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Puzuris 04-22-2007 05:06 AM

How to change an icon in MacOSX 10.4
 
Hi! I am new to mac and I want to change some (not all) icons in Mac OS X. How can I do that?

solipsism 04-22-2007 09:55 AM

1a) If you are copying the icon from another file/folder/app then Option Click the the icon and choose Get Info. Now click the icon--a faint blue shadow will appear around it--and click Command+C.

1b) If you are copying a pic, just copy the pic to the clipboard.

2) Then go to the recipient file/folder/app, choose Get Info, highlight the icon and Command+V.




If you want to change the icon of a file extension association then I can't help you. That feat is somewhat more difficult.

AHunter3 04-22-2007 12:24 PM

That should be ⌘-C and ⌘-V, not Control-C and Control-V.

Puzuris 04-22-2007 12:59 PM

About default icons
 
Thanks, but the problem is that I can't change back to default icons, because I can't find icon's directory. Do You know where are they hiding?

solipsism 04-22-2007 01:47 PM

That is easy. Just do a Spotlight search for icns.

solipsism 04-22-2007 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AHunter3 (Post 373887)
That should be ?-C and ?-V, not Control-C and Control-V.

I corrected my post. Thanks.

How are you able to print the Command symbol? I get a question mark? I've changed from Western ISO, Western Mac and Unicode-8, but the result is the same.

Screengem0531 04-22-2007 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Puzuris (Post 373890)
Thanks, but the problem is that I can't change back to default icons, because I can't find icon's directory. Do You know where are they hiding?

Just get info on the item, highlight its icon, and hit command-x. That will put it back to its default icon.

macosnoob 04-22-2007 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solipsism (Post 373923)
How are you able to print the Command symbol? I get a question mark? I've changed from Western ISO, Western Mac and Unicode-8, but the result is the same.

On this sidebar, I can't speak for AHunter3, but I can say you can generate the Command symbol with "&#8984" followed by a semicolon, which should show up in most browsers as ⌘.


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