Customizing Other Ways

Other third-party developers have come up with some wonderful tools that you can use to do things you currently can't with Mac OS X Panther. Some are free, while others charge a small fee. You can download these utilities at www.downloads.com or other similar Web sites.

Replace Finder Icons

CandyBar is a utility that lets you quickly, easily, and safely change the default icons in Mac OS X. You can customize everything from the look of the Finder toolbar and folders to the Trash can. You can now attach an author's name, e-mail, and URLs to iContainers, a set of icons into a single file. You can even save your current icon scheme to an iContainer to quickly switch among custom-created sets. Candy-Bar is also integrated with ...

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