[diamondsw]

Okay, this concerns the Processor Palette (to show, install developer tools, open the new "Processor" preference pane, show the CPU menu, and finally select "Show Processor Palette"; or you can just open /Library/Application Support/HWPrefs/CPUPalette).

On the new Intel Macs, it shows the old Intel logo on the chips. All I'm looking for is the location of that graphic so I can go change it to an Intel Core graphic.

Simple, eh? Damned if I can find it.

[CharlesS]

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CHUD.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CHUDApp.framework/Versions/A/Resources/button_p4_normal.png

Is that it?

[diamondsw]

Excellent - that is it indeed! Now my next question is, how do you *do* that? Is there a way to trace what files a program accesses, or is it just a matter of drilling through folder after folder?

[d.fine]

haha, good luck finding that twice!

[CharlesS]

Originally Posted by diamondsw

Excellent - that is it indeed! Now my next question is, how do you *do* that? Is there a way to trace what files a program accesses, or is it just a matter of drilling through folder after folder?

Actually, it's quite simple.

Here's what I did:

1. Open the Processor preference pane on my machine, have a look at what the G5 icon that I see looks like (I have an iMac G5)

2. Check the Processor pane's bundle for any image files, no luck

3. Open a Terminal window, and set the buffer size to unlimited scrollback

4. List all .tiff files and .png files using these two commands:

find /System -name \*.tiff
find /System -name \*.png

5. Now that I have a list of every PNG and TIFF in the /System directory, just do a Command-F to search through the scrollback for "g5" and sure enough, a PNG file turns up!

6. Look at the PNG file with Preview, and see that it's indeed the same picture as the one in the Processor pane

7. In the same folder as the G5 PNG, there's another PNG that looks like the Intel logo on a chip, as you described!

All in all, took me only a few minutes. "Oh, it's so simple now!" he exclaims. Hmm, maybe I should be like a good magician and not give away the secrets... I'd probably look like a supreme master then.

[harrisjamieh]

You mean like this:



All I did was rename the core duo logo (which i got frm the net) and shoved it into the folder CharlesS posted. Then just photoshopped an X over one of them.

[diamondsw]

Or like this:



I used a black image with better contrast for the active CPU, and a white one for a disabled CPU.

[Thinine]

What app is that?

[diamondsw]

Originally Posted by Thinine

What app is that?

See the first message in the thread - it's part of the CHUD CPU tools.

[harrisjamieh]

'tis the processor pallete which allows you to disable one core of the iMac/macbook pro, or any other dual processor mac. You can only use it, however, if you install CHUD tools from the installation disk, and it is located under developer tools.

[Thinine]

Ah, neat. I've never noticed that part before. But then I don't use the menu either.