What is Icon Machine?
Icon Machine is an icon editor- it lets you customize the icons of items in the Finder. To edit the icon of an item, just drag it onto the Icon Machine icon in the Finder, and Icon Machine will open a window in which you can edit the icon. When you're done, use the Save command to apply your new icon. And there you are.
Also, Icon Machine is shareware. A paltry 25 bucks. If you decide you like the program and want to continue to use it, please pay for it as described at the end of this file. If you don't think it's worth $25, just delete it from your hard disk and wait around for the next version. For more information on how and why to pay, see the Shareware and Registration section.
Why is Icon Machine?
When I first started using System 7 and saw how you could customize icons by pasting them in the Finder's Get Info windows, I immediately said, "Hey, what we need is an icon editor!" And the idea of Icon Machine was born, and has been evolving ever since. Other people have made icon editors too, and I have tried out as many as I could get my hands on (because if I found one I liked enough it would save me a lot of trouble!) but I was never quite satisfied. If you want a thing done right....
How is Icon Machine?
Well, I think it's pretty cool. I tried to make it as useful and usable as possible, and as a part of that I have included extensive support for Macintosh Drag and Drop. A lot of ideas have come and gone, many of which are reserved for upcoming versions of this program. If you have any comments or suggestions, I would be overjoyed to hear them. Really.
Legal stuff
Icon Machine is copyright © 1997-2002 by David Catmull. It also makes use of the ACCELA library, also © 2002 by David Catmull and distributed under the BSD open source licence. Source code is available from the ACCELA home page. The following is the standard BSD disclaimer:
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.