Help! Installed Aqua Extreme theme can't get rid of it!?

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Help! Installed Aqua Extreme theme can't get rid of it!?

Good evening everyone!

A hour ago , I was bored and decided to search for some themes to 'update' my interface. I just searched 'Mac themes' on google and I ended up with a site with a lot of themes on it. I decided to download one and install it.

After I installed it , my whole interface got messed up , the menubar at top is transparent with a ugly yellow bar beneath it which appears to be badly rendered , when I go in let's say 'Finder' everything is blue/white and yellow through each other , can't understand a bit of it.. But it just looks ugly , uglier then you can imagine

With the theme came an uninstaller , I did it multiple times and I rebooted it each time after it. But I just can NOT get rid of it.. I don't know what to do and I am quite panicking about it since I need this laptop everyday in college ( Mediadesign education program )

I got this Macbook Pro , 2-3 months ago and it had the newest version ; Lion I believe it is.

Maybe these themes aren't compatible with it that's why it went all wrong or something..

I really need some help here,

Thanks in advance

Regards

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 20, 2011 10:02 AM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Nov 20, 2011 10:14 AM in response to Shuraiya

Please post the link from which you downloaded the crapware.

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Shuraiya Author

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Nov 20, 2011 10:21 AM in response to Linc Davis

Hey,

Here is the site;

http://www.maxthemes.com/

Go to themes and scroll down , you will find the Aqua extreme theme there.

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Nov 20, 2011 10:26 AM in response to Shuraiya

Seeing as how you say your at 10.7.2, I suppose you ignored the warning not to install on any operating systems other then 10.5 and 10.6?

I suggest that your question should really be posted to MaxThemes instead of here seeing as how it is their code.

Allan

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Allan Jones

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Nov 20, 2011 10:28 AM in response to Shuraiya

Looks like it's not Lion-compatible:

Note the "DO NOT" at the bottom. As for removing, it may be best to contact that site's support to see if they have an uninstall option.

EDIT: Looks like the other Allan was faster on the keyboard!

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Shuraiya Author

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Nov 20, 2011 10:28 AM in response to Allan Eckert

Well , since Lion is 1.7 and my Mac automatically updates to the newest version hence the 1.7.2

You are probably right , I will try to post this at their 'forum' if they have one.

Hope they can help me =)

But that doesn't mean I won't get help from the guys here anymore , will it D: ?

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Shuraiya Author

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Nov 20, 2011 10:30 AM in response to Allan Jones

Well.. to be honoust with you guy's.

I just found out that I got a higher version then was stated there.

( I am a noob , I don't know anything about these things , it was stupid from me to experiment with these things and now I am paying the price for it )

I will try to message that guy..

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Linc Davis

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Nov 20, 2011 10:34 AM in response to Shuraiya

The so-called "uninstaller" installs pirated copies of files from some version of 10.6. It's useless on Lion.

Back up all data, then boot from your recovery partition (command-R at startup) and follow the prompts to reinstall. After rebooting, run Software Update.

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Nov 20, 2011 10:36 AM in response to Linc Davis

This is begining to sound like a site that is best avoided at all costs.

Allan

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Shuraiya Author

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Nov 20, 2011 10:40 AM in response to Allan Eckert

I just created some kind of 'Twitter' account , just so I could message him. I am hoping to get a message back else I'll be really ****** at myself and him.

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Linc Davis

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Nov 20, 2011 10:43 AM in response to Shuraiya

Don't bother waiting for a reply. The guy can't help you, even if he wants to.

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Shuraiya Author

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Nov 20, 2011 10:48 AM in response to Linc Davis

I am now making a back up of my Mac,

If that is done I need to reboot it , while it is I need to do cmd+R and I need to follow something , correct?

When that's all done , I need to run software updates and I will be good and all?

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Linc Davis

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Nov 20, 2011 10:54 AM in response to Shuraiya

OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery

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Shuraiya Author

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Nov 20, 2011 11:09 AM in response to Linc Davis

Maybe this sounds ******** but;

If you give me a proper Lion theme and I install that , won't this theme I currently installed get overlapped?

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Csound1

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Nov 20, 2011 11:10 AM in response to Shuraiya

Shuraiya wrote:

Maybe this sounds ******** but;

If you give me a proper Lion theme and I install that , won't this theme I currently installed get overlapped?

Maybe, maybe not, but Linc Davis's suggestion works.

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Shuraiya Author

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Nov 20, 2011 11:13 AM in response to Csound1

Alright,

My back-up is still busy , after it is done I will do what is suggested to me.

Cheers for all your help =)

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