“Customize Mac icons”

Panic and Iconfactory are both trusted developers on the Mac scene, the first for great software like Transmit or Unison and the second for the great icons they make. Brought by the two developers, CandyBar is a tool to customize your Mac icons. Version 3 brings a lot of new updates and a completely overhauled interface for the new Mac OS 10.5, Leopard.

One of the biggest new features of CandyBar 3 is the integration of the icon organizer Pixadex. This makes importing, organizing and searching for icons in CandyBar much easier. You can create smart lists, drag and drop icons and select whole collections or unique icons. Icons appear in a dark transparent window and you can zoom in or out of them thanks to the slider on the bottom right of the interface. CandyBar has also adapted to the new features of Leopard and now allows you to change the look of the Dock. Select a background, separator and active indicators.

The only little drawback is that CandyBar doesn't offer a read me document or any advice for first time users who lack any knowledge of icon management.

Overall, CandyBar is a full featured tool to collect and organize large collections of custom icons for Mac.

Languages:

English

Recent changes in CandyBar:

Major new update: integrated CandyBar together with Pixadex with an entirely new interface, added large (512 x 512) icon support, Leopard dock customization, additional system icons, Quick Look integration, more reliable system icon restoration, and much more.

OS requirements for CandyBar:

OS: Mac OS X

Minimum requirements:

Mac OS X 10.5 or later

Pros

Import, organize and search loads of icons
Change look of Leopard Dock
Well organized

Cons

No read me

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From the publisher of CandyBar

CandyBar is an OS X application brought to you by Panic, the talented creators of Transmit, and The Iconfactory, the web's best source for cool, free icons. Anyone who loves icons or customizing their Macs will love CandyBar.

CandyBar is an easyt, quick and safe way to customize the icons found in the system and application toolbars of Mac OS X. But CandyBar doesn't stop there. CandyBar also lets you customize apps, folders, clipping icons, locations and even the OS X Trash icon!

CandyBar's features:

Fully supports Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger"
Customize OS X apps, toolbar icons, volume icons, folders, trash and more
Customize entire System & Application sets easily with iContainers
Easy to use "Drag & Drop" user interface
Auto-updating keeps CandyBar in sync with the latest OS X releases
Two exciting icon sets ship with CandyBar plus many others in our Warehouse
Safeguards built in to help protect your copy of OS X
Instantly revert to your original, default icons easily
Fully compatible with Pixadex for even greater control over your icon collections