Changing icons

in those 'post your desktop' threads, i see people with different icons that what OSX comes with. I downloaded my own icons, but i can't seem to figure out how to apply them. I went on that Mac 101 site and do what they said to do, but it doesn't seem to work for me. How's it done?

Try this site

Didn't check the above link, but a neat way to do it, is to view your icons that you like in one folder, right click the file > Get Info (or command + i), then click on it's icon. You will notice it gets a selection border. Copy it (command + c). Then right click on the icon you want to change, select the icon (again, you will notice the selection border), then Paste it (command + v).

Very cool trick, hard one to work out too! Hope this makes sense..

as said above by 'zurron' this is the way that i do it too. also in addition to this, if you want to revret back to the original just select the icon, then get info, then press, 'cut'(or command X)

also there is a piece of software called "candybar" which is a lot easier, you just drag the new icon into a box within the software and it replaces it. i think you get a certain amount of free goes then you can buy it for like $12/£6

http://www.panic.com/candybar/

Pic2icon is a super duper easy way to turn any image file into an icon - even tansparent PNGs.

Oh cool, i wasn't doing it right before, thanks!

chrisgrieve said:

as said above by 'zurron' this is the way that i do it too. also in addition to this, if you want to revret back to the original just select the icon, then get info, then press, 'cut'(or command X[/URL]

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Or selecting the icon and pressing (command + ) delete does the same thing