All about icon conversion

Written by Vivian in Tutorials Mac

Most used file extensions on Mac are icns files, png files and icon files (empty folders). Why these different extensions? It depends of what you want to do and which way you use to change your icons. When it comes to free release, some designers include these different icon files while others only include one (maybe two) file extension. You can [...]

Create your own Dock for Mac

Written by Vivian in Tutorials Mac

To make your own dock for Mac, is not a complicated thing at all, if you have some basic notions of digital design ; and if you don’t, you can even mix & match several elements from different Docks. First, let’s dig into the Dock and list the files that compose it (you will find the pixel size in the parenthesis) [...]

Snow Leopard Stacks

Written by Chris Weiss (hotiron) in Tips and tricks Tutorials Mac

Most of us loved Leopard’s stack feature but the defaults were not very pretty.  Snow Leopard’s recent release has improved stack functionality slightly but they are still visually lacking.  You will find a great tutorial on the basics of creating Leopard stack icons here on Iconpaper so this tutorial will look at a few new tricks on Snow Leopard.  [...]

Using Open Folder Icons

Written by Chris Weiss (hotiron) in Tips and tricks Tutorials Mac

Want to know how to change that pesky open folder? We all know applying themed resources is a good way to customize the Leopard or Snow Leopard user interface. But there are other small tweaks you can do that also add up to a smooth looking custom desktop. I just discovered a new customization for my favorite Mac file manager, [...]