Pref Panes Icon?

Amerpie · 07-24-2003, 07:29 PM

I made a folder of aliases to all my pref panes from:
/Library/PreferencePanes
/System/PreferencePanes
~/Library/PreferencePanes

All of the aliases have the standard blue folder icon. Where can I find the real icons for the pref panes? I looked in the package on some of them. There were some tiff files there but no way that I could see to do the standard cut and paste icon trick.

brontojoris · 07-24-2003, 08:13 PM

Hey that's a cool idea. A quick way to get a particular pref pane heh?

I think you can use Iconographer (Shareware) to open the tiffs and save them as icns files. Apple's Developer tools also come with some Icon making programs.

AKcrab · 07-24-2003, 10:03 PM

I did a ctrl-click on the prefpane and chose 'view package'.
There was a .icns file in the 'resources' portion of the package, which I double-clicked, opening them in preview.
I chose the first one, which was the 128x128 version, and clicked 'copy'.
I then did a get-info on the alias of the prefpane, selected the icon, did a paste, and the alias changed to the prefpane icon.

Is your problem locating the icon, or applying it? I think most of them are going to contain the .icns file in the resources, but not all. For instance, my logitech pref pane had no icon file, but there was a .gif or .tiff that actually worked when I pasted it from preview. I was actually surprised it worked.

Amerpie · 07-24-2003, 10:12 PM

Thanks - both methods worked. I used an app called Pic2Icon to do a few of them.

I was surprised that the paste from preview trick works. it seems to be the easiest way.

Thanks again.

cybergoober · 07-25-2003, 10:48 AM

Wow. Never thought of that. Been using Dockprefs for ages. Even works in Panther.

Amerpie · 07-25-2003, 12:40 PM

Dockprefs is a good app.

I wanted to create the folder of aliases to use with a few other programs, like X-Assist and Dock Launcher. It's also handy to keep in one's Favorites folder.

07-24-2003, 07:29 PM	#1
Amerpie Prospect Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 21	Pref Panes Icon? I made a folder of aliases to all my pref panes from: /Library/PreferencePanes /System/PreferencePanes ~/Library/PreferencePanes All of the aliases have the standard blue folder icon. Where can I find the real icons for the pref panes? I looked in the package on some of them. There were some tiff files there but no way that I could see to do the standard cut and paste icon trick. __________________ No Crybabies

07-24-2003, 10:12 PM	#4
Amerpie Prospect Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 21	Thanks - both methods worked. I used an app called Pic2Icon to do a few of them. I was surprised that the paste from preview trick works. it seems to be the easiest way. Thanks again. __________________ No Crybabies

07-25-2003, 12:40 PM	#6
Amerpie Prospect Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 21	Dockprefs is a good app. I wanted to create the folder of aliases to use with a few other programs, like X-Assist and Dock Launcher. It's also handy to keep in one's Favorites folder. __________________ No Crybabies

07-24-2003, 08:13 PM	#2
brontojoris Triple-A Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 79	Hey that's a cool idea. A quick way to get a particular pref pane heh? I think you can use Iconographer (Shareware) to open the tiffs and save them as icns files. Apple's Developer tools also come with some Icon making programs.

07-24-2003, 10:03 PM	#3
AKcrab MVP Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Wasilla, AK Posts: 1,043	I did a ctrl-click on the prefpane and chose 'view package'. There was a .icns file in the 'resources' portion of the package, which I double-clicked, opening them in preview. I chose the first one, which was the 128x128 version, and clicked 'copy'. I then did a get-info on the alias of the prefpane, selected the icon, did a paste, and the alias changed to the prefpane icon. Is your problem locating the icon, or applying it? I think most of them are going to contain the .icns file in the resources, but not all. For instance, my logitech pref pane had no icon file, but there was a .gif or .tiff that actually worked when I pasted it from preview. I was actually surprised it worked.

07-25-2003, 10:48 AM	#5
cybergoober Triple-A Player Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Newport News, VA U.S.A. Posts: 110	Wow. Never thought of that. Been using Dockprefs for ages. Even works in Panther.