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Changing Icon OSX

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Changing icons is quite easy, but if you haven’t done it before, it’s hard to know how to do it – it’s nothing you’ll learn by guessing. However, we’ll teach you!

1. Get new icons

The first thing you must do is get new icons. Try these sites (this is not advertising, we just like them):

Iconfactory’s freeware archive

Iconfactory has a nice and rather big archive of Mac icons. When you wish to download an icon, there are three different formats to choose from. Pick the middle one, with the Apple logotype on it, and you will get the right format.

Click the Apple logo in order to get the right format when downloading from Iconfactory.com.

Interfacelift’s icon archive

Another nice web site is Interfacelift. Their archive contains many nice icons available for free download. Take me there!

2. Show info about the downloaded icon

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System Preferens

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With Mac OS X, it is easy to customize your computer. Just click the System Preferences icon in the dock and a new window will appear.

When System Preferences has loaded, simply click the preference pane that you think contain the setting that you wish to change.

Search for preferences

If none of the icons listed below match the settings you’re looking for, you can search for it. Apple has programmed the search function to understand some Windows-terms as well.

System Preferences has a search field!

When you perform a search, the most appropriate result will be focused.

Common questions

Instead of rambling on about the contents of every single icon, we have chosen to write this article based on the things you want to change. We simply figured this was the best way for you to find your answers.

How do I change my background image (wallpaper, desktop image)?

Click the “Desktop and screen saver” icon and the settings will appear. This preference pane has two tabs, one for the desktop image and one for the screensaver.

In order to select a new background image, just choose one from the many available. You can add your own by dragging an image onto the preview area or by clicking the “choose picture” button in the desktop image list.Continue reading→