LiteIcon by FreeMacSoftware: Pimp My Folders!

LiteIcon by FreeMacSoftaware.net, is an easy-to-use app to change the system folders. Did I mention its free?

I wouldn’t normally go for pimping my desktop but I happen to be reading DesignSponge’s Blog and found a desktop wallpaper I couldn’t live without.

The problem is that my desktop folders blend into the background now and, even after changing the label colors on the folders, its still all a little too much. Trying to find anything in any app using the Open> window would just make the use of label colors maddening. Not the right answer.

There are clear and concise instructions online for changing folder icons but I wanted to change the system icons so that, by default, my folders would be some eye catching color.

The 12 mg DMG for LIteIcon is available for download onFreeMacSoftware’s website. The installation is a very straight-forward drag-and-drop and the interface is self-explanatory. (See imgs in slideshow)

The process is really too simple to explain. Just drag and drop. I happen to download icns files from the Icon Archive but I assume that pngs will work as well.

It took some experimenting before I figured out which folder to change. Thank goodness it is so easy to revert to the mac system default. So easy , in fact, that i can experiment with various choices without REALLY wasting too much time….

My final choices: