CandyBar, although simply changing files on disk, has always fallen into a slightly-uncomfortable-for-us grey area of existence. (You can still customize the indicator lights!) Also, CandyBar still can’t change the internal icons of Mac App Store apps, due to code signing. But there’s a catch, or two: in Mountain Lion, Apple changed how the Dock is rendered, so it’s no longer possible to customize the Dock’s look. Just launch the app and click the big 'Update' button to get the latest IconData.

Panic has provided the following Universal serial number: PPQA-YAMA-E3KP-VHXG-B6AL-L First, we’ve updated CandyBar for Mac OS X 10.8! You can now customize the 10.8 system icons. Note: CandyBar is now free, but unsupported.

Overall, CandyBar is a full featured tool to collect and organize large collections of custom icons for Mac. 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. The developers Panic have provided the following serial number: PPQA-YAMA-E3KP-VHXG-B6AL-L to activate CandyBar.

Note that although CandyBar is now free it will be virtually unsupported in the future apart from a few minor updates. In addition, there's support for 512 x 512 icon support and Quick Look integration.

If you don't like the look of an Icon, you can make it look the way you want by simply dragging images in to replace them.ĬandyBar 3 also includes a fully-featured icon organizer (formerly called Pixadex) that acts like iPhoto for your icons: you can collect and store your icons in the same application you use to change them. 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. With CandyBar, you can create smart lists, drag and drop icons and select whole collections or unique icons.

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