 | 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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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| 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.
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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.
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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??
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| Sep 8 2009 |
MISTERSQUID This app is billed as compatible with Snow Leopard which is only partly true. At present, I cannot add new icons, though I can apply old ones. Also, Candybar 3.2 seems unable to see and edit NTFS icons.
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| Sep 5 2009 |
BJUNE why, when i upgrade an app, doesn't this app, if not automatically, at least have a button to replace the newly upgraded app's icon to the icon i chose previously in th app? this makes me launch this app upon every stinken upgrade (which is daily or more), remember and FIND the custom !con and reapply it! AND i can't see my apps complete title. AND why does the app give itself so much breathing room for its in-app titling? • and sorting limitations, • and the inability to adjust the hue/ • and why can't i superimpose titling with alpha and distortion tweaks • and wouldn't it be nice if it talked to the web to find additional icons and download them for me? and you CHARgE for this app? please....add nice app and make it robust. it and we deserve it!
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| Sep 11 2009 |
EVILSKULL This criticism isn't even in english. You're asking for quite literally the sun, the moon, and everything inbetween. Your requests are remarkably unreasonably, and while the guys at Panic are too classy to get up in your face about it, you're being a jerk. Stop being a jerk.
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| Aug 26 2009 |
MACVAULT After going ages without an sort of serious update or new features, they STILL haven't added the ability to reverse sort orders based on criteria. For instance, if you want to sort icons by date added, you cannot choose to show newest ones on top. Lame. I wrote them about this 2 years ago. Pffffft.
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| Aug 25 2009 |
CINDI168 This was updated today to 3.2... now snow leopard compatible! :D
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| Aug 25 2009 |
ZX Just don't use the rebuild "My Icons" collection option!!! There is a serious bug in the app that brings back deleted icons.
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| Aug 26 2009 |
SEANBPERIOD It cannot change the dock.. Everytime I click it to change, i just get an error beep, and nothing happens.. i hate the clear dock!!
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| Aug 26 2009 |
ZEPHYRIS Its working fine here no issues on Snow Leopard. Can change the dock just fine.
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| Aug 23 2009 |
ZX What the hell happened to PANIC Inc?! This software didn't see and update since 2007! It's super buggy and simply unusable. Not permanently deleting icons, Spotlight problems, crashes... *Please fix this app or if this is the end of the line for CandyBar just let us now.
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 | Aug 16 2009 |
ANDREWM8 Doesn't work with 10.6 Snow Leopard yet - unsupported system..... :-(
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| Nov 23 2008 |
ZERODOWN Hey. Yesterday I felt like changing my icons out of boredom, so I remembered that I had LiteIcon, and changed some around after downloading some from interfacelift that I thought were a good set. Then I remembered that I had an old version of CandyBar, and really wanted to change some of my system icons, which LiteIcon does not. So I opened up CandyBar and did so, however when it relaunched the dock, everything went missing. All my settings were gone, everything on my desktop was gone, all my MUSIC in my itunes was gone!!! Does anybody know how to retrieve this?... The weird part is, that its still on my computer, I just cannot see it. I know this because when I go to my dock, I have folders on there that are automatically nestled into the 'documents' folder, and all of their contents are still there, but when I go to look in my 'documents' folder, nothing is there. Please HELP!!!!
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| Nov 6 2008 |
CRICKET99 This program has brought smiles to my face for the many months I have had it and used it gleefully. Yes, I can change the icons manually for my files, but I have no desire to go deep-fishing through files best left untouched by such a programing neophyte as I to change dock icons safely. (Nor do I want my kids doing so! ) I have used CandyBar's free icons extensively for the past several years so it seems a small thing to buy their program, which also organizes and stores my vast collection of icons and docks in an easy to use manner. As I pass my old MB on to my children, I have bought a new license so they can safely and happily change icons to their hearts' content. Apple users have a long and honorable tradition of modifying their desktops to suit their whimsy, and it is a pleasure to support such an elegant application. Besides, how many people in the world still remember the old SciFi show Space:1999, much less make accurate icons of Eagles and commlocks for your computer? :)
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| Jul 15 2008 |
JAN13 If you like to JUICE-UP your desktop, this app., is way to go. Simply, beautiful interface, easy to use ... very nice. The only problem is lack of third party icons ... mostly taste-less with exemption of few ... If you are shopping for so called Cool-design icons, well hard to find ...
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| Jan 26 2008 |
MAC ADAM Nice Update but: No Computer icon in System Change No resize Pict imported in all size could Drop a 512 icon on System Change is pixalised
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| Jan 27 2008 |
MAC ADAM Smart Collection not found all icons contain name specified Allow Delete icons directly from any collection
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| Jan 11 2008 |
RADDLE If you like, want or need this software - buy it. If you don't, don't. I've been a happy user of Pixadex and CandyBar for years. The revised model makes perfect sense: why *not* have all your icons right there in the application designed to apply them? Okay, so it cost a little to upgrade. What's that - four visits to Starbucks? A DVD you'll only watch once? They'd have been perfectly within their rights to charge a nominal fee for the extensive rewrite to come to Leopard: for a few bucks more you're getting a much-improved application. The developer's job is to improve their product for the general (and evolving) market, and support their families. Wishing them out of business is as loopy and unpleasant as hoping an author will have a heart attack just because you didn't like his last book. Threatening to warez the product is nothing more than theft, and places you well outside the pale of normal computer users. Reserve your self-righteous ire and excessive use of capitals for companies like Unsanity - who took over a *year* to update some of their software for Tiger, and seem intent on the same glacial approach this time around - rather than people like Panic: who tirelessly (and quickly) tweak their products for each new iteration of the system, who came out punching with a sleek and powerful new version of CandyBar within weeks of Leopard hitting our desktops, and who - via iconfactory -are constantly giving to the Mac community. Or take a pop at Final Draft, which cost a fortune to upgrade just for it to (more or less) work in OSX. Or better still, why not *relax* a little, remember no-one's holding a gun to your head when it comes to upgrades, and go spend your money on something else - like a good book on anger management. If the freebie alternatives do what you need, use them instead, or you could save every last cent by slavishly changing the icons one at a time (though note the warning about possible future system changes, which CandyBar will help you avoid). Personally, I happily spent the cash to get what CandyBar offers me. The bottom line is that the ability to futz with your icons is not exactly life-critical, but a pleasure and hobby - which you can choose to spend a few bucks indulging, or not. It's really not worth getting this worked up about, nor worth aligning yourself with thieves, nor wishing ill upon the developers. Get some perspective, and grow up.
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| Jan 11 2008 |
MAC ADAM Added "Computer" icon like previous CandyBar ?
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| Jan 10 2008 |
RONL The main problem (as others have also noted both here and on VersionTracker) isn't whether the apps are worth it. It is that people are being forced to purchase more than what they want. How do you think people would react if suddenly Adobe said the only way you could purchase Photoshop is if you also purchased Illustrator? I am NOT degrading the applications... just that it was a VERY bad business move to no longer give the users the option to ONLY purchase what they wanted and not be forced to purchase an additional application that they may not want.
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 | Jan 11 2008 |
Don't misunderstand -- we definitely understand where you are coming from! By the same argument, though, Adobe charges a lot of money for Photoshop, and I think a lot of that money goes to the cost of developing features I will never even remotely use or care about in a million years. That said, I would never try asking Adobe to make me a special, half-price version of Photoshop cutting out the handful of features I'll never use -- I just understand that while some features aren't for me, Photoshop on the whole is still a nice, useful program. To boot, I've often wondered "who would ever want this feature?" before, only to find that, after using it, it's invaluable. Even at a $25 upgrade cost, we really think the new features, of which there are many, such as 512x512 icons, full Dock customization, a brand new interface, icon quick look, etc., are well worth it. We hope that anyone who has the opportunity to try the CandyBar 3 demo will agree.
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| Jan 11 2008 |
Great app... no question about it. But since I only basically change the default font folder (for the most part) with CB the new combined version is more than I need. Only since Leopard have I found that the default folders have been so bud-ugly (ala OS 7)... that I couldn't take looking at them. For most of my custom folders I just copy/paste.
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| Jan 11 2008 |
SOOTHE Cabel, you never heard of Photoshop Elements? It's a cut down version of Photoshop for a lot less money ...
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| Jan 11 2008 |
If you feel CandyBar was overpriced when it was set at only $13 (!) -- well, I'd say it's probably not the program for you. I can't imagine what price you think it should be! There's literally no way we could price a piece of software at less than $13 and keep it active, constantly updated with new versions and new features, fully supported, etc. My apologies. (Also, keep in mind: it is no longer "just a freakin' icon changer". We didn't want to raise the price without adding significant value to the program, new features, and great functionality, like Dock changing, large icon support, icon organizing, etc.) It's a good point about Photoshop Elements. But it's a lot easier to develop and support two separate versions of an application at once when you're a huge company like Adobe -- and when your "cut-down" version costs $99! :)
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| Jan 11 2008 |
BRUCE_Y I bought Pixadex and CandyBar as separate apps a while back. I have used Pixadex a fair amount, though not regularly. I bought it because IconBox was discontinued, and I wanted a supported app to store and access my icons. I have used CandyBar maybe two times in as many years. Now along comes CandyBar 3, which requires (a) Leopard, (b) more money. It kind of leaves me out in the cold, because I don't have Leopard (no rush for the .0 or even .1 OS), and I don't fancy the rather steep price to upgrade when it seems all their effort went into the Leopard-only CandyBar. The app that I really want/use is the Pixadex. Make it Tiger compatible (OK to have some features reserved for Leopard only), and lower the upgrade price, and i'd jump on it. Perhaps I will change my mind about CandyBar when I do get around to Leopard, since Apple in their own bizarre fashion have decided to downgrade all folder icons to a design that is almost impossible to tell them apart (What Were They Thinking - or Not Thinking more likely).
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| Jan 10 2008 |
EMULAUNCH As an owner of the original Pixadex I love the new integration of CandyBar. As of today I have over 8,000 icons in my collection and I can't imagine not having CandyBar to manage this collection. As far as the upgrade price goes, I really have no problem with it and consider it a worthy investment for the application plus the amount of icons/wallpaper/dock skins which Iconfactory produces every year. One feature I would ask is for smart lists to have the ability to detect dock skins and/or icons that have 512px resources.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
F451 Panic and the IconFactory have supported the Mac community for many, many years now, providing creative access to icons, wallpapers, and other free goodies too numerous to describe. They bundle their software together and the uninitiated lambast them without any historical knowledge of Panic. Even to the point where they suggest freebies that essentially ripped-off the initial version of CandyBar. Don't that beat all. The Mac community is changing rapidly, and I don't like what I see in the way of freeloaders.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
WARCHILD13 I'm sorry you feel the need to support what to me is tantamount to theft. Your logic is absurd and this overtly emotional "not liking where the Mac Community is heading" is immature. You codify that with your inane name calling. Freeloaders who pay for a package and then are offered no sensible or remotely fair path to upgrading are not freeloaders, they are victims. I paid for a few other Panic programs and plan to find suitable replacements for them. Combining twp programs and stripping features from both of them to effect the merger is not an upgrade in my mind. Disabling the old paid for Candybar so that it is totally worthless is evil and undoes all the good will Panic had engendered in me in one fell swoop.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
Thanks for your comments. A couple questions. First, what features did we strip out of Pixadex and CandyBar 3? As best we can tell CB3 offers significantly more features than both programs had separately before, including complete 512x512 icon support, Quick Look, Icon Look, a whole new integrated interface, and much more. The only known removal I'm aware of is the "App Extras' section of CB2, which was cut due to incompatibility concerns with Leopard. Please let me know if there's something we're missing? Furthermore, we did not disable CandyBar 2 — many people are still downloading/purchasing it today and using it under Mac OS X 10.4, and that's fine with us! Significant changes and new features in Leopard caused us to make CandyBar 3 Leopard-only, but CandyBar 2 continues to work fine under 10.4. I'm truly sorry you don't think our upgrade path is sensible -- despite only being $13, we did provide nearly three years of free CandyBar 2 updates including, lest you forget, a totally free update to support Mac OS X 10.4. We think you'll get well more than your money's worth out of CandyBar 3, but I totally understand if you disagree. Thanks again for your feedback!
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| Jan 10 2008 |
I've never understood people who purchase a Mac and then don't have the money to pay for anything else. Perhaps you should have purchased a PC and joined the PC community? You're definitely part of the "something for nothing crowd." You've already said that you are moving on, "move on." Why comeback and whine if you've going elsewhere? Not to mention that you don't have your facts straight. Adios brother.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
WARCHILD13 Look F dude. Grow up or at least try and learn to be an adult. Your childish suppositions and vague accusations are tedious, boring and plain old stupid. As to CandyBar it is disabled in Leopard with no fix other than a 25 buck upgrade. This was clearly a greed or at least profit driven tactic with no concerns for the users who supported your product. It is a disgrace and would not be tolerated in any but the software field. The stripped feature was the only one I used and that was to replace icons within apps. I do it by hand now, CandyBar was worth it to me only for the convenience. The only Panic app I still use is Unison, which I did pay for. I expect you'll kludge that soon enough. It has been unreliable in the past. The serial number protection being incredibly harsh - its the only app that still flashes purchase in the menu bar while it waits to load up. There are good Mac software developers out there who don't abandon their customer base with every OS upgrade. I support them and will continue to do so.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
I think you might have overlooked a couple of things I mentioned. You say: "[Other companies] don't abandon their customer base with every OS upgrade." Good news! We don't either. As I said, we released a major upgrade to CandyBar 2 to support Mac OS X 10.4 -- and it was TOTALLY FREE OF CHARGE for all users, during the nearly three years that we released free updates. Similarly, Transmit, Unison, Coda, etc., all were updated to support Leopard, completely free of charge. And some of the changes weren't minor! CandyBar was our only, notable exception, due to the huge scope of changes we made. As for changing your application icons by hand, you are more than welcome to do so! As a warning: if Apple enables the built-in code signing in a future Mac OS X minor update, your applications will simply no longer launch. This is what we're trying to safely avoid by disabling that feature until we get a sense from Apple of their plans. (As for Unison showing the Purchase menu very briefly while it loads -- I suspect this simply a bug, and I'm surprised to hear that it's considered harsh or gets in your way. We'll look into it!) Thanks again for your comments and feedback!
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| Jan 11 2008 |
Next time you visit to the grocery shop and proceed to pay for your groceries I want to tell the cashier that you have no intention of paying as two years ago the same groceries costs less. Spout your pretzel logic to the cashier about how it is unethical, and how you are getting ripped-off, blah, blah, blah (don't forget to tell the cashier how smart you are). See what happens next. You, and others, clearly demonstrate your lack of life experience with every post you write.
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| Jan 11 2008 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN "pretzel logic", what a great term, haven't heard or seen it used since the Steely Dan album of the same name. Would you happen to be a Steely Dan fan?
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| Jan 11 2008 |
F451 "Would you happen to be a Steely Dan fan?" Absolutely! Isn't everybody? ;)
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| Jan 10 2008 |
KOSOVAR1 Not only do I NOT wish to buy the rip-off upgrade, I sincerely hope the company goes out of business. I don't care that Panic added Pixadex to CandyBar. I didn't ask for it and I suspect it was done because people weren't buying Pixadex anyway FOLKS, DISCOURAGE OVERARCHING GREED. BOYCOTT PANIC AND DOWNLOAD THE FREE LITEICON UTILITY INSTEAD. IT DOES PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING YOU WILL ACTUALLY NEED ANYWAY, QUICKLY SIMPLY AND ELEGANTLY. AND DID I MENTION IT WAS...FREE! THEN TAKE YOUR SPARE CHANGE AND REWARD THE DEVELOPER OF LITEICON FOR HIS/HER EFFORTS FOR GIVING SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
While it's a sad to wish we go out of business (do you wish Apple goes out of business because they provide no upgrade discount at all for iLife / iWork every year?), I totally and absolutely appreciate and understand if you choose not to upgrade to CandyBar 3. That said, CandyBar 3 is a far more significant product than it has ever been, and I do hope this comes across. And although you didn't ask for Pixadex -- there are a ton of features I didn't ask for in Photoshop! :) -- many customers who were initially skeptical of the Pixadex integration now tell us that they can't understand how they got along without it before. I do hope that someday you can consider the $25 (or $19) upgrade to CandyBar 3, as I think you'll get more than your money's worth! Cabel / Panic
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| Jan 18 2009 |
Just a note to say that I'm extremely glad Panic hasn't gone out of business. I love their products, even though I'm unable to use the new version of CandyBar (!) because I don't have Leopard on my computer, I do enjoy using the CandyBar 2. I've also LOVED LOVED LOVED Transmit; it's the only FTP program worth using, IMO, and now that I've added Coda to my application party, the champagne's uncorked. Panic provides reasonably priced, feature-packed, *gorgeous*, and relatively easy to use software. Support has been fantastic every time I've had to contact them for whatever reason (and it's been few and far between). It's up to the consumer to decide which they prefer, but no need to wish a company to go under (taking its customers with it!) simply because you don't like it.
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| Jan 2 2008 |
JEREMYY I even forgot how I ended up paying for candybar 2 which I barely used. But I only paid less than $13 for it. And now they are charging $24 for an upgrade. I am definitely NOT going to be robbed.
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| Jan 2 2008 |
JEREMYY I have no idea how MU got my review as 4 star. I will only give 2 star.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
AERGERN They combined Pixedex and Candybar into a whole new app. You ARE NOT getting ripped off by anyone. If you don't want to buy it .. don't. It's a great multi-function app and quite a few of us like it.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
The upgrade price for CandyBar 3 has risen, because the full price of CandyBar 3 has risen as well. Although CB2 was indeed $13, it is no longer this price, as it has become a far more significant and full-featured product than it was before. The upgrade pricing is not as high as we normally offer, but this is a special case as we have merged two products. I totally understand if you don't wish to upgrade! But I do hope you'll at least give the new version a try -- it's well worth it! Cabel / Panic
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| Dec 31 2007 |
MATTLY I would have paid $5 to $10 for Leopard-compatible Pixadex. But $24? I hope you're kidding. really, really, I do hope this is like april-fools, but a couple of months early. Very few times in my experience as a Mac User have I felt like I was being taken advantage of as a paying customer... but sadly this is one of them. So, anyone have a reasonably-priced alternative? In other news, I'm also going to seriously consider not buying Panic/Iconfactory software in the future, if this is their upgrade policy.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
Good news! Pixadex is actually already Leopard compatible for the most part — although it doesn't support 512x512 icons. You should be able to continue to use PIxadex 2.2 in Leopard just fine, without needing to upgrade to CB3! As for CandyBar 3, this more than just a Leopard-compatible update — it's a huge new product offering tons of new features on both the CandyBar and Pixadex sides. While the price has certainly gone up, and we apologize for that, we think the value you'll get out of the program will be well worth it. Cabel / Panic
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| Jan 10 2008 |
MATTLY and should i ever need to re-download pixadex2, where can I do that? Oh, I can't, because Pixadex is DISCONTINUED. Srsly, I am a registered user of both Unison and iPulse, and I love them both despite the fact that I don't have much a use for either anymore. But this upgrade is ludicrous. There's no way I'm going to pay $24 to upgrade a product that cost $14 originally, no matter how much new stuff it does: I. don't. care. about. that.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
Then I have even more good news! You can download Pixadex 2 right here: http://www.panic.com/pixadex/d/Pixadex%202.0.2.dmg Where it's always been -- we have not taken Pixadex offline, we never had plans to take it offline, and we will not do so. This isn't a secret -- this is the URL we e-mail to any person who asks us where they can get Pixadex 2. (For the record, too, all versions of everything Panic has ever made of anything is available on our ftp site, ftp.panic.com.) (Also, as a minor point, Pixadex cost $19 originally, not $14.) So, I hope you can continue to enjoy Pixadex 2 into the future on Leopard! We absolutely don't want you to upgrade if you don't see a compelling reason to do so.
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| Dec 19 2007 |
RONL Not even going to bother downloading this new version when it went from $13 to $29!!! You've got to be kidding! From the very large number of comments here expressing the same... it looks like you've just priced yourself out of the market. Really too bad.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
AERGERN They combined Pixedex and Candybar into one app. It's not overpriced. You just didn't bother to read what you get with this version. It's not just Leopard compatible but a whole new app.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
RONL I'm aware of the combining of two apps. But when I want Photoshop Adobe doesn't require me to also purchase Illustrator. Very dumb move for the developer which I'm sure they should know by the enormous number of people here and at VersionTracker that have also said they have priced themselves out of the market.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
AERGERN If Adobe merged all the functions of PS and IA then you can bet you'd pay more.. and while this is a silly analogy at best all I can say is you don't know what your missing with this app and if you don't want to buy it then change your icons manually, write your own db for your icons and replace your dock resources by hand. It's quite simple. Also, Panic can't price themselves out any market as there isn't another app that does all it does. There are free icon changers and I've tried them all .. they suckkkkk..
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| Jan 10 2008 |
RONL You appear to have missed my basic point. Adding an app to another app is not a good business move. The developer is attempting to make people purchase more than what they may (do) want from all of the feedback on both MU and VersionTracker.
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| Jan 10 2008 |
AERGERN RonL, I do understand what you're saying .. you wanted the single function app at the same price and they're not giving you what YOU want. I however owned both Pixedex and Candybar .. with upgrade discounts I paid barely anything for my upgrade. Candybar 3 is a better app then either CB2 or Pixedex. If you bought CB2 then you get a discount which amounts to $6 more then CB2 costs. That's not a horrible deal. You're also free not to purchase it. I can respect you sticking to your guns and not buying CB3 .. but don't dis the new app as this app is BETTER then either of it's two previous parts and there are a lot of us who are glad they did this.
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| Dec 19 2007 |
SV715 I had a previous copy of CandyBar, but wasn't about to pay for an upgrade... For just changing icons, try LiteIcon... works great on Leopard and free to boot.
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| Dec 19 2007 |
SULEIMAN KHAN too expensive. too expensive. too expensive. I want to customize my mac not my credit card balance.
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| Dec 19 2007 |
KENTA CB3 is awesome app.
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| Dec 19 2007 |
KOSOVAR1 Allow me to tell it the way I see it. I am sorry I bought version two of this because I will NEVER pay the high upgrade price for version 3. Good grief, the friggin' upgrade costs almost 1/4 the price of of the entire Leopard OS, and only for the privilege of having some fairly dressy looking icons. Look, if these greedy b**ches want to price themselves in such a way as to insult potential or return customers, so be it, but it's a mistake for them to assume we're all idiots who'll pay for a utility that is purely superficial. On principle, I'll never buy ANY software from this company again and I assume many of you feel the same way.
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| Dec 12 2007 |
NOTHINGISTRUE I think the "Change Application Icons" feature isn't working anymore with the 3.1 update. If I select the Applications tab, and then "Use These Icons" button while a set (in this case Amora) is selected, the tab switches back to the System icons tab, and the custom Application icons in the set are not applied. Or did it always work this way? I thought they auto applied without drag and drop in the last version.
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| Dec 12 2007 |
TDOMINEY As others have pointed out, the pricing of 3.0 is really unfortunate. I enjoyed and used Candy Bar 2, but it's one of those apps (unless you're crazy about icons) most people use maybe a handful of times, and the upgrade pricing for 3.0 is really prohibitive. I'm not knocking the app, for it's great as always, but the pricing could certainly be more in line with what the marketplace is willing to support.
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| Dec 12 2007 |
::MILE:: I totally agree that this is an awasome app and that the devs have put lots of thought and effort into it...! There is no better way to change icons on your Mac...! But then again -- just how often do you ayctually do that so that it would justify spending 30 bucks on it...?! Great app and probably worth its price judging by the execution and features, but I for one really don't see me paying for something I'll probably use only once or maybe twice ever...
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| Dec 12 2007 |
RONL $13 to $19... no problem. $13 to $29... big problem. | |
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| Dec 11 2007 |
MISTERSQUID Like other longtime users of CandyBar, I was glad to see the rollout of version 3. Then I looked at the pricing and haven't bothered to do anything more than download. For me. Leopard's default icons are not as hideous as Tiger's. That--combined with that fact that (to my mind) upgrade pricing for a $12-turned-$29 program should be no more than $10--means I will hold off on CandyBar 3 for some time to come.
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| Dec 8 2007 |
MAC ADAM Why my old pixadex icon was not find by candybar 3 ? There is not Computer icon !?
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MACUPDATE ADMIN http://www.panic.com/candybar/support.html
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| Dec 7 2007 |
APPLECRYPT MODS darnit, i'm registered for pixadex and candybar.. upgraded and now the serial doesn't work. Guess i gotta pay for the newer version lol Both apps are great, though a little slow imho. Why are some ppl here complaining?? Thx panic for great s/w!
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| Dec 5 2007 |
FRANCOLA Unfortunately, I have contacted the folks at Panic about a problem and they have given no reply. I changed out my icons with a icon package from their site and now the icons for the volume drives have become stuck and will not return to their original state. If something like that does not bother you along with no support, than this might be just what you have been looking for! A disturbing experience for me. I don't guess that I will be investing.
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| Dec 7 2007 |
FRANCOLA Update: I have received contact at this point, and have been assured that this is a known bug and will be fixed in the next release.
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| Dec 1 2007 |
FREEBSD Short: Go Download LiteIcon. Long(er): I am a long time user of CandyBar 2, the version that was obsoleted with this app. While I will not be taking advantage of the refund as someone posted previously since I got more than my money's worth, I think their upgrade pricing is, if nothing else, illogical. If you purchased a Candy Bar 2 license within the last couple of months, you are entitled to a free upgrade to this app, but this doesn't make much sense considering that Candy Bar 2 cannot be used with Leopard, and Candy Bar 3 cannot be used with Tiger. I would have gladly purchased another "2" license since it made the upgrade to "3" the least expensive route. It's not that I don't want to pay for this app; I would happily pay a reasonable price for the upgrade. But I don't think I'm alone in believing that its value has significantly decreased. It may do what it's supposed to do, but Candy Bar 3 is nowhere near worth what Candy Bar 2 was. Especially since LiteIcon is available now for FREE. It retains all of the simplicity for such a task as these programs afford, with none of the confusing overhead introduced with v.3. Go download that now, and if it doesn't suit your need, this app will be waiting for your money.
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| Dec 1 2007 |
IFWEBMASTER FreeBSD, sorry you don't feel that Candybar 3 is worth the cost to upgrade. Panic and the Iconfactory have worked very hard to create a compelling update to an application that has been around for over 4 years and now incorporates all of the features of Pixadex as well. While LiteIcon is indeed a useful (and free) product, let me just ask a few questions that may help to put the two products in perspective for you. Can LiteIcon make use of Windows .ico files? Can LiteIcon set your iChat buddy avatars? Can LiteIcon keep and organize all of your thousands of icons you've downloaded over the years? Can LiteIcon hep you convert Mac & Win icons to all manner of image formats quickly? Can LiteIcon customize the appearance of your Leopard Dock? Can it instantly customize any desktop folder or file you drop onto it? Can you distribute your icon creations in handy, searchable iContainers that are used by thousands of users everyday? Was it created by a dedicated team of programmers who have spent more than a decade creating quality Mac software just for users like yourself and who have a proven track record of updates, customer service and reliability? And does it have a talented team of icon artists creating new, free content for the app on a regular basis? Of course the answer to all of these questions is no. I could go on, but I think you get the idea. All of these things are why CandyBar is priced the way it is. If you don't feel there is sufficient value there to justify the cost of upgrading, then LiteIcon is the app for you.
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| Dec 11 2007 |
FREEBSD Update: one thing I do have to say about Panic as a company, they do have very good customer service. They responded to my inquiries with professionalism and aplomb. This is a good series of posts for those who want to make up their mind regarding the utility and value of the new product. Thanks for the reply.
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| Nov 29 2007 |
LEO SPILL How do you revert back to the default OS icons ? Can't find it mentioned on the Panic site or in the FAQ's or an option to disable CandyBar from within the application ? Surely it should be well documented. There is no read me included in the zip. Please someone post how to restore the default so I can remove this application.
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| Nov 29 2007 |
VAPORATX Click view in the Menubar, select system view, click restore icons in the top right pain. They even buggered that up and made it difficult to find. It's not even mentioned in the help file. They want to lock you into it. It used to be real easy in CB2, just click restore icons big as day at the bottom of the window... That was before they turned into a greedy company putting out poorly thought out bloatware.
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| Nov 30 2007 |
Simply click the large "Restore Icons" button in the upper-right hand corner of the system view. That's all there is to it! Your icons will restore to normal, and you can safely remove CandyBar at any time. Feel free to drop us an e-mail if you have further questions about how CandyBar works -- it's the quickest way by far to get help.
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| Nov 29 2007 |
VAPORATX Remember, Panic offers an unconditional lifetime money back guarantee on their products. If you are ever not satisfied with their product(s) they will refund your money. After the fiasco with the upgrade pricing I emailed Panic and expressed my dissatisfaction with their unfair upgrade pricing and requested a refund for my less that a year old copy of Candybar 2 that was rendered useless with Leopard. I turned around and donated that $13 dollars to the developers of Liteicon. Panic can keep their overpriced bloatware crap. I suggest all the dissatisfied Candybar users request their money back. That send more of a message than any email.
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| Dec 2 2007 |
I was talking with Julien, the LiteIcon guy, and he mentioned that he hadn't yet received any donation from you. Strange! Since I'm sure you've just been really really busy and just totally forgot, I went ahead and donated $13 to him in your name. Hope that's cool. Cabel / Panic
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| Nov 28 2007 |
LUX I enjoyed using CandyBar 2 in Tiger and thought the price very reasonable for a nice little personal pref app. However, I too have got used to Leopard icons and find the price hike for the upgrade too steep and the discounts offered too little. As a result, I shan't be using CandyBar 3.
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| Nov 28 2007 |
JAMUS I agree it seems a bit steep. Hopefully the FREE "LiteIcon" app's development will continue and put some pressure on them to drop the price. I had little use for CandyBar, but will miss Pixadex.
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| Nov 29 2007 |
BRUCE_Y I agree upgrade price is steep, at $24 (83% of the new version price), thus only a 17% discount. Pretty crummy for prior users. And for me, with lic to both, $19 upg is still only 34% off. Based on my past use, I'd prefer a Pixadex v3, as I hardly ever even used my CandyBar app -- and now CB has become the main focus... oh well, I guess that happens.
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| Nov 28 2007 |
BAAL MELKART Look at http://www.panic.com/candybar/support.html
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| Nov 28 2007 |
LEO SPILL The two reasons I used to use Candybar almost religiously on every Mac I worked on were the default system folders and the Finder sidebar icons . I really didn't like the design and before Candybar made swapping system icons out easily and safely I used to edit system Resources files manually. But with Leopard the sidebar has gone from 32X icons to 16X and the nasty OS folders have been cleaned up, lost that fake 3/4 view and wrinkly styling. I think Panic/Iconfactory missed the boat for me. If it had been ready day one of release I would have kept using it, but I've had time to get used to the new defaults and think they work and am happy with them. Who in their right mind wants to keep thousands of icons in a database - probably the kind of guy that wears a tin foil hat. If Iconfactory had a repository of icontainers ( Similar to their iPulse gallery) completely set up with reference pictures of the new look - that would help but unfortunately complete sets are rare and who has the time to search for every unique icon for each Category ? The guys who make this just haven't thought it out properly. It used to be a 'little app'. thirteen bucks which brought a little personal preference to your system icons but Pixadex/collecting icons is a seriously nerdy hobby and doesn't warrant being included into Candybar and the price hike that entails. The design of the application looks sloppy and it feels like the programer spent more time with the new online only activation coding than actual time spent making the new version which looks a step backwards in terms of ease of use and functionality. It looks awkward and confusing. Now Apple uses Coverflow and 256X icons within the Finder my old full system icontainers just don't cut it anymore and how much work is there in re-artworking all of them up to 256. It seems a big of a change as OS9 32X to OS10's 128X and Candybar version three has no answer. Coming late to the party means I won't be using Candybar anymore.
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| Nov 28 2007 |
DANA SUTTON A very good app. has gotten a lot better, and i. m. h. o. is well worth the price. Version 3 does MUCH more than v. 2 did. The only problem: the author unwisely chose to eliminate the ability to customize System icons for such things as URL and FTP locations because he imagined they are no longer necessary. I think this was a serioius mistake (Candy Bar should be able to customize all System icons that appear on the desktop). I've written to complain, and if another other users do I bet he can persuaded to change his mind.
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| Nov 28 2007 |
MJHARPER I fell into the $24 upgrade group, because I never used Picadex. And it felt a bit steep, to be honest, given that the upgrade is almost twice what I originally paid for CandyBar (four years ago, upgrading to version 2 three years ago). But then again, having played around with the new version for a while, I have to conclude that integrating Pucadex was a great idea. Instead of having a bunch of icontainers and folders stuffed full of icons scattered across my Mac, everything is in one place, and as easy to organise as music in iTunes. The ability to change the dock appearance is great, especially if it lives on the bottom of your display. And even though the new icons for Leopard are much larger than the old, Panic have clearly put some effort into updating a number of their older icon sets to be compatible (do a search for 'dock' and 'leopard' on their site). It has to be said that, with the frankly annoying default folder icons in Leopard, CandyBar is even more relevant now than it ever was before. Yes, the upgrading prices are controversial, as is the decision to integrate Picadex. But CandyBar is a much *much* better product for it. I wouldn't want to go back to version 2, even if I could.
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| Nov 28 2007 |
MACINTOSH SAUCE Just purchased CandyBar 3.0! Excellent app IMHO! I already own Transmit so I naturally trust Panic to make spectacular applications. They haven't let me down so far.
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| Nov 28 2007 |
EASER Well, I plan to upgrade to Leopard soon, and I will upgrade to CB 3 as well. I just wrote them with a question a few hours ago, and they responded promptly. Frankly, they sound very reputable and professional. Their programs have always been stable and helpful. I agree with the other reviewers about the fairness of the upgrade price. It is inevitable that as the Mac OS evolves, so must other programs. Developers have a right and a necessity to periodically charge for upgrades and develop their programs.
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| Nov 28 2007 |
ALAN zomg, this is the best, the most user-friendly icon "manipulator". dock customising - simply unbeatable! upgrading with my eyes closed. | |
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| Nov 27 2007 |
EASER I don't have an issue with it per se, but it also appears that one cannot purchase CandyBar 2 anymore. I have to assume that not everyone is updating to Leopard.
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| Nov 28 2007 |
If you'd like to still use (or purchase) CandyBar 2 for Tiger, simply buy CandyBar 3 and drop us an e-mail. We'll send along a complimentary CandyBar 2 serial number you can use in the interim.
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| Nov 27 2007 |
EIRIKOP I've enjoyed CandyBar and Pixadex since they were v.1 releases. After seeing people's comments on pricing, I checked the Panic web site. There are three purchase options: $29 for the full purchase, $24 if you have a v.2 license to *either* CandyBar or Pixadex, and $19 if you have v.2 licenses for both. I'm in the 3rd territory, and so my upgrade fee will be $19. I have no problem paying that. Rolling the two apps together makes me happy. The new Dock options are interesting (since I've been unwilling to try any of the hacks people have rolled out). I am, frankly, glad that they've updated the software. Thanks Panic peeps!
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| Nov 27 2007 |
HUEVOX I paid willingly. $19.00 is not adequate payment for the pleasure I have derived from CandyBar and Pixadex. I think that some of the whiners here spend a lot more on a few bags of junk food or 10 minutes in a sports bar. This version does need some polishing, though. The generic/open folder action doesn't work. Replacement generic icon doesn't show in the finder, Just a transparent icon shows up. But no matter - they will fix it!
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| Nov 27 2007 |
BAMBU You don't know me. Please don't make assumptions about other people's lifestyles. It's rude.
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| Nov 27 2007 |
MRELCEE At least he didn't call us dirty hippies. Though, accusing me of going to a sports bar is bad enough.
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| Nov 28 2007 |
BUMBLEB I'm more baffled by many of the prositive reviewers, including this guys, brand-loyalty to Panic. "I bought it with my eyes closed" blah blah - just like there are Apple zealots there are Panic zealots obviously. I think it's great these guys are happy with CB3, I just cringe whenever I see that kind of "Company X say - Me Do"...
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| Nov 27 2007 |
MAGENTIS I think it's certainly a reasonable idea to juxtapose CB with Pixadex. They're related in function and I find it very handy. But I don't find the price very reasonable. If it was 20$, I'd feel like for a few dollars more I got a nice bonus. I can see where people who are disinterested in one program will feel alienated. The Candybar Lite idea is a good one...though I wouldn't hold my breath.
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| Nov 27 2007 |
WCITYMIKE I don't mind the inherent concept of supporting Panic; they are good Mac developers, and Transmit is still a valued part of my app stable. However, this pricing was a major mistake I'll not support with my dollars. The "upgrade" price is a mere $5 off the cost of it new, and is double the cost of buying CandyBar 2 new. I frankly predict that Panic has just lost a large portion of its CandyBar subscribers. I really have no use for Pixadex. If its integration is the cause for the skyrocketing price, it was a poor move by Panic. Mac developers earn our goodwill by good products, but they can just as easily lose our goodwill via stunts like this.
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| Nov 27 2007 |
BAMBU Sadly, yes. CandyBar 3 will not accept a CandyBar 2 serial number. A CandyBar 2 serial number gets you five dollars off the retail price and a Pixadex serial number gets you five dollars off the retail price. If you have both, it stacks and you get ten dollars off the retail price. This isn't mentioned anywhere but on the purchase page. Which would bring it to a more reasonable nineteen dollars. "If you bought CandyBar 2 or Pixadex 2 on or after October 1st, 2007, you qualify for a free upgrade to CandyBar 3." Information is on the purchase page.
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| Nov 27 2007 |
BAMBU I just got off the phone with someone at Panic. I let them know the issues I have with the current version. The man I talked with thanked me for not sending an angry email or being angry on the phone and I would urge anyone who is having these same issues with CandyBar 3 pricing to do the same. Email founders@panic.com or phone the company and *nicely* let them know that this was a mistake and they have made many of their customers unhappy. I suggested what MREL CEE suggested about a "lite version" that just offers CandyBar 2 features in Leopard which I would be happy to pay an upgrade fee for, but not at the price that I originally paid for CandyBar 2. I *want* to give Panic my money because they make great software (and I'd love to buy Coda, but that's *way* out of my price range) and they are truly nice and understanding folks. I believe that with enough kind feedback on what we really want out of this kind of application they will do the right thing and offer an alternative that will be beneficial to everyone while still selling the "heavy" version that seems to be popular to at least one person who has commented here and I don't doubt will be popular with others. User interface modification tools really shouldn't cost this much, no matter how many features they throw in. No matter how you feel about CandyBar 3, the pricing should concern everyone, because this inflation of non-productivity tool prices is going to be detrimental to all of us.
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| Nov 27 2007 |
WARCHILD13 This is a total ripoff. Not only do they jack the price ridiculously they make no effort to make amends to the fools, like myself, who bought Pixadex and Candy Bar within the year! Pixadex worked fine, by the way, I used it most of the time outside of CandyBar. Incorporating both apps accomplishes nothing, in fact its a detriment. Candybar 3 loses functions that were in 2. There is no longer the option to change the icons within Applications. (Such as the aiff icon inside iTunes or QuickTime) This is a nasty way to treat customers. I'll not do business with them again.
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| Nov 27 2007 |
CABEL Thanks for your feedback! If you bought CandyBar within the last two months we'll be happy to provide a free upgrade. Otherwise, the upgrade discount from CandyBar 2 to CandyBar 3 is almost half of your original purchase price ($12.95), which we feel is a pretty fair discount, but we're open to feedback as always. Additionally, we removed the "Application" functionality from CandyBar 3 because of Leopard incompatibility concerns. We'd keep it if we felt we could do it safely -- but at this time we don't. Finally, we feel that the integration between Pixadex and CandyBar is a huge deal, and not at all a "detriment" -- when you use the application for a while, we think you'll agree!
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| Nov 27 2007 |
EMURKS In the previous comment by the developer he indicated that the upgrade from cb2 to cb3 was only $12.95, but it is listed as $24 from the website... Which is it? Also where's the love for those who bought and have version 1 of each product? No discount for them?
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| Nov 27 2007 |
CABEL I was referring to the original CandyBar 2 purchase price, which was $12.95. The upgrade price for CandyBar 3 is $25 -- essentially, the full price of CB3 minus (almost) half of the original CB2 price. Allowing CandyBar 1 owners to upgrade to CandyBar 3 directly (skipping version 2) for the same price seemed unfair for those people who had supported us with CandyBar 2. Since CB1 was release a very long time ago, and I believe was even cheaper than CB2, we thought an upgrade path would be difficult to justify. Like I said, upgrade paths are never easy... but I truly appreciate your thoughts.
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| Nov 27 2007 |
MRELCEE All I want to do is customize my system icons.. Candybar 2.x fit that bill. While v3 certainly does that, feature creep has priced it way out of the price range I'm comfortable paying. How about a lite version?
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| Nov 27 2007 |
F451 Upgrading to 3 was a no brainer for me as Panic has now incorporated Pixadex into CandyBar for the $24 fee. Besides, supporting the better developers keeps them around. As usual, this version is beautifully crafted and easy to use; added is a category for Apple's Dock in Leopard. Great stuff from a great developer.
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| Nov 27 2007 |
JBARLEY Unlike some folks, I'll not bitch about the cost, I'm just glad for the timely upgrade to an excellent and versatile program. Keep up the great work guys. (no affiliation, just a satisfied user) | |
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| Nov 27 2007 |
BAMBU Twenty-four dollars to upgrade from CandyBar 2?Are you kidding me? A five dollar discount? And people wonder why it's so hard to sell shareware. This is extremely upsetting and disappointing. Yes, new features, blah blah blah, but I bought CandyBar for the one reason and not the others and I don't have a choice now. My initial investment is now worthless and the new features aren't compelling, especially since many of them are available as freeware alternatives (such as dock modification). Thanks for nothing, Panic.
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| Nov 6 2007 |
DOBES It works great for me in Tiger 10.4.10. Does it work in Leopard? If not, is it coming soon? It's one of my favorite and most depended-on apps.
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| Nov 1 2006 |
ANDYCHRIST Used to work pretty well in earlier versions of OSX, but since Tiger at least, every time there is a system update and a corresponding one for CandyBar, I loose almost all my replacement icons and have to manually replace them all over again. Bummer. Also cannot replace all the menubar icons in specific apps such as Mail. That said, the developer is very responsive and helpful.
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| Apr 30 2006 |
ð BORN YETERDAY ð I don't know what kind of drugs the last few complainent's were doing! But this tool is incredibly easy for manipulating the system icons & other graphics. Considering it backs up your default icons , the only way you lose anything is if your some crack head that thinks this a drive partioning tool! Worked flawlessly for my eMac running OSX 10.4.6 Thanks and keep up the great work!
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| Apr 12 2006 |
ANDERS.KOHLER This is a useless app. i used it and suddenly 5 folders just disappeared in my homefolder and after that everything was like i just have made a new install,all my settings and mail-adresses bookmarks was gone... it´s much easier to just copy ´n paste in what you want to change in the info window and not risk to mess allthing´s up. caution ! ! ! ! ! !
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| Apr 12 2006 |
IFWEBMASTER It's nearly impossible for CandyBar to affect the operation of Mac OS X. CandyBar is not a hack, nor does it patch the operating system. It simply replaces system icon files at various locations on disk with new files/icons. If you are suddenly missing folders, it's probably a coincidence that you recently installed CandyBar. But if you're still curious, e-mail us!
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| Apr 11 2006 |
HUEVOX This is a great application. There is no better.
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| Oct 27 2005 |
ANONYMOUS You might say I am very naive, but after changing icons through candybar, and being asked to restart my computer, reset finder and another program (to make the icons work) and doing so, all of the settings in all of my programs (iphoto, ical, messenger, itunes and eudora) completely disappeared. Having just changed over from a pc to a mac, perhaps I am a bit (or very!) naive about what that actually meant. I really wish I had been more prepared and had backed up my programs.... Is this restarting those programs the reason I lost all my settings? If I ever want to change them again, will I have to back up my system and reset too? It was really much easier for me, it seems, not to have used the program at all and have done them all manually by pressing the apple+i key and copying and pasting... Hmmm!?
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| Dec 2 2005 |
T3DO3 Never happened to me, all the settings are just as before installing and changing the system icons (iBook G4 and iMac G5, Tiger).
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| Apr 22 2006 |
BRUCEA001 I never had a problem witht he program either. From what I know, CB only changes the icons and not prefs. Have you emailed the developers? I've changed my icons 3 times since purchasing the app and found that it only changes what I asked it to. Some icon did not change because they were already custom icon and I had to go in a change them manually. I hope it all works out for you in the end.
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| Apr 28 2005 |
CRISSY This is a great app that is always updated to the newest OS as soon as the OS update is out (or before!) It doesn't support the pixadex iContainers, but I use it with IconBox which does. IconBox organizes your icons like iPhoto would, and you can drag the icons out of IconBox and into the CandyBar wells with no problems at all. I definitely recommend this app, as well as IconBox to help out.
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| Apr 27 2005 |
DAVE Fantastic that it now supports Tiger, thanks Guys and Girls!!
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| Mar 4 2005 |
ANONYMOUS runs fine here in 10.3.8 its a great app for organizing your customized icons. it can all get a little fumbly/confusing without this app. so it definitely serves its purpose well. every couple months i'll use it to change all the icons on my mac, which makes everything a bit refreshing.
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| Feb 28 2005 |
MR.V.ANGRY Where is the 10.3.8 update ? I'm getting 'Unqualified System' when trying to run CandyBar 2.0.1.
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| Feb 21 2005 |
PAUL LIEBER While a great idea -- I paid the registration fee for the past 2 versions -- a handful of things to note about Candybar w.0.1: 1. A lack of abundant iContainers to date, with 2. ...no Pixadex iContainer compatibility. Thus, while this program is nice, the value of it is limited. 3. Not all icons change back/forth as they should with iContainer usage. A tad disconcerting for those who fear system stability issues. This software has all the look/feel of a project 1 iteration away from greatness.
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| Apr 26 2005 |
ANONYMOUS pixidex has a link direct to candybar. candybar can't open non-candybar icontainers because those containers don't have the devices specified for the icons (eg. the icontainer creator didn't specify icon A goes to hard drive, icon B goes to home folder, etc). its like marking down preview for not doing what iphoto does...
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| Dec 18 2004 |
ANDY Love this app, runs fine, no system slowdown, perfectly stable and compatible with 10.3.7. and all third party haxies. This new version can even replace toolbar icons which is what I had always been waiting for, hooray! I too got that silly little "Unqualified System" warning when first running my updated Candybar, I think that may have been because the previous plist files are still in cache until the new version is run for the first time. I just hit "Proceed" and everything worked and I no longer get that stupid warning. Anyway the developer is very responsive; when I had a trivial problem trying to replace an icon in Mail, Les Pozdena sent me a solution right away. :) Thank you Panic!
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| Dec 6 2004 |
JEFF I had run this app since 10.2...it seemed to be non-intrusive to the OS then but as soon as I was running 10.3 (any version) with CandyBar, my system is unstable as hell. I did a clean install on an alternate HD and made a point of not installing CandyBar, and this thing runs like a DREAM! Now that could be a coincidence, but from my experience of appearence-altering crap, I don't think so. It's much more important to me to have a rock-solid OS than to be able to change my OS icons.
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| Nov 25 2004 |
ANONYMOUS As soon as a system update was out, they made sure it was qualified for use with it and an update followed that, what happened.
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| Nov 8 2004 |
TAB After I upgraded to 10.3.6, CandyBar 2.0.1 popup "Unqualified System". Who has the same problem?
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| Nov 8 2004 |
ANONYMOUS So, once again, to update your CandyBar for Mac OS X 10.3.6.: - Make sure you're connected to the Internet - Make sure you're using CandyBar 2 - Wait a second while CandyBar checks to see if there's a newer version - Click "Download" when CandyBar notifies you of the new update - That's it! It's ready to go! TIP: You can double check that the latest definitions file was installed by looking in CandyBar's About Box -- just choose "About CandyBar" from the CandyBar menu. The latest Icon Data file is version 2.0.2.
(Version 2.0.1) | |
| Nov 7 2004 |
AYAMI This little app is a real crap. If you have bought before 2.0, it does not support 10.3.6! Worst ever, it consideres your modified icons as your default system icons so you CANNOT recover your real Apple icons.
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| Nov 10 2004 |
GEDEON MAHEUX You can ALWAYS revert to your original icons with CandyBar. Even after the demo mode expires, you can still use the software to revert to your default icons. If you are having problems, write to us and we'll get your system back in shape. If CandyBar can't restore, its most likely you were running custom icons via Shapeshifter when CB first ran and the app became confused. Write to us, and we'll help you out.
(Version 2.0.1) | |
| Oct 8 2004 |
SIXTEENWORDS No developer has ever treated my better than Panic has treated me, and their apps just rock and keep on rockin' I upgraded the second I learned about the upgrade and I'm ecstatic I did. You can't say that about much software.
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| Oct 8 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Hints/Tips to the Developer(s): What kind of crap is this? Taking advantage of your existing userbase? "Hey. We need more cash. If we charge for this update, all of our currently registered users are bound to want it. That's better than attracting new customers. That's GUARANTEED cashola! Alienate them? They already paid? Who cares?! Call it 2.0! LOLLERSKATES!" Note: This post has been deleted twice. So I removed my swearing. HAPPY? Or are you against unhappy customers?
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| Oct 9 2004 |
PSEUDO TASUKI It's a major update, and the upgrade is $7. What are you whining about?
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| Oct 9 2004 |
Chill out.
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| Oct 10 2004 |
GEDEON MAHEUX Our customers know the value of our products and can decide for themselves if they feel the upgrade is worth it. Both Panic and The Iconfactory have given users 2 years of free upgrades on CandyBar and now with the new features added in 2.0, an upgrade fee is in order. If there are those, like yourself, who don't feel the upgrade is for them, then you can continue to use 1.x freely until Tiger is released. The choice is yours.
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| Oct 11 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Andrew Stone of Stone Design doesn't feel an upgrade fee is EVER in order. Your saying a fee is in order is not something written in stone (no pun intended). It's your own pecuniary ambition. You certainly cannot have exhausted your entire user demographic already - or? For you seem to have given up on the prospect of ever gaining new customers, despite OS X being relatively new. As for Iconfactory and its quality - or for the quality of Panic software - I will let you stand for such claims. Far from everyone is anywhere near agreeing with you.
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| Oct 11 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Actually, it's a relatively common practice to have to pay for major version jumps in software (such as from a 1.x version to 2.0, and so forth).
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| Nov 8 2004 |
ANONYMOUS I upgrade in a heartbeat and I support the bette Developers like this...seven dollars for hours of looking at a screen that I've tailored to my liking is worth it.
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| Oct 7 2004 |
GOAT The new features are great, its worth the upgrade price. That said, its not really working as they said it would. You still have to log out for it to work right, it changes some things but not all when the finder and dock restart. Apps have to be removed from the dock and put back to see the new icons. And I know its not CandyBars fault but Pixadex wont launch it anymore. I know it will all be fixed shortly, there good at that. | |
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| Oct 8 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Odd, Pixadex still launches for me....
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| Oct 7 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Awesome. I upgraded after the first launch. How cool is it to finally be able to edit icons for apps. I fixed my OmniWeb icons as I hated the v5 default ones.
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| Oct 7 2004 |
YES, YES, YES I upgraded ASAP as Panic as always treated me very well, not to mention that CandyBar is fab!
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| May 29 2004 |
CALI�ÃS Remember the old days of ResEdit-ing a system load of new icons onto your Mac? Ahh, life had to get better (and easier) for the truly retentive (sorry, I mean creative) amongst Mac users. A note for those concerned with all of these utilities which slow down the machine - Candybar doesn't, it just swaps the icons around, then shuts down. That's music to my ears, as I tend to load up on utility goodies until I can bearly open a contextual menu without a trip to the loo... ... and the rest? A beautiful and functional interface, prompt and courteous tech support, and quick ongoing development. I look forward to added features, fexibility and selection choice. BTW a perfect companion to Pixadex
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| May 28 2004 |
ANONYMOUS You can do the same manually but it takes time to drag and drop icons in the good plane. On the other hand it is pretty easy. This app is good but expensive.
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| Aug 26 2004 |
TADPOLEONTHEWEB It's a bit more advanced than just copying and pasting icons. It actually replaces the default icons so that everytime you create a new folder, it will take on a customized appearance automatically. Plus, it animates the open-close folder and empty-full trash. Any icons like a newly mounted drive or CD or generic document or home folder with contents are all customized immediately without ever once copying or pasting an icon. Plus at 13 bucks, it's a pretty neat way to customize your Mac in such a fundamental way.
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| May 22 2004 |
ANONYMOUS is there any competition for this product? It seems like too small a thing to pay for...
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| May 27 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Hey cheapskate--art takes time and is rarely appreciated; the implementation of art even further so. Panic makes nothing but first-rate software and I for one am thankful for them.
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| May 27 2004 |
BRADYJ You're not going to find anything better -- these guys have been improving it since the beginning. Just check out their site, I haven't found a better place than that for icons: http://www.iconfactory.com
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| Apr 22 2004 |
JOE W. This program is OUTSTANDING! It is so easy to use and does what it says! Just put the icons in place and "click" you're done. Couldn't be easier Thanks!
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| Mar 19 2004 |
CALIøS Remember the old days of ResEdit-ing a system load of new icons onto your Mac? Ahh, life had to get better (and easier) for the truly retentive (sorry, I mean creative) amongst Mac users. A note for those concerned with all of these utilities which slow down the machine - Candybar doesn't, it just swaps the icons around, then shuts down. That's music to my ears, as I tend to load up on utility goodies until I can bearly open a contextual menu without a trip to the loo... ... and the rest? A beautiful and functional interface, prompt and courteous tech support, and quick ongoing development. I look forward to added features, fexibility and selection choice. BTW a perfect companion to Pixadex.
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| Mar 7 2004 |
ANDY CandyBar has always performed flawlessly for me. With such additional sites as Xicons and WidgetWidget hosting hundreds of icon sets there are almost too many options from which to choose!
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| Mar 6 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Icons are ugly and you can do these tricks by yourself if you know the system. CandyBar is pretty good but lacks options.
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| Apr 11 2004 |
FRANK After all, someone who tells the truth! Thank you for potsing your opinion!
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| Feb 28 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Honestly, I can't for the life of me say this is even worth more than $5.00 is not at all - am I missing something? The icons are not in my humble opinion that great. But oh well, to each own.
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| Mar 5 2004 |
MRANDRE The icons aren't all that great? Perhaps you aren't understanding the product? You can use any icon you please. The killer feature is that what was once a tedious hack is now very easy. Worth the money to me. [offensive word deleted by MU Admin in this post]
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| Nov 13 2003 |
NOT BUGGY ANYMORE Smooth sailing and much improved in its execution of icon changing with this version 1.6.1.
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| Oct 23 2003 |
WARNING 1.6 BUG Major bug: When selecting an iContainer (which is definitely an iContanier) it tells me that it is a Pixadex iContainer. Now I'm scrabbling to find an older version such as 1.5
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| Nov 13 2003 |
ICONFACTORY WEBMASTER Not all iContainers are CandyBar iContainers. Pixadex has the ability to export them as well, and if you attempt to open a Pixadex iContainer that does not have any icons assigned to CandyBar wells, you will get an error telling you so in CB. This is not a bug, its simply letting you know that this iContainer doesn't have any icons that work with CB.
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| Oct 23 2003 |
TOMMY HULME CandyBar is a superb Macintosh application, well worth the $12.95 registration. Intuitive, feature rich and a pleasure to use. :) One of the most useful features is iContainers, which allow you to import and save icon themes as a single file which you can archive away and share with your friends. I've been using CandyBar since it was released and I haven't had a single problem with it. This is a *very* stable application.
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| Sep 26 2003 |
KZA Panther is not already released ;-) Works fine in Jaguar. A bit expensive for this kind of trick.
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| Sep 24 2003 |
ZABERGAMMAGAU Still does work with Panther
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| Sep 24 2003 |
ANONYMOUS Anybody try this with 10.3 yet? The previous versions didn't work with Panther...
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| Aug 10 2003 |
AZURA101 After applying icons the restart dialog box appeared, clicked restart, dialog box disappeared but no restart. I restarted on my own and the icons did change but there is a problem somewhere. I purchased this about a year ago and have always thought it worked very well. I would like to see applications added, default apps that come with os would be good. os: 10.2.6
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| May 27 2003 |
JJ You're right, v151 works fine in 10.2.6
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| May 10 2003 |
ANONYMOUS Fun but expensive, we need more features for $13. An older version works fine in 1026. I believe the goal of this new release is to disable pi----- SN. 151 is stable and it never crashed.
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| May 9 2003 |
ANONYMOUS CandyBar is a great, safe way to change the look of your system icons. And folks, please take the time NOT to pirate this software. It's not THAT expensive - geez, go rake someone's yard or babysit for a couple of hours and you'll have enough $$$ to buy it and NOT to steal it.
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| May 9 2003 |
PLASTIC Strange bug in new version. When I hit the APPLY button, the status bar fills about a quarter of the way, then stops abruptly, and nothing in the icon window gets changed. Maybe that's what earlier reports of "useless" refers to. Also, CB should offer slots for Apple-specific program icons like Safari, Mail, iMovie, etc.
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| May 8 2003 |
MAC 1984 Wow...why the negative comments such as "useless?" It was meant to be a program to customize the look of your MAC. To that end it has provided me with a look that I like and can live with. Are people forgetting what the MAC is all about...or do we a generation of MAC users who no longer care?
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| May 8 2003 |
GEDEON MAHEUX Re: Rottweiler; If you think nothing has changed in this release then try running CandyBar 1.5.1 with Mac OS X 10.2.6. Each release of the OS needs to have an updated version of CandyBar in case Apple decides to move icon resources around. If you want the program to be as safe to use as possible, then these point updates shouldn't surprise you. And to Buud, please don't post a negative review and then not offer reasons why. Simply stating "Its useless" is unfair and is hardly helpful.
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| May 8 2003 |
ROTTWEILER The only new thing about this update is that pirated 1.5 serial numbers no longer works. Other than that, nothing's changed!
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| May 8 2003 |
BUUD I have it & it is useless!
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| Mar 4 2003 |
ANONYMOUS Very slick and works exactly as advertised. However, this is worth only $5-$7 for what it does, similar to what Unsanity charges for its simpler haxies. Don't pay $13 for this.
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| Feb 5 2003 |
FREEFROG Like a Butterfinger, but without the cavities. Very cool tool just got better.
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| Aug 31 2002 |
JOE G. WEISENHURST Features: none too many. No extra garbage. Ease of Use: could be more streamlined, with automatic parsing of entire folders to appropriate icons, but "Drag & Drop" doesn't get much easier. Value: $13 for an icon swap? That I could do manually? Granted this is quite a bit quicker, but it still requires a restart. Not quite magic enough for $13. Stability: didn't crash once the entire one time I used it.
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