How to: Kill shadows in OS X
Here is a tip that harks way, way back to 2006 — that’s the last time this little haxie from Unsanity was updated. ShadowKiller is available for free and, in spite of its age, nonetheless works just fine on my iMac running OS X 10.7.2.
ShadowKiller removes window and menu shadows in MacOS X. This changes the look of MacOS X completely, and speeds up its operation for slower Macs (such as G3).
Thereupon, XLR8 Your Mac has a discussion on the benefits of ShadowKiller on older (G3) Macs.
Rinse and repeat
To remove shadows, just double-click ShadowKiller, your display will blink and shadows will be gone. To bring back shadows, double-click ShadowKiller again and, voila, they’re back.
To kill shadows on a more permanent basis, add ShadowKiller to Log In items in System Preferences.
via OS X Daily
I’ve had ShadowKiller running on my Macs for so long that I’m still running version 1.2 on both my Intel Snow Leopard Macs. Version 1.2 had the icon of the Shadow Man wearing a Fedora hat which I had on my G3 and G4 processor Macs. I didn’t even realize there had been an version upgrade since the older version still works perfectly. One of the greatest apps that you never know is working for you in the background. Everyone should be running it. I’m upgrading right now. Thanks for the article.
Wow thanks for the tip. I actually found Shadowkiller accidentally through a google search because I have been trying to squeeze a bit more performance from our older Core Duo Macs. I visited Unsanity’s website and its says it is not compatible with Snow Leopard.
I’m glad I found your article through Macsurfer. This confirms that the app works still on the newer versions of OSX. Thanks a lot!
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