Personalize the folder icons on your Mac

I am a visual person and like to customize things, and this is how I customize the folder icons on my Mac. I forgot that I made this video a couple of years ago.

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/0lC1feMCKWc?showinfo=0&enablejsapi=1


5 replies

April 20, 2023

 

Image of desktop with customised folders.

Love it. This might well have been the video I used when I was making my desktop custom folder and shortcut icons - so thanks Brian!

April 21, 2023

Quick and easy! Thanks Brian!

June 10, 2023

How fun is this little tip?! Thanks, Brian!

March 06, 2025

Thank you for the video! I also wanted to do that so I made an app to customize folder icons on Mac. Let me know what you think :)

March 08, 2025

Love this, Brian! You learning something every day! Thank you 👏

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