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DESCRIPTION
CandyBar allows you to change the system icons in Mac OS X that you normally can't, including including the trash can, volumes, default folder, and more!
CandyBar 3 also now includes a full-featured icon organizer (formerly called Pixadex) that acts like an iPhoto for your icons: collect and store your icons in the same application you use to change them!
Of course, there's more: CandyBar also now lets you customize the look of Leopard's dock. Too shiny? Too flashy? Make it look the way you want by simply dragging images in to replace. Nice.
Will 512 x 512 icon support, improved iContainers, a smooth new interface, Quick Look integration, and much more, Candybar 3 is to icons what air is to, uh, living.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.2.2:
- No longer tries to run in 64-bit on 10.5, resolving a few crashes on 10.5.x
- Fixed a long-standing bug that prevented icon variants, like the "Open Folder" state, from working
- Fixed a crash when applying and restoring icon changes under certain conditions
- Fixed a crash when importing ICO files when running in 64-bit
- Additional minor changes. Snappier?
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
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| CandyBar User Reviews (112 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Jan 13 2010 |
MEMNARCH113 Look, Candybar is a great app. I love it with all my heart. A nice, easy to use, powerful utility. But, I just don't think it is worth $30. Yes, it looks nice, yes it gets the job done, but I think you could use something else just fine. That being said, Candbar is in fact one of my favorite applications of all time. I enjoy using it a lot. If you are willing to pay for your apps, this is a good one. If not, I suggest you get a free counterpart.
(Version 3.2.2) | |
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 | Jan 9 2010 |
C32077 I read the reviews about the price hike for the upgrade. I had CB2 and thought it was ok. I decided not to judge the price until I had experienced the product. Perhaps they had done something really exciting which would make the price worthwhile. NOT! They actually have less. I bought it and I am quite pi**ed off. The main reason I bought it was to change my .zip, .sit, .sitx. icons etc. They are no longer accessible? WTF? I create my own icons which fit my company's brand or identity. I bought the app, then created all of my new icons to swap into the default ones. I opened the app and spent about 45 minutes looking for the .zip icon to replace it. Couldn't fin it anywhere. I searched the web and found out that some icons are bundled inside other icons which are no longer editable. BS! Why release a product that does only half of what it used to and then charge such a premium price for it. I am totally out $24 for nothing. I am sending them a letter to explain my discontent with their product. I know I will not get a refund but I am so pi**ed off. I want them to know I will not EVER consider their products in the future. No matter how great the reviews may be for any app that comes out of there, I will not pay for it. Even if they offer me a $24 credit towards some phenomenal, super stellar new app with great reviews I will turn it down on principal. They screwed me out of money. That happens only once for me and I no longer trust that individual or entity.
(Version 3.2.2) | |
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| Dec 6 2009 |
ACCOUNTCLOSED BUYER BEWARE. This program has the potential to wreak havoc on your system's icons, and frequently behaves unpredictably—ignoring settings until reboot (despite dock/finder relaunch), overriding cache files and ignoring its own "restore icons" command. I've been patient with this developer, but no more. Finally had to restore my system from a clone to get the icons and dock back to normal. If you download this, put it through extensive paces during the trial period. Do not purchase in a hurry only to repent at leisure.
(Version 3.2.2) | |
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| Nov 14 2009 |
1. If you trash your icon, let's say from my-icon list (while still keeping it in the trash). The next rebuild will bring the icon back!! 2. You can't empty your trash manually. You must use the file/empty trash apple menu. If you wont do that, the icon will return. I contact the developer a few times and they did respond. But i got the feeling that they are not taking CandBar seriously. Its all about Coda now... | |
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| Nov 5 2009 |
MIGUEL CandyBar is a very nice icon management software but with a long way to go to become the best. Among some issues, It has performance issues when loading big collections of icons. It'd be nice if the caching were permanent, ie, every time one loads Candy Bar big collections should show up instantly. It does have stability issues, it crashes when importing .ico files. Organizing collections into folders gets inefficient since one needs to do so in a tiny space in the sidebar. Export to .PNG has a flaw where it doesn't let you select size 256, it only shows 255. This is a problem with Windows icons that are 256x256, it's not possible to export properly. When doing a search, if you select an icon from the results and you want to know the collection that it belongs to, there is no way to do so. The size slider doesn't have a snap-in behavior, even when using modifier keys. It would be nice if it did because it'd be easy to show icons in standard sizes of 16, 32, 64, 128 etc. If the icon database gets moved (to another HDD), when restarting Candybar it doesn't let you select what the new location is, it only lets you create a new database, or locate the old location. Overral it's a good app, but it needs sort out performance and stability issues and keep polishing some UI and function issues.
(Version 3.2.2) | |
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| Oct 14 2009 |
BRAZIL much much faster when loading if that was even possible as it was already quick,seems to be a good and stable release.A great way to collect and organize if you like docks and icons.
(Version 3.2.2) | |
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| Sep 30 2009 |
CINDI168 Bought this app cause I do use it quite a bit, only problem is that it's not as stable on SL as I like it to be. Launched the app after I bought it, after browsing and adding icons, the app decided to quit unexpectedly. Then I relaunched candybar, attempted to change the dock, but the app did not relaunch my dock. Finally, i rebooted my macbook, dock did change after reboot and the app seem to be in working order, but there's still some fine-tuning that needs to be done. Can't wait for 3.2.2!
(Version 3.2.1) | |
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| Oct 14 2009 |
ROBOTANK Yeah I was getting some weird behaviour out of the latest version under SL too, after always having CandyBar work well for me under Leopard. After I applied icon changes, it would tell me to log out. When I clicked Log Out, CandyBar would then tell me that I had changes I hadn't applied. I should have made a bug report I guess, but I never got around to it. I'll have to test 3.2.2 and hope for the best.
(Version 3.2.2) | |
| Sep 13 2009 |
MACSOLU 3.2.1 crashes upon launch for me with Mac OS X 10.5.8. Reverting back to version 3.2 solves the crashing problem. I will wait until 3.2.2 comes out to try again. Mac Mini '09 model.
(Version 3.2.1) | |
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| Sep 12 2009 |
DER~BOT~HAUS 3.2.1 is crashing on all first launches on 10.5.8. Click reopen and it works close it and try again, it fails. Logs look like it is trying to launch in 64-bit mode at every first launch regardless of OS. Support did state 10.4-10.6 compatible. I downgraded to 3.2.
(Version 3.2.1) | |
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| Sep 11 2009 |
MACVAULT Jeez, you STILL can't change the sort order of icons from ascending to descending and vice versa. Is that so freaking hard to add??
(Version 3.2.1) | |
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