Leopard went on sale October 26th, 2007. Since then, talking about Mac themes has felt a little like talking about seeing unicorns, elves, and a beautiful mythical land where you could change the colors of your environment at will. Well, I’m finally standing in that mythical land again. I haven’t spotted unicorns, but I have been able to change a color or two, courtesy of the first app to hit the market, Magnifique.

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As a fairly proficient OS X user, my usage of Spaces has been binary: often, I don’t even turn it on, but when I do need it, I need complete control over every nook and cranny of each space I get. The lack of such flexibility is one reason I usually just keep it off (but it also depends on the computer at hand; the 20″ iMac in my home office offers plenty of resolution in comparison to my four year-old 15″ PowerBook.) This is where Hyperspaces is interesting: it’s not attempting to be an overhaul of the Spaces feature integrated with Mac OS X, but rather adding simple, useful little features that appeal to control freaks like yours truly.

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In 2002, Panic and the Iconfactory released CandyBar, the first OS X app to bring safe icon customization to Mac users. Now at version 3, this once-tiny app is now an essential tool for anyone interested in giving their Mac a facelift. So to celebrate five years of CandyBar- and four years of MacThemes- we are proud to present a special insider dedicated to one of our favorite Mac applications, the companies behind the solution, as well as the customization world around them.

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