No. No, it doesn’t.

But I have them nonetheless, and they look GREAT. First, a little history.

Back when Leopard was still in development stages, there was a popular thread on the MacNN forums about GUI changes in Leopard. The most argued point was the need for iTunes-style controls in Leopard. If you remember, back in Tiger, iTunes stuck out with a new design. Leopard took the iTunes design, and now it fits in perfectly. But for some reason, Apple decided to keep the glossy bubbly Aqua buttons and scrollbars, while toning down everything else. They stuck out like a sore thumb.

After Leopard arrived, there were attempts to get iTunes scrollbars working on Leopard. Some came pretty close, but noone quite got it right. The best version looked pretty good, but seemed to cause a lot of issues. Plus, it was no picnic to install.

After about two months, I was browsing MacintoshGUI.com, and I found iTunes scrollbars for Leopard. I thought that this was probably the same as the failed attempt at MacNN, and it seemed to be. It looks the same. But the big difference is the the installation is one-click easy. It logs you out and back in, and voila. iTunes scrollbars.

Download iTunes scrollbars for OS X

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