#9
/ November 19, 2009 / 5:10 min.
Pimp your Mac icons with CandyBar
Sure, it's got a cute name but CandyBar is pure pimp. Trick out the attractive but static icons on your Mac to replace stock with sweet. Grab icons from IconFactory and turn your Mac OS X dock and system icons into something a little more personalized, customized and tricked out.
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Download a trial of CandyBar for OS X
and follow along with this pimp
Free trial allows for changing up to 250 icons
$30 to buy the full version
- With Candybar running, go to the CandyBar menu and select Find icons for CandyBar.
- On
IconFactory, search or browse to find the images you want.
- To change an icon using CandyBar, just drag said icon onto the current system icon you want to change.
- To change icons system-wide, grab a icon pack from IconFactory. Select the system in the navigation pane and click on Use These Icons.
- Changing system icons requires a full system restart.
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#22
/ March 11, 2010 / 4:35 min.
Windows 7 comes with some decent screen savers pre-installed. However, it seems you can only use these screen savers the way the Microsofties want you to. Clicking on the Settings button to tweak these screen savers is a recipe for disappointment. Our buddy Vishal of
Tweaking with Vishal fame steps up with a quick fix that'll let you turn your lackadaisical Bubbles screen saver into big rolling balls or doom or your Mystique screen saver into something truly mystifying.
#21
/ March 4, 2010 / 5:24 min.
The
looks a little different that you may be used to. Especially if you wisely sidestepped that whole Vista thing. Sure, it's shiny and purdy, but it's still the factory default and Lucas has no time for factory defaults. In this episode, Lucas pimps out the
Start orb in Windows 7 with a custom logo
pimp.
#20
/ February 25, 2010 / 6:07 min.
Gadgets
were a must-have in
Windows Vista
... and not in a good way; you had gadgets in your sidebar and unless you went to the effort of getting rid of them, you were stuck with them. Now that gadgets are optional in
Windows 7, they're much more appealing. Lucas runs down a few of his faves in one of his easiest pimps yet.
#19
/ February 18, 2010 / 5:00 min.
Windows 7 is still pretty new and shiny, even with the factory default settings. However, we're not interested in factory defaults. Lucas demos how to pimp out your
Windows 7 login screen
with a little regedit hacking. In this case, pimpin' may not be easy per se, but it's worth the effort.
#18
/ February 11, 2010 / 6:13 min.
While
Windows 7 is looking newer and shinier than its computing cohorts, it's still in dire need of a little personalization. Redmond's latest actually has its nose open and doesn't require any third-party software, any hoop jumpery or skullduggery to enact your pimpery.
Creating a custom theme in Windows 7
is so easy, it wouldn't be worth doing if the end product didn't look so sweet.
#17
/ February 4, 2010 / 5:00 min.
With the switch to Windows 7, Lucas finds the Microsofties have removed
DreamScene. Sure, the slideshow desktop in Windows 7 is nice, but it's not the active, full motion desktop that DreamScene offered up in Windows Vista. As Lucas discovers, nothing makes you want something more than when someone threatens to take it away.
#16
/ January 28, 2010 / 4:34 min.
Until the Microsoft sees their way clear to add a
dock into Windows
, Lucas is forced to take matters into his own hands. Mac users can be so pious with their aluminum-clad MacBooks, their as yet largely virus free OS and Docks. Lucas silences them (well, on the last point at least) by
bringing some hot dock action to Windows 7
.
#15
/ January 21, 2010 / 5:00 min.
Lucas lays his pimp hand on
Internet Explorer 8 to check out some
cool add-ons
for the everyman. Now, Firefox is our browser of choice but the force is unusually strong with Internet Explorer. It's still the browser of choice for the majority of PC users... even our resident Pimp is thinking about making the switch.
#13
/ December 31, 2009 / 9:03 min.
Lucas is sleeved out with Star Wars tatoos, making him look a bit like an enforcer in some kind of sci-fi Yakuza. Carrying around a decidedly factory default-looking laptop is not befitting a man who clearly holds customization near to his heart.
about Pimp my PC
Lucas Cochran helps you
customize, personalize and trick out that boring beige box PC
. With everything from theme packs, cold cathode lighting, case mods, skins, stickers, markers, paint and just about anything you can imagine, Lucas makes your erstwhile weak PC into something you'll want to show off at a LAN party.
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