[huggeebear]

How does one install themes for other users on the same computer? I tried placing an alias for my guikits folder in OS X/Library/Applicaton support thinking that it would enable all users of my computer to have access to my themes but no dice... do I really have to copy all themes over to each users home? that's a terrible waste of drive space if true?

[Caesar2099]

I've been wondering about that too, now each of the users on my machine have to download their own theme library, which seems silly to me, and a waste of space.

I had to download Aluminum Alloy, JetBlack, and Rhapsodized 3 times!

[NetworkShadow]

I've been telling Jason that he needs to fix that. I've been using the drop-boxes to copy the themes folder to all users, faster that re-downloading it each time.

[smeger]

Originally posted by NetworkShadow:
I've been telling Jason that he needs to fix that. I've been using the drop-boxes to copy the themes folder to all users, faster that re-downloading it each time.

Jason's been listening.

In the meantime, I think the only issue is permissions. I haven't tried this, but you might try doing the following in the terminal:

Code:
sudo cp -r ~/Library/Application\ Support/ShapeShifter\ guiKits \
/Library/Application\ Support/ShapeShifter\ guiKits

sudo chmod -R 777 /Library/Application\ Support/ShapeShifter\ guiKits

Then, for every user who wishes to use ShapeShifter, do the following from the Terminal while logged in as that user (Note: This will delete any themes that the user has installed that haven't already been moved to the global "ShapeShifter guiKits" folder:

Code:
rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Support/ShapeShifter\ guiKits

ln -s /Library/Application\ Support/ShapeShifter\ guiKits \
~/Library/Application\ Support/

The only problem with this approach is that if User A adds a new theme, User B won't be able to delete it. Oh, and that it's a nasty pain in the ass for you to do!

Or, you could just wait until I integrate it in a nice way into ShapeShifter.