change icons

rweakins

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Oct 18, 2007

• #1

is there anyway you can replace icons you've got with ones you created.... what kind of files would it need to be and things like that. and how would you do change the icons

 

ivi7

macrumors 6502a

• Oct 18, 2007

• #2

You can do it by using Candybar or manually

 

rweakins

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Oct 18, 2007

• #3

if i'm creating my own what type of file should it be saved as if i dont want a white background?

 

ivi7

macrumors 6502a

• Oct 18, 2007

• #4

The file extension would be .icns whereas windows icons have a file extension of .ico

 

emptyCup

macrumors 65816

• Oct 18, 2007

• #5

The advice above is to change icons globally. To change individual icons, select the application or folder, press Apple-I (Get Info), select the icon in the Get Info dialog and paste your new one in.