The Windows desktop is iconic. Some of the backgrounds, the green rolling hills featured in Windows XP, have even become a bit of a meme. However, I do one thing very differently: I have completely ...

You can change nearly any desktop icon on both Mac and PC. To change desktop icons on a Mac, open the "Get Info" menu and paste in the picture you want to use. On a PC you'll need to make a .ICO file, ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. If you're tired of how your Mac desktop looks, ...

While we all love to keep icons and files on the Desktop for quick access, it results in too much clutter. As Windows changed, it allowed you to hide the desktop icons, so everything looked cleaner.

If you see desktop or taskbar icons overlapping on Windows 11, the issue may happen accidentally, there may be a buggy Windows update, an altered screen resolution, or a third-party app conflict that ...

Designer and app icon connoisseur Michael Flarup is celebrating the Mac, desktop icons, and the designers who make them with a new project called The macOS App Icon Book. What will ultimately be a ...