Every app besides the Calendar will be reset. For most of them, go into CandyBar and click the button that says “Restore Icons” in the top right corner. Scroll down to the bottom of the lists and check off ‘Use simple Dock when positioned on the bottom.’ The Dock will reset and you will be complete! Enjoy! Resetting the icons To do that click on the ‘Change Dock Appearance’ tab. To finish off your dock off, you might want to change the 3D glass that the icons rest on. The Updated Dock with a 2D background, much like what happens when the dock is on either side of the screen You can download that file, along with the other items that your going to need to download, at the bottom of the page and just unzip it to get all of the icons! After you download the icons, have any idea on how you can apply them to their respected app? If so, then good for you! For everyone else, also at the bottom of the page is a link to the download for CandyBar, an app that allows you to (you guessed it) change the icon for your apps! ![]() To download all of the icons, I have collected all of the icons he has come out with as of August 22, 2013. After installing, the process is basically the same, however if you are having trouble with LiteIcon, see this article. ![]() You can download LiteIcon by clicking here. NOTE: There is a new player on the block that has taken over where CandyBar has stopped. To see how to update your icons please see this article. The icons look great and he has icons for almost every major application that you would use on your Mac! Time for a Makeover! NOTE: As of this update (November 19th), CandyBar does not work on Mavericks. So, he created icons himself as replacements for current Mac OS X icons and used iOS 7 icons as the base. This project apparently started shortly after iOS 7 came out because the designer, Stephan Ashby, was disappointed that OS X Mavericks didn’t make the move to flat design like iOS 7 did. Isn’t it’s a child play? So play with LiteIcon and let us know how you liked the new look of your Mac.Recently, I stumbled upon this project called the iOS 7 Mac Icon Project. It also restores all the system’s icons and to restore the original just drag the replaced one out. You can change your other folder, apps or system files icons same way. Now drag the Icon you want to replace instead of existing Finder Icon. Here I am changing Icon of Finder, I really find it boring because of its Grey color. The best part of LiteIcon is that it shows all your folders, applications, drives, dock at once so that it makes it very easy to change the Icon of Mac folders or applications.ģ. Check out how to change your Mac icons using LiteIcon:ġ. I prefer to use LiteIcon app for changing my Mac icons as I don’t have to do lots of copy paste just select the folder and drag the icon. LiteIcon : Change your Mac iconsĬhanging Mac icons manually is easy and now for the techies who love to use free app for changing their Mac icons. Voila! You just changed your Mac’s folder icon. Next click on “Edit” and “Paste” the copied icon. Now select the icon, which you want to change, it will be highlighted in blue.ĥ. Now select the file or folder for changing icon and click on “Get Info”.Ĥ. Copy the icon you have downloaded or created.ģ. Here are few websites which will allow you to download Mac icons from Appstrom, Interfacelift or you can create your own.Ģ. ![]() Download few icons that you want to use for your folders and files. You just need to follow these few easy steps:ġ. ![]() If you are not a person who likes to install an app for changing Mac icon then you can do it manually too. If you too love to experiment different icons of you Mac folders and files then there are lots of apps available to change your Mac icons and my favorite one is LiteIcon as its easy and quick to use. I do love Mac but I the boring grey color of Mac folders and files was kind of dull and that’s why I keep on changing Mac’s icons. When I bought my mac, first thing I did was change the look of my desktop and folder the reason being I like lots of colors around me.
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