Anybody got an Alum iMac icon with *Leopard* desktop? [Archive]

RumMunkey

Nov 5, 2007, 05:37 PM

Hey, I'm trying to find a replacement desktop icon for my Aluminum iMac.

I have no problem finding some very decent icons of the iMac, but they all have the blue Tiger wallpaper.

I was hoping to find something with the Leopard "Cosmos" wallpaper.

Anybody got one they'd like to share?

Me1000

Nov 5, 2007, 06:08 PM

likewise a white macbook icon would be great too! :)

stellarceltic

Nov 5, 2007, 07:46 PM

Which is the "Cosmos" wallpaper? The default black/purple?

kkat69

Nov 5, 2007, 07:55 PM

Quillz

Nov 5, 2007, 08:20 PM

Taken right from the Leopard OS itself:

http://www.theehlebrachts.com/DockIndicators/Home_files/HDicon.png
That iMac icon is in Leopard itself? How do I extract it so I can use it as a normal .icns file?

kkat69

Nov 5, 2007, 08:35 PM

That iMac icon is in Leopard itself? How do I extract it so I can use it as a normal .icns file?

Go into System\Library\CoreServices\CoreTypes.bundle (show contents)

and you'll see a lot of 512/512 icons and if you open one you'll see (in preview) all the size icons then just nab the one you want.

http://www.theehlebrachts.com/DockIndicators/Home_files/icons.png

stellarceltic

Nov 5, 2007, 08:36 PM

Here you go guys. I couldn't find a program to convert PNG to ICNS. Let me know if you find a good one.

MSD401

Nov 5, 2007, 08:53 PM

Here you go guys. I couldn't find a program to convert PNG to ICNS. Let me know if you find a good one.

any chance of a MBP icon ...

stellarceltic

Nov 5, 2007, 08:54 PM

any chance of a MBP icon ...

Sure boss. Default Leopard wallpaper?

wakerider017

Nov 5, 2007, 08:59 PM

Here you go guys. I couldn't find a program to convert PNG to ICNS. Let me know if you find a good one.

Photoshop has a plugin you can download out there...

stellarceltic

Nov 5, 2007, 09:02 PM

Photoshop has a plugin you can download out there...

If you could find it... I would be eternally grateful...

stellarceltic

Nov 5, 2007, 09:08 PM

any chance of a MBP icon ...

Here's the default wallpaper...

Roy Hobbs

Nov 5, 2007, 09:18 PM

Here you go guys. I couldn't find a program to convert PNG to ICNS. Let me know if you find a good one.

White iMac please, COre2Duo with iSight 20inch

THanks

wakerider017

Nov 5, 2007, 09:25 PM

If you could find it... I would be eternally grateful...

There was a link on this page... But the website is messed up right now...

http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/

stellarceltic

Nov 5, 2007, 09:34 PM

White iMac please, COre2Duo with iSight 20inch

THanks

Here you go

mmendoza27

Nov 5, 2007, 10:47 PM

Quillz

Nov 5, 2007, 10:55 PM

Go into System\Library\CoreServices\CoreTypes.bundle (show contents)

and you'll see a lot of 512/512 icons and if you open one you'll see (in preview) all the size icons then just nab the one you want.

http://www.theehlebrachts.com/DockIndicators/Home_files/icons.png
Cool, thanks. I'm surprised they didn't use the new Leopard wallpaper by default, though.

erkanasu

Nov 5, 2007, 11:35 PM

Could we please get a Black Macbook one?!?! :)

haiggy

Nov 6, 2007, 12:19 AM

Here's the default wallpaper...

Any chance to get higher quality versions? thanks a lot btw

stewacide

Nov 6, 2007, 12:49 AM

strange that the new 'desktop' icon (as seen in the Finder sidebar, although very tiny there) does show the Aurora background (and also the new-style Dock)

stellarceltic

Nov 6, 2007, 05:08 AM

Any chance to get higher quality versions? thanks a lot btw

The program I've been using to convert the ICNS to PNG seems to max out at 128x128. If you can either find the high quality PNG or a better program, I can help you out.

RumMunkey

Nov 6, 2007, 07:41 AM

Thank you SO MUCH! These are great for starters. When the iMac gets here and I have some time I'll see what I can do about extracting the 500 pixel icon and changing the wallpaper to the new default.

In the meantime here's a great little app to convert PNGs to ICNS: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9477/iconverter

23am

Nov 6, 2007, 08:10 AM

I think it's really cool that each computer model has an own icon. :):)

cornerdealy

Nov 6, 2007, 08:36 AM

maybe I'm stupid, but how do you apply these icons? I try the get info way, but it just shows the .icns file

RumMunkey

Nov 6, 2007, 10:58 AM

maybe I'm stupid, but how do you apply these icons? I try the get info way, but it just shows the .icns file

Right-click on your "Macintosh HD" (or whatever you've renamed it) and take "Get Info". Leave this wondow open and we'll come back to it in a sec.

Do the right-click / get info thing on your "whatever.icns" file as well.

On the "Get Info" window of the icon you want to set as the new one click the little preview immediately to the left of the file name. Click it just once and look closely for the blue halo that surrounds it. It might be hard to see.

Here's a pic to help:
http://myskitch.com/scottcoates/powerbook_g4_info-20071106-120036.jpg

So, you're clicking that little preview-icon where my cursor is, right? OK...

When it's selected, cmd+c. This copies the icon to your clipboard.

Now, back in the Get Info window for the Mac HD, click once to highlight (blue halo looking thing) the icon in the same place.

Now cmd+v. It will paste the icon you copied.

Close both windows. You now have a single custom icon.

There are apps, btw to replace ALL icons, but me I just want the HD icon to look like, you know... the computer it's on. ;)

cornerdealy

Nov 6, 2007, 11:21 AM

Right-click on your "Macintosh HD" (or whatever you've renamed it) and take "Get Info". Leave this wondow open and we'll come back to it in a sec.

Do the right-click / get info thing on your "whatever.icns" file as well.

On the "Get Info" window of the icon you want to set as the new one click the little preview immediately to the left of the file name. Click it just once and look closely for the blue halo that surrounds it. It might be hard to see.

Here's a pic to help:
http://myskitch.com/scottcoates/powerbook_g4_info-20071106-120036.jpg

So, you're clicking that little preview-icon where my cursor is, right? OK...

When it's selected, cmd+c. This copies the icon to your clipboard.

Now, back in the Get Info window for the Mac HD, click once to highlight (blue halo looking thing) the icon in the same place.

Now cmd+v. It will paste the icon you copied.

Close both windows. You now have a single custom icon.

There are apps, btw to replace ALL icons, but me I just want the HD icon to look like, you know... the computer it's on. ;)

Thanks, but I know how to do this. Here's the problem, when I do the get info on the .icns file I want, it does not show the little image of the file, it shows this:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/1891259564_0ea8ed0e30_o.png

RumMunkey

Nov 6, 2007, 11:40 AM

Oh! Weird. Maybe open her up in Preview first?

If not, try the app I linked to and convert it (even though it's already converted, maybe that will fix something).

Beyond that I'm lost. Sorry.

Me1000

Nov 6, 2007, 11:46 AM

Here you go guys. I couldn't find a program to convert PNG to ICNS. Let me know if you find a good one.

Thank you,

i used Pic2Icon to convert it,
http://osxiconeditor.phatcode.net/Pic2Icon.html

cornerdealy

Nov 6, 2007, 12:04 PM

ok, i got it.

What I did was opened it up in preview, then hit edit > Select all, then copy.

Then i pasted it and it worked.

compuguy1088

Nov 6, 2007, 12:07 PM

ok, i got it.

What I did was opened it up in preview, then hit edit > Select all, then copy.

Then i pasted it and it worked.

Didn't work for me....

tyr2

Nov 6, 2007, 12:44 PM

Didn't work for me....

Try clicking on the icon on the left hand pane of the Preview then doing 'select all', it worked for me.

Zawamura

Nov 6, 2007, 12:57 PM

I did this on my old Tiger MacBook Pro... but I'm wondering, when you replace the original HD icon, where does that reside? For instance, if I were to replace the HD icon right now, what if I wanted to put it back to normal?

cmd + i on the disk that you wanna revert the icon to default on. Single click the icon that i at the top of the info windows, and press cmd + x

Quillz

Nov 6, 2007, 01:55 PM

Is there some reason why I can't replace my "Macintosh HD" icon? I'm doing it like everyone says, and it doesn't work. Is it because the hard drive is being used right now? Is there some kind of Terminal command that lets me do this?

Mindflux

Nov 6, 2007, 02:03 PM

There are apps, btw to replace ALL icons, but me I just want the HD icon to look like, you know... the computer it's on. ;)

In case you forget what that big ass screen you are staring at is?

compuguy1088

Nov 6, 2007, 03:04 PM

Try clicking on the icon on the left hand pane of the Preview then doing 'select all', it worked for me.

Still doesn't work. Leopard for some reason will not let me change my icon for the drive. cmd+v doesnt work, though for other icons, it does work.

powerbookje

Nov 6, 2007, 03:19 PM

Do you use an admin account? You need admin rights in 10.4 to change the icon of your HD

comptr

Nov 6, 2007, 10:03 PM

thanks :D;):cool:

Quillz

Nov 6, 2007, 11:44 PM

Do you use an admin account? You need admin rights in 10.4 to change the icon of your HD
I'm using my account. Is there some way I can run sudo in Terminal and change the icons?

todd2000

Nov 6, 2007, 11:54 PM

Go into System\Library\CoreServices\CoreTypes.bundle (show contents)

and you'll see a lot of 512/512 icons and if you open one you'll see (in preview) all the size icons then just nab the one you want.

Awesome, never knew those were there. Why are they there when they don't even use them for anything? They even have a bunch of OS9 looking icons and stuff.

chatoyer

Nov 7, 2007, 12:24 AM

No method mentioned in this thread working here either on Leopard.

powerbookje

Nov 7, 2007, 12:56 AM

I'm using my account. Is there some way I can run sudo in Terminal and change the icons?

I don't think so, you have to login using the GUI as an administrator

Quillz

Nov 7, 2007, 12:57 AM

I don't think so, you have to login using the GUI as an administrator
Yup, this did it. I had to login as "root." Shame, really, I have to go to all that trouble just to change an icon. Whenever you need admin access, they should just prompt for that "Authenticate" window.

rogersmj

Nov 7, 2007, 08:30 AM

I used to do the copy-paste trick in Tiger to replace the hard drive icon, but it's not working that way in Leopard (as others above have indicated). There's no way around this other than logging into the UI as root?

powerbookje

Nov 7, 2007, 08:32 AM

you don't need to be root, admin account is enough (the first account created after installing OS X)

rogersmj

Nov 7, 2007, 08:37 AM

you don't need to be root, admin account is enough (the first account created after installing OS X)

I am an admin. It doesn't work.

compuguy1088

Nov 7, 2007, 09:03 AM

I am an admin. It doesn't work.

Same here, I am admin, it doesn't work....

pscoble

Nov 7, 2007, 09:31 AM

Go into System\Library\CoreServices\CoreTypes.bundle (show contents)

and you'll see a lot of 512/512 icons and if you open one you'll see (in preview) all the size icons then just nab the one you want.

http://www.theehlebrachts.com/DockIndicators/Home_files/icons.png

Well I got to preview but I cant use my normal copy and paste method to get them where I want (HD icon) can anyone tell me how to do this correctly?

jayhawk11

Nov 7, 2007, 02:00 PM

pscoble, are you using iConvertor to make the icons? You can't paste a .png file to use as your icon.

I had some trouble using the program at first, but you have to make sure that you are clicking "Use File Contents" in the source file section of the box. If done correctly, you will see a preview of the icon in the window to the right of the program box. If not, you will just see the standard .PNG file icon.

If you've verified the file is a .icns, then the method of copy and pasting with the blue halo around the icon should work just fine.

vansouza

Nov 7, 2007, 02:50 PM

Right-click on your "Macintosh HD" (or whatever you've renamed it) and take "Get Info". Leave this wondow open and we'll come back to it in a sec.

Do the right-click / get info thing on your "whatever.icns" file as well.

On the "Get Info" window of the icon you want to set as the new one click the little preview immediately to the left of the file name. Click it just once and look closely for the blue halo that surrounds it. It might be hard to see.

Here's a pic to help:
http://myskitch.com/scottcoates/powerbook_g4_info-20071106-120036.jpg

So, you're clicking that little preview-icon where my cursor is, right? OK...

When it's selected, cmd+c. This copies the icon to your clipboard.

Now, back in the Get Info window for the Mac HD, click once to highlight (blue halo looking thing) the icon in the same place.

Now cmd+v. It will paste the icon you copied.

Close both windows. You now have a single custom icon.

There are apps, btw to replace ALL icons, but me I just want the HD icon to look like, you know... the computer it's on. ;)

Where your arrow cursor is I just have a preview program icon and not the picture of the iMac. All icons that I open show the same TIFF picture and not the picture of the icon itself... help