Apple has redesigned the iCal with a faux leather finish in the OS X Lion and this looks like a calendar binding. This design is termed skeuomorphic but the reason is to make it comfortable and familiar for the users. The iCal in Lion has the old look like that of a physical calendar and then ports it a virtual application.
Some users might like this new look of the iCal in OS X Lion but many have come up with complaints. If you want iCal to look like it was in Snow Leopard, there is a trick. Using the following trick you can restore the monochromatic glory of iCal in Lion.
Before beginning to do this, ensure that the data in iCal is backed up for safety purposes. It should work perfectly if you follow these instructions correctly.
To create a backup, on the desktop, make a new folder and then go to the Applications folder and find out the iCal icon in it. Copy this icon from the Applications folder and paste it in the new one that you created using Cmd+C and Cmd+V controls. After this is successfully done, ensure that you close iCal. This step of creating a backup and leaving iCal is very important while you change the content files of the app.
Right click on the iCal icon in the Applications folder and then click on “show Package Contents”.
Now open the Contents folder and then the Resources folder.
Download the zip file responsible to replace the leather theme of iCal with a grey solid bar. These files are simple and usable.
Drag all the contents in the ical_lion_silver folder to the Resources folder of iCal. You can use Cmd+A to do this task.
You will be prompted by Finder to select between options such as Keep Both Files, Replace and Stop. Then you have to select the checkbox stating Apply to All and then click on Replace.
You have to confirm this action in Finder by providing the administrator password.
Once it is done, close all the windows in Finder and then open iCal. You should now see the monochromatic look of iCal as in Snow Leopard rather than the leather theme.
Via cultofmac.com
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