{"id":283524,"date":"2026-06-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/how-to-make-linux-look-like-macos-for-free-with-a-few-simple-zorinos-tweaks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T05:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:35:08","slug":"how-to-make-linux-look-like-macos-for-free-with-a-few-simple-zorinos-tweaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/how-to-make-linux-look-like-macos-for-free-with-a-few-simple-zorinos-tweaks\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make Linux look like MacOS for free &#8211; with a few simple ZorinOS tweaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-make-linux-look-like-macos-for-free-simple-zorinos-tweaks\/\">How to make Linux look like MacOS for free &#8211; with a few simple ZorinOS tweaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-make-linux-look-like-macos-for-free-simple-zorinos-tweaks\/\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-make-linux-look-like-macos-for-free-simple-zorinos-tweaks\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-29 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zdnet.com\">www.zdnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow ZDNET: <span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><span>Add us as a preferred source<\/span><\/span> on Google.<\/p>\n<h3>ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Zorin OS can be made to look like the MacOS desktop.<\/li>\n<li>You can purchase a Pro license and do it the easy way.<\/li>\n<li>You can also achieve this via the free version.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The MacOS UI is pretty sweet. And, yes, I am a fan of Liquid Glass\u2026 so there.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of the way the MacOS UI looks and feels, but you&#8217;re about to make the jump to Linux, consider Zorin OS as your landing spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With just a few quick tweaks, you can make the\u00a0Zorin OS\u00a0UI look quite similar to MacOS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:\u00a0Linux Mint vs. Zorin OS: I&#8217;ve tried both Windows alternatives, and here&#8217;s my winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are two ways to do this. The first (and easiest) is to purchase a <span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><span>Zorin OS Pro license<\/span><\/span>. The big downside of the Pro version is that you&#8217;ll have to purchase a license with each major upgrade, as the Pro license for Zorin OS 18 will not transfer to version 19 (when it&#8217;s released). If you plan on sticking with one release for its full support cycle (five years), that&#8217;s great. However, if you like to install the latest\/greatest OS, you&#8217;d have to purchase a new Pro license ($47.99) with every major release.<\/p>\n<p>With the Pro version, all you have to do is open Zorin Appearance and select the MacOS layout.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Zorin OS\" width=\"1280\" height=\"973.5211267605633\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>With Zorin OS Pro, getting a MacOS layout is simple.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Screenshot by Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re on a budget and still want to get the MacOS-like layout, you&#8217;re in luck, because I&#8217;m going to show you how. You&#8217;ll be surprised how easy it is.<\/p>\n<h2>Select the layout<\/h2>\n<p>The first thing to do is download a Zorin OS ISO,\u00a0create a live USB drive, boot from it, and install Zorin OS. After that task is completed, boot the OS and log in. If the Zorin Appearance app doesn&#8217;t appear, open it from the desktop menu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: <\/strong><strong>Zorin OS vs. AnduinOS: How to pick the right Windows-like Linux distro for you<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the Zorin Appearance app, select the GNOME layout, which displays a single top bar.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Zorin OS\" width=\"1280\" height=\"803.0188679245283\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>The GNOME layout is the best starting point.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Screenshot by Jack&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-make-linux-look-like-macos-for-free-simple-zorinos-tweaks\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to make Linux look like MacOS for free &#8211; with a few simple ZorinOS&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":283525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/1f57b3a13d60d6d165a5fb3ca8425a42fa4dbe7f\/2026\/05\/27\/07964b2f-fbaa-4abb-9a75-bc681ec3728c\/zorinmacosherolaptop.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71,110,167],"class_list":["post-283524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux","tag-linux-mint","tag-zorin-os"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283526,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283524\/revisions\/283526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}