system icons

Dec 18 2007

Loving Litho and strung out on CandyBar

litho 20071218 204526 Loving Litho and strung out on CandyBarPanic Software’s CandyBar has only been out for a few weeks, maybe a month, and I have to say I’m hooked. I love being able to give my System icons a new look. I have even moved my Leopard Dock from the right side of the screen back to the default position at the bottom in order to enjoy the custom Docks that come packaged in many of the iContainers available at the Iconfactory.

Feeding the addiction to System makeovers is the work the artists at Iconfactory have been hard at making their pre-Leopard sets enabled with 512 pixel resolution icons and custom Docks. The latest of these is Anthony Piraino’s Litho System. The perfect combination of bright colors and weathered shapes, Litho is making my System beautiful.

Litho System is free to download. CandyBar sells for USD$29.

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Dec 11 2007

The just released CandyBar 3 gets updated to 3.1

candybar 20071211 200357 The just released CandyBar 3 gets updated to 3.1Is there anything wrong with a developer updating their software so soon after launch? Of course not. It’s much worse for them to withhold a valuable update from their users, I think.

This update is, indeed, valuable. CandyBar 3.1 offers 4 new features (most notably, a Dock Preview function) and nearly two dozen tweaks and changes. The folks at Panic and Iconfactory must have been working hard to get this big an update out so soon after the apps launch. (A full list follows the “read more”)

CandyBar is a utility that allows you to change the icons on your Mac system-wide while also giving you the ability to change your dock theme. It sells for USD$29.

New Features

  • New “Dock Preview” in the collection view. Now see a dock style before using it!
  • Dock previews can be displayed over the Desktop Picture or collection background
  • Added additional changeable icons to System, including the “Location Icons”
  • Added Cancel button to the Change view, to clear un-applied modified icons

Other Changes

  • Added ability to add Dock parts to the current collection
  • Added a top level “change” menu to improve accessibility of some features
  • Can now clear a collection’s Dock
  • Reorganized / improved the Save as iContainer panel options (making it easier to save Dock only iContainers)
  • Added contextual menu to open icon author’s website
  • Improved “deleting” feedback to clarify delete methods
  • Fixed a potential issue with deleting icons/collections
  • Option-Delete now acts like Command-Delete to move icons and collections to the Trash
  • Icon metadata will be maintained when saving System icons to an iContainer
  • Fixed a potential crash when applying volume icons
  • Migrating Pixadex data no longer fails when library path has never been set
  • Converting from Pixadex 1.x library now works as expected
  • Importing icos with png data is now more reliable
  • Can now set a custom folder/smart collection icon
  • Added support for batch editing of CandyBar identifiers
  • CandyBar identifiers are now sorted alphabetically in the Info window
  • Fixed crash on launch when Helvetica Neue isn’t installed
  • Collections can now be named the same if desired
  • “Save iContainer As…” file menu is enabled in more situations
  • Improved the scaling animation of Get Info / Icon look windows
  • Improved text rendering, and other miscellaneous UI glitches in the Change section
  • Fixed a few issues in the icon view
  • Importing images larger than 512×512 will now create a 512×512 icon of that image

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Nov 27 2007

Do you find Leopard’s folders ugly? Replace them! PART 2

cb screenshot 4 20071127 183234 Do you find Leopards folders ugly? Replace them! PART 2Yesterday, I pointed you to a system icon replacement collection that was made by The Iconfactory with Leopard users in mind.

I pointed out that a lot of people aren’t impressed with Leopard’s icons or Dock. Today, The Iconfactory comes through again–this time in a team up with software developer Panic–they present CandyBar 3. The icon customization utility has been merged with icon organizer Pixadex with more power than ever–it now allows you to customize your system icons and Dock all at once!

Specially marked iContainers — neatly packaged sets of icons, available now at The Iconfactory — contain built-in replacement Docks, usable with a single click.

CandyBar 3 is available today from Panic for the low price of USD$29. Discount upgrade pricing is available for registered users of both CandyBar 2 and Pixadex 2. Additionally, users who purchased CandyBar 2 or Pixadex 2 on or after October 1st, 2007 qualify for a free, instant upgrade to CandyBar 3.

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