Hi!
I've been searching for the last hour for a way to create a folder which is referencing a system icon for its icon.
I've just made a "git" folder for where I will be checking out my version controlled source for my software project, for which I wish to apply the traditional Developer icon.
I've found the system icons inside of /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/ , and I've managed to drag/drop or cmd+C, cmd+I & cmd+V to replace the icon for the folder. However, this creates a hidden "?icon" file with a copy of the actual icon inside the folder, which takes up roughly 2MB for the developer icon.
What I wish to do is to simply have a reference to the system icon, as the "normal system folders" do.
If you have any of the folders in the "root" of your user home folder still quite empty, you can see that the size of it is noted as "--", or a very small size, and there is no actual copy of the icon files inside of them. I suspect that the .DS_Store of the parent folder contains the necessary meta data for the folder to find its icon, but as it is a binary file I've not been able to decode it.
Do any of you know if there is a way to make folders you've created yourself to reference the system icons in the same way? I know it's only a 2MB file, but it still feels unnecessary as I already have another copy that for sure will be stored in the system for as long as it is running...
I've been searching for the last hour for a way to create a folder which is referencing a system icon for its icon.
I've just made a "git" folder for where I will be checking out my version controlled source for my software project, for which I wish to apply the traditional Developer icon.
I've found the system icons inside of /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/ , and I've managed to drag/drop or cmd+C, cmd+I & cmd+V to replace the icon for the folder. However, this creates a hidden "?icon" file with a copy of the actual icon inside the folder, which takes up roughly 2MB for the developer icon.
What I wish to do is to simply have a reference to the system icon, as the "normal system folders" do.
If you have any of the folders in the "root" of your user home folder still quite empty, you can see that the size of it is noted as "--", or a very small size, and there is no actual copy of the icon files inside of them. I suspect that the .DS_Store of the parent folder contains the necessary meta data for the folder to find its icon, but as it is a binary file I've not been able to decode it.
Do any of you know if there is a way to make folders you've created yourself to reference the system icons in the same way? I know it's only a 2MB file, but it still feels unnecessary as I already have another copy that for sure will be stored in the system for as long as it is running...