forget to REBUILD YOUR DESKTOP! (Hold command-option at startup.)
If your recent folders' icons don't show up in the apple menu then...
First, drag your “Apple Menu Options Prefs” file from the “Preferences” folder to the trash. Then turn off the “Recent Documents” etc., rebuild your desktop, and finally turn the “Recent Documents” back on.
The “Other Copland Icons” Folder
In this folder are lots of folder icons in both the Copland styles for you to paste on to your other folders. Icon Collector is a shareware program which makes it easy to store icons, taking up minimal disk space. There is a file for Icon Collector in this folder. Icon Collector is by Emmanuel Rayzal (erayzal@iway.fr).
A little Hint
The System 7.5 MacOS doesn't seem to mind if you rename your System Folder. So make your system even more like Copland and rename the system folder “Mac OS Folder”.
The 3D disk icon
The excellent 3D floppy disk icon is a slightly changed version of the one found in “Greg’s Icon Collection #1” by Gregory A. Ruderman (ruderman@uiuc.edu). Used with permission.
The SimpleText Read Me Icon
I took and changed this icon from somebody who took the icon from somebody else and couldn't remember who. So I thought it would probably be OK for me to have it. If you are the original owner of this icon then please tell me and I’ll remove it or acknowledge you in this Read Me.
About High-Tech Aaron
The widely used extension “Aaron” does not give you the High-Tech Copland style found in Ultimate Copland. So I have included a hack so that it does. To give Aaron High-Tech icons start by opening the file “High-Tech Aaron” in ResEdit and paste all the resources from “High-Tech Aaron” into a copy of your Aaron extension. Then Restart with your hacked Aaron in place and marvel at the groovy icons. This does not affect the actual windows but I'm working on it.
Note: Many of the extras in Ultimate Copland can’t be put into Aaron (such as the new Start-up screen and lots of the icons).
Warning!
If you follow these instructions properly, you’ll have no problems, However, you use Ultimate Copland at your own risk, if you muck up don’t blame me, OK?
Copyright Notice
I retain all copyright on these icons and although this collection is Freeware I would greatly appreciate you sending me some money as an incentive for me to continue to update and improve Ultimate Copland. I have worked long and very hard to bring you this. Please note that I am only able to send you a disk of the latest version of Ultimate Copland or any other of my programs if you send me some money (in UK pounds) to pay for postage and the cost of the disk. You can always get the latest version of this and other programs I have written at the Ultimate Copland Home Page (see below).
If you have comments or suggestions please e-mail me at
james.t@cybersurf.co.uk
Or see the Ultimate Copland Home Page at
http://www.joa.co.uk/jt.html
Alternatively, write or send any spare money to me at
James Turnbull
75 Dundas St
Edinburgh
EH3 6RS
Scotland
Additional Great Software (available from the Ultimate Copland Home Page)
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