Step 2: Take the folder or file that you want to change its icon, and click ‘Get Info’ One of my favorite icon sets is Monoliff from the Panic Blog. Step 1: Go and download some icon folders! Suggested place are at InterFACELIFT and. While there are various methods of doing so, I’ll be explaining changing the icon of an item by downloading folders with the icon attatched (so its actually a folder which your are downloading, not a. Surprisingly, lots of people don’t know how to change the icons of folders and documents, so I’ve decided to post a lil’ How To on changing icons 😀