Leopard - Change Default Icon

Posted by Wendy

I've found several interesting icons, but how can I change all icons in just one shot?

Preview Tutorial - Embed Icon into Stack Drawer

Posted by Wendy

It's Something Like This..

You Only Need Preview..

The drawer above can be easily made with only your Mac OS X Leopard little humble Preview.

Fluid - Convert Web into Applications

Posted by Wendy

Everyday in your working days, you probably need to check all the same e-mail, news, website or maybe favorite blog site. You should try using Fluid.

Distinguishable Icons

With Fluid, you can convert all of them into each separate applications, which are easily distinguishable. And you will find that you won't need to cycle all your opened web browser tabs in order to find particular site. The icon is customizable and you can put it on your Dock.

Easiest Way to Grab Icon

Posted by Wendy

There are many funny things that you can find out from icons, especially Leopard icons which come in huge size (you can see the stories here and here).

It will be nice if we can get the png version of those icons. Of course, the icons is stored somewhere inside your Mac OS X Leopard HD, it's like Mac HD ▸ Application ▸ ... ▸ Contents ▸ Resources.

But hey, it's time wasting. Why don't we just use IconGrabber, a freeware to extract out those icons into image?

Leopard - Story of Icons

Posted by Wendy

Keynote : The Bitch of Living

It will be hard to see what is the text on the podium. However, Ken Drake brilliantly decoded it.

Here is the decoding result :

God, I dreamed there was an angel Who could hear me through the wall As I cried out-like, in Latin "This is so not life at all Help me out-out-of this nightmare" Then I heard her silver call- She said: "Just give it time, kid I come to one and all"

She said: "Give me that hand, please And the itch you can't control Let me teach you how to handle All the sadness in your soul Oh, we'll work that silver magic Then we'll aim it at the wall" She said: "Love may make you blind kid- But I wouldn't mind at all"

It's the bitch of living (Bitch, just a bitch) With nothing but your hand (Just a bitch, yeah) Just the bitch of living As someone you can't stand See, each night, it's like fantastic- Tossing, turning, without rest

Leopard - Ready to Coverflow Icons

Posted by Wendy

Are you looking for free distribution of icons which are Leopard cover flow compatible?

Check out these icons submitted by people on Apple Official website. I've brought forward some of them that are compatible for your Leopard Coverflow (huge) icons.

Death Proof

Pork Chop Express

Create Icon Tricks in Mac OS X

Posted by Wendy

Recently the spirit of iconmaker fill my whole mind, then I think, "Maybe it will be nice if I can create my own icons". Therefore, I searching around and this web come up, entitled : "How to Make Mac Icons".

Then, I happily follow step by step. However, I don't meet satisfying result. The result I got only can copy the icon to my TextEdit, like this..

Of course I didn't give up easily and finally I found this very easy way to convert all kind of images to Mac icons, i.e. icns extension.

Thanks to Shiny Frog for its useful knowledge shared with us.

Curious what are those steps?

40 Mac Icon Pools You Must Know

Posted by Wendy

Application is evolving..

Start from messenger..

Spread to browsers effects..

Quick Icon Tips: Throw the Old, Meet the New

Posted by Wendy

Whenever the icon worsen the mood, don't hesitate, change it. It just a few steps away to change the icon.

• Choose the desired icon substitute
• Click on the icon and see the icon is being highlighted
• Copy the icon as in copying text using C
• Then open the annoying icon info menu that wanted to be changed, shortcut to info menu is I
• Click on the icon and copy the substitute icon

The workflow can be seen below

Unlimited Icon Storage, RapidoStart

Posted by Wendy

What a rescue, RapidoStart can store as much as launching icon preferred instead of limited Dock storage. After experiencing RapidoStart, it's fully recommended to drop as many as icons instead of dropping them one by one.

Creating Icon with Least Effort

Posted by Wendy

Every Mac user should know how time spending to make an alias of Application to drop into Dock; have to dig from a layers of folders, drag it out, and then move it to the Dock. Fortunately, there is a very efficient way of doing this, using QuickSilver. Besides making alias, opening URL using this trick can also be done easily without waiting for web browser default address to load.

• Invoke QuickSilver; this can be done by either using keyboard shortcut Space or clicking the QuickSilver icon that located inside the Dock (if any).
• Type the targeted Application or file or maybe opening URL
• Drag the icon seen in QuickSilver and drop it to your Dock or maybe Desktop also can. The good thing is that after performing this drag and drop, the QuickSilver still there.

Dropping the world into Fire

Releasing Fish into Pool

Smooth Drag and Rough Drag

Posted by Wendy

Icons can be dragged anywhere on the Dock. There are two types of dragging, smooth dragging and rough dragging, and various types of usage with respect to the dragging style.

Smooth drag is usual way of dragging, and no need extra effort to drag into the dock, e.g. pressing additional key while dragging. However, the action must be performed in a correct way. The right files must be dragged into the right Application (or to the Trash, maybe?).

For example, dragging image file to open in Photoshop

Icon - Smart on Dock

Posted by Wendy

Certain icon has certain specialty of their field. What I want to discuss here is the unbeatable features of application icons that lay inside your Dock. Curious?

Find the Origin

It's just like our mouse acts as a detective. click on your icon, then it will return the exact location of that icon. However, the icon have to live inside your Dock.

This finder window opened when I perform this action on the "System Preference" icon on my Dock.

Dock - Adding Icons with Dockables

Posted by Wendy

These are not regular icons.

These icons can help you do these things :

• Close All Applications
• Hide All Applications
• Restart Your Mac
• Display Sleep
• Eject the CD-ROM / DVD-ROM
• Log Out
• Capture Screen
• Put Your Mac into Sleep
• Empty Trash
• Mute Sound
• Shut Down
• Start Screen Saver

Now, doing those things is just a click away to your dock. It’s very useful, isn’t it?

Dockables also has three themes for you to choose : Regular, Colour, and Tangerine.

Download Dockables here

Got Messy Icons - Arrange Them

Posted by Wendy

I do no like my environment looks untidy. I even do not like my Mac icons' or files' arrangement looks messy.

I think you also hate that arrangement. After few days observation with my Mac, I found out that Mac can help us arrange our icons or files.