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Screenshot and Video of New Lion Login Screen

Wednesday June 15, 2011 7:00 PM PDT by Jordan Golson

Tonight's update to OS X Lion Developer Preview 4 includes an enhanced login screen (as seen during the WWDC keynote), including a new background showcasing the dark linen background that seems to be everywhere in iOS and OS X these days.

The old login screen displayed the clock and a Wi-Fi menu. The new screen also displays the current built, current IP address, and computer name -- cycling through the information is accomplished by clicking on the clock.

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ryan.stewie

171 months ago

You know, you can get ACTUAL screenshots of the login screen using the terminal:

sudo screen -m -d bash -c "sleep 60; screencapture /Users/YOURHOMEFOLDER/Desktop/picture.png"
Run that in the terminal and log out to the login screen, and within 60 seconds you'll hear the snapshot sound, log back in and you'll have your screenshot.

UPDATE: See, I got a proper screenshot ;)

Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)

e-coli

171 months ago

This is gorgeous. So much more sophisticated than the space background.

I love the tangible non-tech look.

Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)

sterumbelow

171 months ago

Download the Linen Wallpaper

There was a downloadable copy of the Linen wallpaper available in another thread (https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1164584) but it's clearly a fake one.

I've just found a small version and tiled it into 2560x1600 resolution, no lines, tiles perfectly.

Enjoy

http://tinyurl.com/lionwallpaperosxreal (http://tinyurl.com/lionwallpaperosxreal)

Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)

reden

171 months ago

I liked the plain white background better.

Great, here we go again.

Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)

xionxiox

171 months ago

What a nice change from Snow Leopard :)

Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)

iSimx

171 months ago

I'm loving the new look with influences from iOS, can't wait for lion! :eek:

Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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