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IconBox
IconBox 2.5.9
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Customize and organize icons across your Mac.   Shareware ($14.99)
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    Florian Soenens
IconBox is a helpful organizational tool for Macs. When the first version of IconBox was released 8 years ago, it was the first Icon Organizer running on Mac OS X, allowing users to conveniently organize their collection of icons in an iPhoto-like way. With version 2.5, IconBox has been completely rewritten and features a brand new interface.

IconBox is one App featuring 4 modes!

Mode 1: Organize

We have the same convenient organization features with a couple of additions. The libraries are now called "Boxes". Drag icons from the finder
What's New
Version 2.5.9:
  • Disabled the possibility to change some volume icons due to inconsistencies.
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements.
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later



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IconBox User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 2.x:
(43)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
(43)

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Pl_svn commented on 11 Jan 2012
... v2.5.4 fixes a "potential" crash? a *guaranteed* crash sounds more appropriate :-p

oh... and each time I update through sparkle the app, instead of relaunching, crashes (but update succeeds). always did since v2.0!

v.1, years ago, was pretty good but since development stopped for years and CandyBar became such a great, flawless, product... this is the last crash I'll tolerate: bye-bye, IconBox!
[Version 2.5.4]

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Florian Soenens (developer) replied on 11 Jan 2012
Believe me if i say it's a potential crash. We (and some testusers) were only able to reproduce it in about 30% of our searches.
That said, sorry about Sparkle crashing but we didn't create Sparkle and again, it only happens on some installments.

Glad you like to competition, just want to say that we put effort in releasing updates on a regular basis and i'm pretty sure that it also still has flaws if you use it thoroughly.

Best regards,
Florian.
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+64
hugelshofer commented on 04 Jan 2012
since you dropped PPC Support (now Intel only), would you please update the specs! that's the least you can do ;-)
[Version 2.5.3]

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hugelshofer replied on 04 Jan 2012
and a download link for the old PPC version would be nice
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Florian Soenens (developer) replied on 11 Jan 2012
Hey, did what you asked ;-)
See the link below to the last PPC supporting version:
http://www.iconboxapp.com/download/IconBox2.1.3.zip

Best,
Florian
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Andrew Rosenblum reviewed on 21 Dec 2011
Overall a pretty bad app. I bought it because I thought it would be cool to customize some of my icons, but I can't seem to get it to do that. The most useful feature I've found is it provides me links to websites where I can get icons. Most of those websites I've been on before - didn't need to spend money to get a list of already free websites. Besides that, the app seems to do nothing else. Not worth the money.
[Version 2.5.3]

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Florian Soenens (developer) replied on 21 Dec 2011
Hi, the core functionality of IconBox is and always will be organizing your icon collection. If you're not an icon aficionado, don't buy it.
Besides doing nothing, there's the x-ray feature, the iconfinder feature which let's you search through over 150.000 icons and the icon-of-the-day.

I suppose you should do a post on iTunes and iPhoto also, saying, "it just organizes my music" or "it just helps me arrange my images". Sorry but rating our app "pretty bad" because it's not what you need is like saying, "people, don't buy a porsche, i just bought one and all it does is ride..."

I'd appreciate an email more than some silly post that tries to bring our app down.
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Andrew Rosenblum replied on 21 Dec 2011
As a fellow developer I understand where your coming from and how you feel. However, It is my opinion that this app is pretty useless. I've found it allocates a significantly amount of my computer's processing power and it provides little functionality at that cost. That makes me suspect you have memory management issues.

However, I fully explored the app and have found minimal useful functions. Your comment seems to imply that I don't like the app because all it does is "[organize] [my] icon collection". I bought the app for precisely that reason - to organize my icons and provide a nice interface for getting and using more icons. However, my experience has been the app wasn't capable of doing, really anything. The app, while killing all my processing power, didn't let me organize my icons, set new icons for apps, or find new icons.

I bought this app to do the features it is advertised as doing. And it fell short on all of them.

As a side note, as a developer myself, I understand your feelings and I defend my apps as well. I also appreciate an e-mail is better than a public post, but in my case, I wanted to objectively say this app either needs a major revision, or someone should defiantly not spend $25 on it.
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+25
Baddington, B replied on 21 Dec 2011
I had no idea CPU utilization and memory management were so closely related. Tell us more, Developer That Has No Products.
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Andrew Rosenblum replied on 21 Dec 2011
I have 8 apps on the app store and 35,000 downloads. I was not trying to be rude, and I'm sorry if my comments came off that way. I was only trying to provide some feedback to the developer and post my thoughts on this app for potential buys. Your comment was rude and unnecessary.
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Florian Soenens (developer) replied on 22 Dec 2011
Sorry Andrew but you didn't mention any potential bug; you RATED our app 1 and a half star because you think it's useless to you.
Also you mention not being able to organize? It's just a mather of dragging icons into it or am i missing something?
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Florian Soenens (developer) replied on 22 Dec 2011
Sorry, i now see that you mentioned "potential buys" and not "bugs". Missed that part.
Anyway, people can download and run our app as a full functional 15-day trial, so you had the chance to "try before you buy".
And yes, we have a lot of happy users, using it on a daily basis.
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-5
Trond-Olav-Smeland commented on 12 Dec 2011
wrong license key !!!
[Version 2.5.3]

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Florian Soenens (developer) replied on 12 Dec 2011
Hey,

we receive some mails (support@iconboxapp.com) from people experiencing problems with their key. We answer every single mail, mostly by saying that you should use your email address for both the name and the email field.
I sincerely hope that issues with the license key are not the reason for the half star rating?

Please let us know.
Regards,
Florian.
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Macatak replied on 22 May 2012
What is the purpose of asking for a name on a three-field registration screen if it's really the email address? And why twice? I could not get the app to register, and ventured here to look for a solution, and here I find this nonsense? Not much patience for wasting my time. (But it was the right solution.)
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Trond-Olav-Smeland commented on 12 Dec 2011
invalid licens code.!!!! help
[Version 2.5.3]


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RJphotovideo commented on 06 Dec 2011
Hey MU, its not $741, nor is it the discounted price of $49.99, but according to the developers site its $24.99
[Version 2.5.2]

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Harristype replied on 06 Dec 2011
IconBox is part of MacUpdate's bundle of apps, which the total retail price of all apps is $741, but the bundle is $49.99.
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+1

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RJphotovideo replied on 06 Dec 2011
I love those software bundles
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+53
Sherman Wilcox commented on 06 Dec 2011
$741??? Really?
[Version 2.5.2]


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Frfra reviewed on 06 Dec 2011
help me!! today i've bought the winter bundle but iconbox says that the key is invalid.. what i've to do now? thanks
[Version 2.5.1]

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Florian Soenens (developer) replied on 06 Dec 2011
Hi, have you send us an email already (support@iconboxapp.com)? Please specify the credentials you used to purchase and we'll help you out asap.

Best,
Florian.
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Frfra replied on 06 Dec 2011
ok thanks!! now i'm sending you an email.
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+7

+7
Dmmontana replied on 06 Dec 2011
I had the same problem. You need to use your email address as your Name on the form where you enter the license key.
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+2

+10
Megavolt17 replied on 09 Dec 2011
Thanks! I had the same issue. Never thought to use my email address as my name and as my email address. Now I'm registered!
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Scottjl replied on 11 Dec 2011
yep. using my email address as my NAME and email address fixed the problem. stupid bug.
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jpfernandez reviewed on 06 Dec 2011
Perfect, that's all.
[Version 2.5.1]


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Tim27 commented on 04 Dec 2011
Is 2.5 a paid update? When I open IconBox 2.1.3 the Check for Updates menu item is grayed out.
[Version 2.5.1]

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Florian Soenens (developer) replied on 04 Dec 2011
Hi,

IconBox 2.5+ is a free update for registered users of version 2+
The menu item shouldn't be grayed out, just checked it over here. Are you able to change the auto-update settings in Preferences?

Please keep us in touch via support@iconboxapp.com.

Best regards,
Florian.
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Tim27 replied on 05 Dec 2011
Thank you for the quick response. For some reason it was grayed out. I quit and opened it again and it was still grayed out. Then on the third re-launch it became selectable. Strange. But, it worked.
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Florian Soenens (developer) replied on 06 Dec 2011
Hey Tim, glad to hear that. Strange indeed. I hope you have a chance to update to 2.5 now. Please let us know how it fares...

Best,
Florian.
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Frfra had trouble on 06 Dec 2011
help me!! today i've bought the winter bundle but iconbox says that the key is invalid.. what i've to do now? thanks
[Version 2.5.1]

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Stefonline replied on 07 Dec 2011
Same behavior for me !
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Florian Soenens (developer) replied on 07 Dec 2011
Hi,

please be sure to enter your email address in both the name and the email field.

hope this helps,
Florian.


i®ipa rated on 11 Apr 2012

[Version 2.5.8]




ReelSense rated on 09 Apr 2012

[Version 2.5.8]




Marcel Kröker rated on 14 Feb 2012

[Version 2.5.7]




Centeno Dr. Ramon rated on 13 Feb 2012

[Version 2.5.7]



+10

jpfernandez rated on 12 Feb 2012

[Version 2.5.7]




i®ipa rated on 09 Feb 2012

[Version 2.5.7]




Carreiro rated on 08 Feb 2012

[Version 2.5.6]




marceln rated on 04 Feb 2012

[Version 2.5.6]




young69966 rated on 22 Jan 2012

[Version 2.5.5]



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Oasis rated on 15 Jan 2012

[Version 2.5.4]


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Version Downloads:1,119
Type:Utilities : Icon Tools
License:Shareware
Date:19 Apr 2012
Platform:Intel
Price: $14.99
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IconBox is a helpful organizational tool for Macs. When the first version of IconBox was released 8 years ago, it was the first Icon Organizer running on Mac OS X, allowing users to conveniently organize their collection of icons in an iPhoto-like way. With version 2.5, IconBox has been completely rewritten and features a brand new interface.

IconBox is one App featuring 4 modes!

Mode 1: Organize

We have the same convenient organization features with a couple of additions. The libraries are now called "Boxes". Drag icons from the finder into a box, create as many boxes as you like. Furthermore Boxes can be arranged in folders and subfolders and you can re-drag Boxes and folders to change their order. We also created "Smart Boxes", like iTunes Smart Playlists, these folders are constantly updated based on given criteria. The search feature has been revamped to search for different criteria and the speed has been improved a lot.

Besides organizing, you can export icons to different formats like ICNS, PNG, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PDF, even the iContainer format and last but not least as a convenient .zip package, ready to share with others.

Mode 2: Customize

Since version 2, IconBox features full icon customization. Users can customize their system icons, dock icons, application icons, volume icons and even their dock in an easy to use drag-and drop way. This means that one can download the well know "iContainers" from different sites all over the web, having them change the look of your system with the click of a single button!

Mode 3: Tools

IconBox also features a "Tools" mode. The purpose of this mode is to host different icon related tools. The first tool available for now is "X-Ray Applications". X-Ray scans your application folder for the apps within and by clicking an app, it shows all the available icons and images within the application package, letting you have a look at them (Even with Preview.app), export them etc...

Mode 4: Online

The Online mode contains 3 features:
  1. Icon-Of-The-Day: A new icon from a particular icon designer every day, downloadable directly into IconBox, straight into the "Downloaded" Box, ready to share or customize.
  2. Icon Sites: A convenient list of major icon sites on the web, more sites will be added on the go. Double-Clicking a site opens it up in your default web browser.
  3. IconFinder: Perhaps the most underestimated section in IconBox. It uses the iconfinder.com API which let's you search trough over 155.000 icons and allows you to instantly download them into IconBox by drag 'n drop, conveniently creating all Icon Sizes as needed.
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