Feeling nostalgic? Mac Themes Garden has you covered

If the word Kaleidoscope means anything to you, you’re in for a treat. As spotted by Rob Beschizza (via BoingBoing), Mac Themes Garden features a collection of nearly 4,000 Classic Mac OS GUI customizations. The site is a collection of pixelated bliss, and whether you’re already feeling fuzzy inside or have no idea what I’m talking about, you won’t want to miss out on this. All your favorite classic Mac OS themes, and then some Many years before Apple launched Appearance Manager, which let users natively customize the GUI on Mac OS 8, there was Kaleidoscope: “the ultimate in user interface customization, letting you completely overhaul your Mac’s user interface using plug-in Color Scheme files,” as the project’s description used to state. Kaleidoscope offered an easy way to apply themes to the entire system, and even after Apple released Appearance Manager (for a hot minute, before Steve Jobs killed it upon his return to Apple), it remained the tool of choice to most Mac customizat ... Read full article.