Changing folder icon

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  1. 3bs, Jan 10, 2012

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    Can someone please give me instructions on how to change the dropbox desktop folder icon. I've used candybar to change other icons but the dropbox folder isn't included there so I don't know how to change it. Thanks in advance
     
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  2. GGJstudios, Jan 10, 2012

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  3. 3bs, Jan 10, 2012

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  5. GGJstudios, Jan 10, 2012

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    I forgot that Dropbox changes the folder icon, based on the status. To change those, you'll have to modify the Dropbox.app.

    First, make a copy of the Dropbox.app, in case you damage something.
    Then go to /Applications/Dropbox.app, right-click and "Show Package Contents"
    Then go to /Contents/Resources, where you'll see the various icons.
    Replace those with your choices and save the .app.
     
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  6. 3bs, Jan 10, 2012
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    I only want to change the dropbox folder icon, pictures folder icon inside that and the public folder inside that. How do I do that? There are .icns files inside for "DropboxFolderIcon_leopard" "DropboxFolderIcon" "public_leopard" "photos_leopard" but I'm not sure how to add the icon I want.
     
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  7. bdodds1985, Jan 11, 2012

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    sorry you had to start a new thread 3bs, i had no idea it was that simple for dropbox, but i have done this before i started using candybar.
     
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  8. 3bs, Jan 11, 2012

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    Unfortunately it's not that simple beause it keeps changing if I do it that way.
     
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