icons

ok i dont have a mac yet but i have a few questions for those of you who change out their icons on there docks. when you put new icons on your mac do you save them in a folder somewhere? and when you change your folder icons on your comp how do you go about doing it so all the icons change at once?

So you want to customize icons on the Mac? The ones that Apple uses can be transferred to folders, the ones that are used by third-party applications the same. There are also thousands of free icons from sites like Icon Archive - 22,200+ free icons, buddy icons, xp icons, vista icons, desktop icons, aim icons and Free Icons Web - Free Icons,Free Icons Download,Free Desktop Icons,Royalty Free icons.

To use icons in the Dock, simply drag the application icon from the Applications Folder to the Dock. To put folders with custom icons in the dock, drag the folder from wherever it resides to the lower part of the Dock (you'll see the dividing line).

To put a custom icon on a folder, Get Info on that folder, and click the icon in the top left corner. Copy and paste the replacement icon image there, and then close the Info window.

can you change all folder icons on your comp at one time?

Short answer - don't think so. You can open multiple Get Info windows, but there's a limit to how many will fit on the screen, and you've still got to deal with each folder or application icon. Someone may know of an Apple script that will "apply changes to all".

For example, on a slightly different topic, you can apply changes to "use this application to open all documents (files) like this." Doing that puts the application icon eg. Quicktime or Word, on all related files.

Edit: Ah, yes, thanks Stretch for curing my senior grey cell episode of earlier. I could remember the 'candy' bit of Candybar but nothing else, so played safe with "don't think so".

macwannabe said:

can you change all folder icons on your comp at one time?

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Yeah you can, but you need to purchase Candybar by Panic

what is candybar in short?

Candy is a program that allows you to change any and pretty much all your icons/folders/ trash bin, etc. You can also change the appearance of the dock.

Once you purchase candy bar you can download tons of icon and docks.

For instance my current trash bin is a Rubix Cube. When empty it is solid colors and when it has trash it is mixed up. My itunes icon is an ipod with headphones.

I have Candybar and I think it is a great app. Makes changing your icons very easy. Deviantart has a lot of icons to choose from as well.

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