IconLover is an educational and reference application designed to help users create and manage their own custom icons. It provides an intuitive interface for editing and manipulating icons with various tools that allow users to customize the look and feel of their icons. The application also includes a library of thousands of pre-made icons which can be used as a starting point for custom designs. IconLover also offers tutorials and tips to help users get the most out of the application.
The last discontinued version was released in January 2009.
Discontinued See note on the website: "Since we are not sure about the long-term future of changing the system icons, we are not comfortable charging money for CandyBar, and we are also not comfortable simply making it go away, so instead, we are going to make the current CandyBar free, but not compatible." https://panic.com/blog/candybar-mountain-lion-and-beyond/
Discontinued The official website is no longer available.
Discontinued The program is no longer updated. The latest version, 2.5, released in September 2008, can still be downloaded from the official website.
It is simply the Gold-Standard in icon management. Even Microsoft recommended it when deluxe icons were introduced with Windows XP.