Pro Theme is a GUI

Gui

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 style used by Apple Inc. for its Mac OS X

Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

 operating system

Operating system

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. It is reserved for Apple's high-end video, music and image editing products, such as Final Cut Pro HD, Soundtrack Pro

Soundtrack Pro

Soundtrack Pro was a music composing and audio editing application made by Apple Inc., which includes a collection of just over 5000 royalty free professional instrument loops and sound effects...

 and Aperture

Aperture (photography software)

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.

The most notable difference between Pro and Apple's other GUI styles is the abandonment of white and vibrantly coloured icons. Pro applications also use a much smaller typeface than the other themes.

The Pro theme is based on a private Framework

Application framework

In computer programming, an application framework consists of a software framework used by software developers to implement the standard structure of an application for a specific development environment ....

 called ProKit.framework, which is stored in the computer's /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ folder. It is not available for use in non-Apple applications.

See also

• Aqua
  Aqua (user interface)
  Aqua is the GUI and primary visual theme of Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X operating system. It is based around the theme of water, as its name suggests, with droplet-like elements and liberal use of translucency and reflection effects...
  
  
• Brushed Metal
  Brushed metal (interface)
  Brushed metal is a discontinued graphical user interface design used in Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system for Macintosh computers. The first of Apple's applications to sport this look was the QuickTime Player released as part of QuickTime 4.0 in 1999.Apple's Human Interface Guidelines...