This article shows you how to change the icon of any file or folder on your Mac. Apart from adding a bit of personal style to your desktop, there are good practical reasons why you might want to do so ...

Customizing your desktop icons isn't strictly a time waster. Take, for example, your most-used folders. Custom icons allow you to quickly identify those folders so you can quickly pick them out from ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

From custom mouse cursors to animated desktops, make your Mac your own. MacOS is great in all kinds of ways, but it's far from the most customizable operating system out there. Sure, it's not locked ...

Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2013. Every day (except Sunday) from mid-July until late September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a ...

The Dock is one of the key tools for navigating the macOS interface. But there's more to it than you might realize. Let's ...

I hate the new icons in Mac OS X Yosemite – especially the new red iTunes icon. How do I change icons in Mac OS X Yosemite and (for example) get the original blue iTunes icon back? Icons represent all ...