Appearance folder

The Appearance folder was introduced to the System Folder of the Classic Mac OS beginning as of Mac OS 8.5. It lies on the root level of the System Folder.

The Appearance folder containst three subfolders, housing the components of a theme:


 * Desktop pictures: These are images that serve as the backdrop to the desktop (desktop pictures)
 * Sound sets: These are sounds that play when the user opens a window, drags the title bar, clicks buttons, etc.
 * Theme files: These are desktop picture/accent colour combinatins that appear as Themes choices in the Appearance control panel (Mac OS 8.5 and later)