Folder Icons App Reviews
good
Nice variety of different designs of folders and pics. I just can’t seem to make my own folder using my photo. Hope this app adds new folders.
Good App.
Very helpful, especially when you need to highlight some folders, because all folders are the same style and colour.
Folder Icons 10/10
WoW !!!
I love this app! The only problem I have is sometimes I can’t get it to transfer after I did one folder. I have to close the application to get it to do another folder. Love all the pics that are available. I highly recommend.
I had trouble figuring out how to use it but heres how it worked for me. 1. open the app from your launchpad 2. Click “Folder” in the top left of your screen to the right of your apple icon. 3. click “Select file/folder to change it’s icon” 4. Under favorites select “desktop” and then choose the desktop folder you want to change 5. Click “open” 6. Click on the style folder you like 7. Click the check box in the bottom right hand corner of the folder icons app. Your desktop Folder should now be Awesome!
If you are looking for a quick way to change your Mac Folder icon from boring blue to something fun then Folder Iocns adds 316 folder icons to choose from for only $1 buck. I REALLY wish there was a way to add new images to the folder collection. The manual steps of opening a JPEG in preview, select all and copy, and then doing a get info on a folder and choosing paste into he upper left icon view aren’t listed in the help. The help screen should come up on the apps first launch because the step of dragging your folder to the lower left corner isn’t intuitive. Why can’t you just drag the folder to the folder image you want? The Folder Icon window floats on top and so it blocks you other windows including the finder window, the about window (but not help). If you are looking for a more full featured folder app check out Folder Factory. It doesn’t have the 300 icons, but it has full customizability to let you take any image and turn it into a folder icon. Something this app should look at adding.
Fun and simple
If you want a very simple app to customize your folders this is it. It’s fun to use and works great with Yosemite.
I love the variety of styles and how fun most of the folders are! The ONLY thing that would make this perfect? Is if new folder designs were added! I just can’t get enough of these! I’ve looked at other folder icon apps for my laptop and you end up having to pay a pretty hefty price for not a lot of variety or quality. I wish I hadn’t spent money on any of the other apps because this one ended up being my favorite! Super easy to use! And a fun way to organize your folders!
I like this app. It is really easy. The only thing I wish to be added is more specialty icons. There are many in the library, but there could be some specific (banking, investments, etc) included.
Folder Icons
Works great and easy to use. There are many different folders to select from. Different style folders really help me to find them quickly.
Have been having trouble following the instructions, but am able to use work-arounds to utilize the folder. Perhaps I’m just rusty with new apps, but I keep blowing away old icons that I’ve used for a long time. I may update my review down the road.
I found at first that the instructions were slightly vague. Once I had figured our that they wanted me to put my folder into the black box to recieve its artwork, then things got better. I don’t know if anything was changed from the older versions, I’m using 1.1.8, but perhaps a colored box around the area that I was to drag my folder into and instructions saying something, like drag folder inside red box might have been clearer even if not as graphically appealing in appearence.
Icons!!!
I love this app. The icon variety is awesome and so easy to apply to my folders. Add more work related icons please! I love the Work In Progress, Projects and others. Reports, Action, Forms would be awesome. Thanks!
Aweasome
I have this app for YEARS and still working great!
I really enjoy the God-Centered folders
I am so happy with this app! It really has so many different folder colors and pictures. I am so glad I found it! 🤗
So Easy!
Really easy to use. So helpful in locationg folders
Add some color to your life!
Been using this app to break up the monotony of these boring folder icons by adding some cool skins to them! Recent update (03/2024) expanded the selection of skins to choose from. Not a bad variety of skins w/images for kids, teachers, adults etc that are appropriate for the desktop. A splash of color makes all the difference- Recommended.
This is Great
Glad I founds this.. Folders will never be the same..
Search Function
Great options to customize my home screan, but this app would benefit greatly by including a search option, or at the very least being able to size up the app to view more folders at once.
Doesn't work well with Mac. I
I have purchased this app 2 times. I love the icon choices and it works simply. I used it to apply icons to several folders, then after I close the app it never works again. I contacted the developers twice when I purhased it a year or so again, but no response. I purchased it again and used on most of my folders. I just updated my Mac to 17.1.1 and all the folders reversed to blue again. I tried to make the app work again, but no luck.
Great FOLDER APP
This is a GREAT FOLDER APP, Very easy to use and so many folder designs to choose from. Thanks
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good
USED to Work Well
After the last update, adding my own images no longer as before, instead they now are strtched into squares. Contacted support and received no response.
prefect fit
one of the best icon changers! for folders!
Fun & Easy
I love this little app. Being able to make different folders with simple drag and drop is fantastic. It makes finding what I need much easier!
Overcomplicated
This app is overkill in the number of images it generates and the fussy process necessary to slap a png onto a folder. For 1/5 of the cost Folder Engine does it simpler and faster.
Crashes
Crashes whenever I try and use it. Will ask Apple for refund
Great icons - needs search
The biggest challenge I found is in the UI where I have to scroll through the massive (my opinion) set of icons. It would be nice to search the icon names or tags -- for example, search for icons related to music or books (ebooks)
Easy and Fun
Love using this app. It's very easy to navigate and makes your desktop look great! Only thing I wish is that they had access to even more artwork and photos.
Good tool, when it works
Latest OS update reset folders and when I tried to get it back to what it was, it didn't work. I can however use pre-existing folder designs and drag and drop. If I try by opening files, it doesn't work.
Fun Personalization
Quick & easy to use. Plus you can use your own pictures to paste to folders as well. Excellent product. THANK YOU for making it. I just lowered my Star rating from a 5 to a 4, because I went to make a cute CD with family files in several folders. I wanted to present the CD's to my family with all these cute & silly images on each folder. After I burned the CD I popped it in another computer and all the personalization THIS APP creates was GONE??? Am I doing something wrong? Or does this only work within the Mac Computer you originally have these fun folders made in? Very sad that it remains only personal entertainment to myself on my own computer. I can't share my creations with others. BUMMER other than that it is cool to have but simply for self gratification. If there is a way to actually SHARE my own images I post on the folders with others then I would return my star rating to a 5
Works as "stated", expected a bit more.
It works as "stated" -- it makes changing a folder's icon easy and quick. It also allows you to use your own icon/image/photo to use a folder's icon. Now the downsides: why would I use this program to change a folder's icon with one of my own icons/images/photos when doing so requires more steps than how Mac's built-in Finder allows you to do it already...? (1. Right-click Folder. 2. Select Get Info. 3. Copy-and-Paste image on to folder icon that you see in the pop-up window.) Using the program, I have to navigate to where I have an image, select it, drag it to the Folders Icon program, and then follow the steps for using this program. And very disappointedly, the image I bring in to the Folders Icon library for using, does not stay in the library! So I can not add to the default library. I could live with the limitation of not being able to add icons to the Folders Icon library if I could "change libraries of icons." In other words, select my own icon storage folder from with the Folders Icon program and have it work just as seemlessly as the default library does. Lastly, there are no "filters" to search for a folder in the default library of icons. If all you want to do is to change folder icons to something in the default library and you have the time to scroll through the library any time you want to do so, then it works well. Nice programming in that regard! As it stands, I won't use the program until it develops a bit more and wish I had know the limitations before purchase.
Why Did I Ever Wait?
Having hundreds of folders everywhere on my computer has driven me crazy for years! This simple app is two steps: 1. find a Folder Icon you like 2. Drag your own boring folder into place and you are done!!! The most difficult part of this app is deciding which icon to use. I love it. Jude Hibler
Awesome options but...
I would like to see more stuffs such as Diversity people, art and food such as African and Carribean.
Easy to use
Top part are the icons you can use, scroll to pick the one you want Drag and drop the folder you will like to change Press the check mark all done , easy i like easy , i think it worth the $5
GENIAL!
Mi escritorio está mejor organizado graficamente, y me resulta más facil administrar mis carpetas personalizadas. me resulta más fácil organizar mis archivos
So Easy!!!
OMG!!!! So easy to use...and so many designs to choose for your folders. I can't believe it!!! I am very happy.
Seems to be for children
Icons are well executed but really more for children than adults. Banking, trucks, foods, coins, objects that would relate to adult tastes seem to be lacking. Also - no search to help limit your needed choices - you have to constantly scroll through the images field. I really do not see anything more than a bunch of icons that you need to scroll through to get your target image. So - nice imagery, geared to kids (which is fine if that is what was intended), more needed adult graphics for serious daily needs are recommended.
Could you allow, please?
Hello! I would like to make my folders using my own phots.
Fabulously EASY and efficient
This app makes it so easy to customize folders with both the templates included in the app and personal pictures. AWESOME!
Yes!
So easy and great choices!
great app
I rarely take the time to review but I love how quick and easy this app works. Great job!!
Good Idea, Bad Execution
After years of no-hassle use of Folderol, I switched to Folder Icons. It simply DOES NOT WORK. It seems to operate as described one out of fifteen to twenty times. Definitely stay away.
Love this app!!
This is so easy to use: Select; drag file; click checkmark; done! I once used an app called "Folder Magic", but it was discontinued and I have been looking for a good replacement since. This is it. Thanks. NanaG
Awesome
I've only started using it today but it is super easy to use and they have a lot of folders to chose from. I just wish you could edit the color on the folder if you wanted more variety in color. Also when you have already changed a folder color and you go to change it again it bounces back to the previouse folder color you selected. What is up with that? Besides those 2 things I love it.
Great on Cartalina
Fast, Responsive, and easy!
BadaZz!
Finally, after all these years, I've found an app that changes Mac's folder icons! Simple to use and truly makes your screen come alive! TYVM Devs :)
Cute...a lot of choices...BUT
How do I undo an icon from my folder? I changed my mind on the one I chose, but It will not keep the 2nd option I chose.
GREAT ORGANIZER
This is so easy to use and TONS of adorable optoipms! Love this!
THE BEST
ARE U KIDDING ME THIS IS BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE MILK AND AN EGG CREAM
Nice app with different folder shapes!
I've been looking for a folder icon app to liven up my desktop and all my other folder apps don't work on Catalina. This is the only app I know that can change the shape of the folder along with the icon. Another reviewer was correct...they could use "categories" since there are so many choices. The choices are set icon- and shape-wise, but there are quite a few!
Add Style and Color
Grerat utilty and dirt cheaap price.
Useful & fun
I use this to give my folders a facelift and organize them in a fun way. I find it easy to use and they add new ones on occassion which is refreshing.
Love this little tool
Love the ease of use, and how it helps me stay organized with my folders marked.
Mixed bag
Lots of cool folders in the list, but some limitations to this app as well. (a) icons are low resolution. Try to enlarge the icon to 5 times the typical size and you’ll see a lot of pixelation. Probably does not create a full icn set. (b) Will not work on folders in network volumes despite full permissions in all other regards. Dropping your folder reveals the path which can be a little jarring as you expect to see the folder. That’s a minor quibble which is why I didn’t list that as ©. In other regards, the app seems to perform fine.
Love it!
I am using this app and folders all the time. It makes my desk very unique and organized. I really enjoy this app.
It stopped working
When I first installed it worked great. Now it doesn't work at all and all the color coded files are back to normal..
Cute and fun!
I enjoyed using this app! It was fun to change the folder icons on my computer!
Nice but Slow
Really easy app to use. I really like it but it needs to be updated. Very very slow right now.
Super App!
I absolutely love this app. I love changing how each one of my folders look. The choices are plentiful and so many fun designs to choose from. I recommend this to everyone. Well worth it!
Piece of Junk
I bought this a while ago, and is totally useless. I wrote for support, and no answer. :)