Olares

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Appearance

Set language and appearance ​

Personalizing your Olares experience is easy. You can set your preferred language, choose between light and dark themes, manage Desktop widgets, select custom wallpapers, and reset the Desktop layout when needed.

System language ​

Olares is currently available in the following languages:

  • English
  • Chinese (simplified)

To change your display language:

  1. Open the Settings app from the Dock or Launchpad.
  2. Select Appearance from the left sidebar.
  3. Click the dropdown and select your language.

Theme ​

Switch between light and dark themes for system applications.

  1. Open the Settings app from the Dock or Launchpad.
  2. Select Appearance from the left sidebar.
  3. In the Theme panel, select Light or Dark.

The change applies immediately.

Widgets ​

Widgets control the information shown in the lower-right corner of Desktop.

  1. Open Settings from the Dock.
  2. Select Appearance from the left sidebar.
  3. To hide all widgets, turn off Widgets.
  4. Under Date & time, set 24-hour format and Date format as needed.
  5. Turn Show dashboard on or off to show or hide CPU, disk, and memory usage.

Wallpaper ​

To customize your desktop or login screen background:

  1. Open Settings from the Dock.

  2. Select Appearance from the left sidebar.

  3. In the Wallpaper panel, choose where to apply the wallpaper: Desktop background or Login background.

  4. To use a built-in wallpaper, browse and select from the provided image gallery.

  5. To use a custom wallpaper:

    a. Click Upload image, select an image file from your computer, then click Open.
    b. (Optional) Adjust how the wallpaper is displayed using the drop-down list next to Upload image:

    • Stretch
    • Fill
    • Tile

  6. To remove a custom wallpaper, hover over the uploaded image in Uploaded images and click the close icon.

Reset Desktop layout ​

Use Reset desktop layout when you want to restore the default Launchpad and Dock organization.

  1. Open the Settings app from the Dock or Launchpad.
  2. Select Appearance from the left sidebar.
  3. Scroll to Reset desktop layout, then click Reset.
  4. In the confirmation dialog, choose what to do:
    • Click Cancel to keep your current layout.
    • Click Reset to restore the default layout.

WARNING

Resetting the desktop layout restores the default Launchpad and Dock layout. Custom icon positions and Dock items are reset. App data is not deleted, but the layout reset cannot be undone.