FolderTeint is an application for the mac written by Thomas Zoechling and does one thing: changes the appearance of Leopard’s folder icons. FolderTeint is a free application and as its creator suggests, it fixes Leopard’s icons for many users (a visual fix/improvement).

The obvious question is what does FolderTeint do? Well that’s simple, it allows you to change the color of all (or select) folder icons. FolderTeint does this through a simple user interface: select the folders then modify the contrast, saturation, brightness and color of your mac’s folder icons. Once you’re done apply the changes then logout and back in to see your gorgeous new set of icons. FolderTeint does not change the custom image on each icon (like the hammer on Developer), instead it changes the color and tint of the icon.

For those who don’t like Apple’s colorful nature, FolderTeint will defiantly fix Leopard’s folder icons for you if you prefer Graphite instead of Blue for your system appearance setting then download and try FolderTeint. On the other hand, if you prefer a colorful desktop make your icons brighter and more colorful, the ideas are endless. I use FolderTeint to make my icons a dark black.

Because FolderTeint modifies Leopards icons, any application that uses the default icon set in Leopard will be updated, though indirectly, to your new icon color. A great example of this is Apple’s Mail.

More: FolderTeint from Thomas Zoechling.

Below are some screenshots I’ve taken of FolderTeint and the icons it has created.