I'm kind of stumped here... I usually customize all my icons. My method is to just go into the Finder.app and replace the icon with my own, and go into dock.app and replace both .png's with my own. For some reason this is not working in Mavericks, it's getting the icon from somewhere else. I've even tried delete both png's and Finder.icns completely to see if it would give me the default generic application icon, but it still uses the default no matter what I do. I double and triple checked spelling, capitals, etc. I've also tried setting permissions and ownership manually through the terminal and repairing disk permissions. What icon is it referencing?
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How do I change the Finder icon in Mavericks?
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1, go to Mac HD
2, System
3, Library
4, Core Services
5, Right Click Dock, show package contents, contents, resources
6, Place your own finder .png's here (finder.png and finder@x2.png)
7, Open terminal type "killall Dock"
8, Done
PS. Do the same for Trash icons
2, System
3, Library
4, Core Services
5, Right Click Dock, show package contents, contents, resources
6, Place your own finder .png's here (finder.png and finder@x2.png)
7, Open terminal type "killall Dock"
8, Done
PS. Do the same for Trash icons
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Yes, I replaced them. I'm going to replace the dock.app with the original from the installer and try again. What's weird is that I have TotalFinder set to show the original dock icon and it shows the correct Icon when I do that. So I wouldn't care about the normal Finder icon except that it shows when I log in before TotalFinder starts.
TotalFinder may be the problem. I don't have that installed and followed the above steps and it worked for me.
PS. if after "killall Dock" doesn't work restart. i seem to remember on the DP's i had the same problem.
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Yeah I restarted several times. What's weird is that I suspected total finder so I uninstalled it, but it's still getting the icon from somewhere.
Thanks. Here's a fresher looking dock. Ive PM'd you some details
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That looks great! I've found a bunch of good iOS7-style icons on DevART but can't find that Lightroom icon anywhere. You wouldn't happen to have a link, would you? Also, how did you get the empty spaces in your dock? I'd love to organize mine a bit (system/media/CC/etc, like you've got yours) ... Actually I sent you a PM just now but I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like more info
That looks great! I've found a bunch of good iOS7-style icons on DevART but can't find that Lightroom icon anywhere. You wouldn't happen to have a link, would you? Also, how did you get the empty spaces in your dock? I'd love to organize mine a bit (system/media/CC/etc, like you've got yours) ... Actually I sent you a PM just now but I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like more info
http://lifehacker.com/5993307/easily-add-spacers-to-your-macs-dock
http://maxa11an.deviantart.com/art/iOS-7-Adobe-Icon-Set-png-and-icns-401165296
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You can use Onyx, a popular app for tweaking settings, to add spaces to the Dock as an alternative. It hasn't been updated for Mavericks yet, but it may still work.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/downloadonyx.php
EDIT: Nevermind, just tried running it. It doesn't even let you run it, saying OS X 10.8 is required... Don't remember that happening with earlier versions. Maybe that was because they had beta versions available those times. It's unfortunate there's no beta version this time.
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I am having same problem can't get the finder or the trash to change i have checked and and the new icons are showing in all the files but on the dock they remain the same i have mated to change all my other icons any ideas
Have you tried a cold boot? Restarting did not work for me, I had to shut down completely first. No idea why.
I am having same problem can't get the finder or the trash to change i have checked and and the new icons are showing in all the files but on the dock they remain the same i have mated to change all my other icons any ideas
Yes have switched off three times now no luck will keep trying must be something simple i am missing
Used this http://css-tricks.com/snippets/html/add-spaces-to-dock-in-os-x/
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I am having same problem can't get the finder or the trash to change i have checked and and the new icons are showing in all the files but on the dock they remain the same i have mated to change all my other icons any ideas
Do it as i posted in the second comment on this thread. Worked for me
For you guys still having trouble even after a cold boot, check ownership and permissions:
both finder icons should say -rw-r--r-- for permissions and root wheel for ownership. honestly this shouldn't matter but I made sure that mine were correct, I don't know if it made a difference but my finder icon is working as it should.
I don't know why changing system icons is so difficult in 10.9, it seems to be a trial and error process...
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cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources && ls -l | grep finderI don't know why changing system icons is so difficult in 10.9, it seems to be a trial and error process...
Used this http://css-tricks.com/snippets/html/add-spaces-to-dock-in-os-x/
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Do it as i posted in the second comment on this thread. Worked for me
That looks like the same code that I tried yesterday and that does not work on Mavericks.
Duhhhhhh... I probably forgot to restart the dock... finally some space. Thank you.