How to Install Icon Sets for a Mac OS X
Mac OS X comes with a matching set of basic icons. Icons are the images that appear with an application, folder or file. For those who want something beyond the basic icon set in OS X, there are third-party applications that offer the ability to customize and install a wide variety of icon sets. Applications like Candybar work easily with Macintosh computers, and allow users to install new icon sets that change the appearance of the Finder and the Dock.
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Instructions
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Purchase and install a Mac icon management program like Candybar (see Resources below). Launch it by double-clicking on the icon in the "Applications" folder.
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Go to the "File" menu and select "Import." Choose to save the icon set either as an iContainer file or a folder of icons. Select the file or folder in the browser window, and select "Open."
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Install each icon in the set by locating the icon you want to use and dragging it to the icon you want to replace. Once you have finished making changes, press the "Apply Icons" button at the upper right corner of the window. Enter an administrator user name and password in the on-screen prompt.
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Relaunch the Finder to view the new icon set.
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