A visual style changes the "glass," but icons change the "soul." Windows 8.1 uses detailed, shaded icons. macOS uses flat, glyph-based, highly consistent icons.
Windows has a taskbar. macOS has a Dock. To get a Mac OS theme for Windows 8.1 right, you must hide the taskbar and replace it with a third-party dock.
This is easy. Download the famous "Galaxy" (default OS X Mavericks) wave wallpaper or the "Bash Bish Falls" image. Set it to change automatically every day.
Transform Windows 8.1 into macOS: The Ultimate Customization Guide
Use LogonStudio (by Stardock) or manually replace C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll (expert only). Change the default blue Windows login to the silver/grey macOS login screen with the blurred background.
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A visual style changes the "glass," but icons change the "soul." Windows 8.1 uses detailed, shaded icons. macOS uses flat, glyph-based, highly consistent icons.
Windows has a taskbar. macOS has a Dock. To get a Mac OS theme for Windows 8.1 right, you must hide the taskbar and replace it with a third-party dock.
This is easy. Download the famous "Galaxy" (default OS X Mavericks) wave wallpaper or the "Bash Bish Falls" image. Set it to change automatically every day.
Transform Windows 8.1 into macOS: The Ultimate Customization Guide
Use LogonStudio (by Stardock) or manually replace C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll (expert only). Change the default blue Windows login to the silver/grey macOS login screen with the blurred background.