CandyBar

[mabsey]

For new users to the Mac, you will soon hear about CandyBar from Panic.

Panic - CandyBar 3 - Change and Organize Your Mac OS X Icons and Dock

It is a commercial application (current cost $29) which to me seems a bit too steep for something you'd rarely use once you're happy with your new icons. However, many people love it so it is worth a look (there's a 15 days / 250 icons free trial).

You use it in conjunction from icons from the Icon Factory Iconfactory : Freeware : Icon. Not all of these need CandyBar but CandyBar makes the process of changing multiple icons a simple process of selecting the set you want and clicking "Apply Icons".

So, do people have any favourite icons that they use?

[Jack]

I love Candybar so much, just haven't gotten around to buying it...

[Fergus]

I love the Agua System by Dave Lanham! Comes in a handy iContainer, so works great with CandyBar 3 It's a nice clean icon set, which makes a refreshing change from the default icons.

Find it here: Iconfactory : Freeware : Agua

[Mr. Mayor]

Ooooooh, very nice Fergus.

IconFactory always has great stuff. A friend of mine had some custom icons designed for him by IconFactory. Top notch, quality work for sure.

[mabsey]

I took the plunge and bought Candybar. I love the mix of icons I've put onto my system and the new Dock is much easier to see. See screenshot below!

[Jack]

Originally Posted by mabsey

I took the plunge and bought Candybar. I love the mix of icons I've put onto my system and the new Dock is much easier to see. See screenshot below!

Nice, I don't buy shareware until the MacHeist bundle is announced (Tuesday!).

[mabsey]

I like buying discounts such as Mac Santa but I don't agree with MacHeist and their methods, so I boycott them. I'd rather give my money directly to the developers.

[madmacmat]

this might not belong here but into software, but mabsey was first ;-)...

For everyone NOT wanting to pay for Candybar (or being annoyed that the licence is not Leopard-compatible ;-)))...), there is a free but more crude variant of it named LiteIcon... it does the job, for me at least... Have a look!

[Mr. Mayor]

Very interesting Mat! You may want to start a new thread so that we can discuss it more in detail there