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Install and Apply Breeze Transparent, Breeze Transparent with Antu icons or Breeze transparent panel which I am using because it makes the top panel more transparent than the others. To change that, go to System Settings > Workspace Theme > Desktop Theme and click on Get New Theme. Not to mention any apps you open must look completely off with the default KDE theme.

You can download the ones linked below if you’re having trouble finding them.Įxtract the files and place the extracted folders in ~/.local/share/icons/ macOS Themes for KDE Plasmaīy now your desktop must look like Mac but the menu bar is still quite white which is not how it looks on the Mac. There are so many MacOS icon packs and cursor themes for Linux that you can download and install and any of those will work fine. Select Themes, then drag and drop the downloaded file to where it says …or drag and drop a theme package here: then click on Apply. To install the theme on Cairo dock, right-click anywhere on the dock and select Cairo > Configure. I’m using Cairo dock with a Mac theme (credit: sean barman). You can use either you want, but you will need Mac themes for either one before it starts to look anything like the one in the screenshot above. Linux has many options such as Docky, Plank, and my favorite Cairo.

The dock is not that hard to replicate though and can even be done on Windows with quite a perfection. The other quite popular component of a Mac desktop is the dock at the bottom that houses all your favorite and currently open apps. To do that click on the hamburger menu on the bottom panel, select More Settings… > Remove Panel. When you’re done, you might want to remove the bottom panel because you won’t be needing that.

Unfortunately, I can’t show you how to space them but you’ll probably figure out how far or close you like those two on your own. On the very left of the panel, add an Active Window Control Widget (might have to download it), next to it add the Global Menu widget. I’ve added Pager in order to easily switch between different virtual desktops, a trash widget, and a Netspeed widget as well but you can ignore those. In the screenshot above, right-to-left, the widgets are – Search, Lock/Logout, User Switcher, Simple Date and Time (you’ll have to download this one), Bluetooth, Networks, Audio Volume, Device Notifier, Clipboard, KDE Connect, Notifications, Weather widget.I prefer adding each of the system tray icons manually because it gives more of a Mac look and is also less cluttered. The system tray widget contains all the necessary icons which will appear when needed as it happens on Windows.You can use the bottom panel as a guide or the screenshot above if you’re not sure which widgets to place.

Do the same with the clock widget and add anything you want really.

Select the system tray from the Widgets and drag it to the very right of the top panel to place it.

Right-click anywhere and select Add widgets.

When you have the desired height, you can start adding widgets.

Click on the hamburger menu icon (three horizontal lines) on the very right and drag the Height button up or down to increase or decrease the height of the top panel to your liking.

The panel you see in screenshots is the finished product and sadly I’m not willing to undo it all so … This will add a white bar at the top of your screen.

Right-click anywhere on the desktop and select Add panel > Application menu bar.

Before we can change anything, make sure widgets are unlocked. In the screenshot above you can see the default KDE panel at the bottom, and a customized panel at the top that looks like the menu bar on a Mac. Yet, it’s KDE Plasma that can replicate MacOS’s menu bar the best, as far as I know. Some other desktop environments give more of a Mac feel with a top panel that houses the time/date, system tray, etc. KDE Plasma looks more like Windows, by default than Mac.

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