Comments on: UI Customization in Leopard

By: 10 Things I hate about Leopard | Rick Tech

10 Things I hate about Leopard | Rick Tech — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:28:47 +0000

[...] spaces instead of being dragged back to the window it’s running in.3.) New Folder Icons really suck. At first I liked them. But now that I’ve been using them heavily it’s really cutting [...]

By: Catt

Catt — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:37:58 +0000

Candybar 3 is out… use this to change your icons docks and more… http://www.panic.com/candybar/

By: Stanza

Stanza — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:52:46 +0000

I’ve always found the Mac OS GUI a little uncustomizable compared to others, notably Linux. Compare screenshot threads of Linux and Mac; the Mac screenshot thread is mainly desktop backgrounds whereas with Linux you have things like widgets, differing border decorations, desktop manager effects, and so on, not to mention Mac-like docks.

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/9600966453

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/96509133/m/7670937654/p/77

By: Catt

Catt — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:23:26 +0000

Get this, yesterday I updated to Candybar 2.61 and I was able to change my icons back to what they were before the Leopard update. Don’t ask me what I did coz I have no clue why I was able to change them after the upgrade. Now when I click on Candybar I get the same message that it is incompatible but my icons are back to my beloved Snowe set. I’m pretty happy about it coz the new icons were driving me batty…

By: Dan Ridley

Dan Ridley — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:36:28 +0000

I’m a heavy Pixadex user, and it works great in Leopard.

By: Steve Grenier

Steve Grenier — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:33 +0000

I’ve read you saying the same basic things before about the folders and I do agree with you, but you seem to be singling out Leopard. Tiger’s folders were no different. They were on an angle yes, but all the folder’s had the same shape and nothing stuck out past the folder, and those were the default OS X icons for many years. Granted Tiger’s were more noticeable imo, they still broke many of the rules you state as being important (and they are, no hate)

As for changing icons, most of the default folders are located within your Core Services folder and within the CoreTypes bundle. Rename the icns and drop em in and login and out.

By: Constable Odo

Constable Odo — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:39:57 +0000

I’m darn sure glad I have better things to do than looking at icons. Just wait for the icon changing programs to be updated so you can have your system looking so metrosexually sweet and pretty. Are most Leopard users really concerned about such cosmetic things? I’m more concerned about stability and speed than some lusciously delightful icons.

I can understand that some of you don’t like to have less than what you had in Tiger, but gee whiz, Leopard is darn powerful. I’m using Leopard Server now and it’s way better than Tiger Server. That’s the stuff that really matters.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:17:05 +0000

if you read this post by Cabel, it should relieve some of your grievances.

for those who dislike clicking and reading, here’s the short of it.

“CandyBar 3 is coming soon, and it’ll be worth the wait.”

“We plan to ship CandyBar 3 before the end of November…”

“…Pixadex 2 (remember, Pixadex 3 will be Leopard only) should all generally work fine in Leopard…”

“…CandyBar 3 will be Leopard only. (And, while I’m here, this is true for the next planned update to Pixadex, also.)”

By: Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:43:13 +0000

@TR755: From the comments you’ve made around the blog, it seems like you enjoy complaining about people complaining. Sort of defeats your purpose, don’t you think?

By: TR755

TR755 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:39:23 +0000

Yet more #@%^ from The Apple Blog about some percieved injustice that Apple has done to you. This time it’s folder icons. Get real! It’s simple to change them if you don’t like them. Some of us, on the other hand, DO like them.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:39:20 +0000

Does any one know where the System holds the icon for the internal drive? It’s not in System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources which is odd. Actually, that whole directory is rather odd in that it has ancient pre-osx icon in it.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:35:40 +0000

It’s sad that none of the standard “hacks” work, I found myself saying “who cares” when it comes to themes for OSX.

There simply aren’t many good themes, and there are no great ones. While some clearly improve the overall appearance, none truly theme it the way we could in OS9.

Icon customization is nice to have, but I’ve found that it really adds very little without an overall theme. Again, there are some nice sets to compliment Aqua, but none truly make a huge difference, at least for me.

Because OSX is so complicated to theme, I don’t see much of a “growth” in the customizing arena as far as new themers go. Sad.

I’m also left wondering what ever happened to the (in)famous Omega theme?

By: mikelite

mikelite — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:43:22 +0000

in the post on his blog, cabel says CandyBar3 will be out before the end of November, so should only be a few more days.

By: Sebastiaan de With

Sebastiaan de With — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:14:16 +0000

Although the icons of Leopard do miss the purpose in the old Finder UI, it’s clear that Apple understood the new folders are not fit for this purpose; after all, there’s alternative icons for the sidebar. The new icons do work a lot better in Coverflow, since the front-on perspective distorts better on the left and right sides of the view.

I tried finding the middle road in my last iconset, Orion, but it’s obvious only a full-front-on icon set can solve these issues. We will have to wait for Candybar 3 (it’s worth it, just believe me) and Agua’s redrawing for 512 pixels, which, if you can believe David Lanham’s twitter account, will be redrawn with another, new perspective as well.

By: FatYank

FatYank — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:49:20 +0000

You will find the icons in System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources. I used an icon editor to change mine. It takes a half hour or so, but once it’s done you have custom icons system-wide.

By: bv

bv — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:45:48 +0000

i did mine the old fashion way… copy and paste via ‘get info’. the trash and finder icons can be a bit tough but wollah! super leopard now!
lovin it.
peace.
bv.

By: Ton

Ton — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:18:42 +0000

You should check out the extremely handy first Related Entries entry: Candy Bar 3 Features Preview. That leads you to Panic’s Cabel Sasser’s blog where there’s a whole lot of info on Panic apps and Leopard.

By: Tice

Tice — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:13:20 +0000

Unfortunately LiteIcon doesn’t work either.. : (