After writing about Candybar and icons, I thought I’d share a quick little tip on how to change an applications icon in os x.
Step 1: Select the icon or application with an icon you like.
Step 2: Press Command+I to bring up the info screen.
Step 3: Click on the little icon in the top-left corner and press Command+C (standard copy command). You should see a little blue halo around the icon when doing this.
Step 4: Select the app you want to change the icon on and press Command+I to bring up the info window on that one.
Step 5: Click on the icon in the top-left and press Command+V (standard paste command). BAM! yer done. =)
.: Adam
If you’re a web/app designer (or just crazy about icons) and you’re on a mac, you need Candybar. This app was originally designed to replace icons on your mac with custom ones. So if you wanted to swap out your finder icon for something a little cooler, this was the GUI tool that made it all easier. In the newest release, they also handle swapping of Dock images (the actual Dock itself). What they also added in this release was icon management. It stores all your icons into folders and groups. Allows for quick browsing and size checks. This is that feature that I love. It makes my life so much easier when looking for an icon that’s “just right” for what I’m working on. It also allows me to download crap-loads of icons and just throw them in Candybar to use later if i need to.
It even has Quickview build right into it. So when you highlight an icon and hit the spacebar, a HUD will popup with all available sizes of that icon.
The other nifty feature that I like a lot is the exporting ability of icons. You can turn an icon into an image, or an image into an icon. It supports: Icon, ICNS, ICO, TIFF, PNG, GIF, JPEG.
And of course it still swaps out application icons and mac icons really well. Here’s a snippit of my dock with a couple custom icons (Finder, Mail, Firefox) and a custom dock image:
That’s all i got to say about that =)
.: Adam