Comments on: How To Change Mac OS X Leopard Icons

By: LiteIcon by FreeMacSoftware: Pimp My Folders! | DigitalAppleJuice.com

LiteIcon by FreeMacSoftware: Pimp My Folders! | DigitalAppleJuice.com — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:59:38 +0000

[...] are clear and concise instructions online for changing folder icons but I wanted to change the system icons so that, by default, my folders would be some eye catching [...]

By: sevenbaby11

sevenbaby11 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:20:32 +0000

to what you just mention about adding administrator and select read and write…still does not work

By: zk

zk — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:47:10 +0000

ur read n write permissions r probably messed up.on the get info window,,,go to sharing and permissions n add administrator(you) and select read & write.
now u shuld b able to paste icons !

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:19:01 +0000

Not working for me ….

Am trying to replace the really crummy peerguardian icon … if that makes any difference. I’m not a novice, so I assume there must be something preventing this from happening.

I closed the app, incase that helped … it didn’t. I notice that when I copy the new icon, it copies ok, but when I select the peerguardian icon and go to ‘edit’, only ‘copy’ is available … as if nothing has been copied to the clipboard. But If I try to copy anywhere else it works fine. Its like somethings preventing me from pasting the new icon. Anyone else experienced this?

By: Smibs Grow Smart Blog

Smibs Grow Smart Blog — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:53:02 +0000

[...] The first is by copying and pasting the icons into the folder’s Info screen, as explained at http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-change-mac-os-x-leopard-icons/. The second method is to purchase a tool called Candybar. It seems like a waste of money, but it is [...]

By: All the Icons You will Ever Need Mac/PC/ Web Design | Desizn Tech

All the Icons You will Ever Need Mac/PC/ Web Design | Desizn Tech — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:22:42 +0000

[...] BeeIcons :(Freeware Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP ) Icon Tweaker: (Freeware) CandyXp : (Freeware) Mac: How do I change icons on Leopard? Applications: Candybar (Shareware) LiteIcon 1.3 [...]

By: lee

lee — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:32:04 +0000

To restore an icon back to default just do Get Info on the chosen app/folder,click the icon at the top as you do when replacing an icon,and press delete :)

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:15:49 +0000

Thanks soooo much Marko. that is awesome

By: John

John — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:34:21 +0000

why did you delete my post? I just found this guide to not always work so i was redirecting them to somewhere that contained a solution.

By: Marko Radovan

Marko Radovan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:51:49 +0000

You will find default icons here:
System ▸ Library ▸ CoreServices ▸ CoreTypes.bundle ▸ (control-click) Show Package Contents ▸ Contents ▸ Resources

Good luck.

By: lala

lala — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:51:59 +0000

how to restore the mac original icons if i ever did the same as u taught( File -> Get Info,Edit -> Copy,File -> Get Info, Edit -> Paste )? as I found that if i use candybar to change icons, the folder icon that i’ve changed earlier using ur methol (as the way u said above) wont get to change, yet i’ve to manually change it again.

how to default the icons setting? and where is the default icons folder in mac os x?

By: Berger

Berger — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:34:12 +0000

does this apply when a folder is mounted to the dock? i may have to restart to see that??!?

By: Pman

Pman — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:44:33 +0000

use candybar…nice application for changing icons, dock etc.

enjoy your new icons

By: denshitenki

denshitenki — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:03:01 +0000

Does anybody know how to change the all icons at once?
I mean, not one by one like in the example here but all the folders that are the same.

Thank you!

By: 3 » Changing File Icons

3 » Changing File Icons — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:35:10 +0000

[...] http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-…leopard-icons/ [...]

By: kelly

kelly — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:26:54 +0000

You can just highlight the icon again like this, and do Edit>Cut and it restores the original icon.

By: Andrew Roazen

Andrew Roazen — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:25:58 +0000

No, just select the custom icon and then select Cut from the Edit menu. The default icon will be restored.

By: hongkiat

hongkiat — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:14:38 +0000

Well, I’d recommend that you keep a copy before replacing them.

By: N.

N. — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:12:48 +0000

This is wonderful! thank you so much for this. The question now is, how to get the old Icon back if that is possible! Thank you.

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:14:49 +0000

Yeah I know how to do that, but what I wanna know is how to change the system folder and the users folder, they seem to just be locked or something.