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Changing icons in Mavericks

fiat said:
But the large icon drag to desktop and put in the back-up folder is still the .app file not an icns file. Question: how do I attain a copy of the xxx.icns file of the app? Thanks
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Right click on app. Show contents. Resources folder.
 
how did you manage to change the trash icons?

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madmacfan said:
I know this is slightly off topic, But does anyone know how to change the login screen background image and the notification center background. I've managed to change the dashboard grid background and the apple logo on the login screen, but have no idea how to change the others. I've tried the lion technique of replacing the relevant images which also worked in ML, but cannot get it to work under mavericks. If anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance
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how did you manage to change the dashboard grid background?
 
Jakeypooh said:
how did you manage to change the trash icons?

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how did you manage to change the dashboard grid background?
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The same way you change the Finder icon. I went through the process, but the icon only finally changed after I empty the trash can.

I really really hope Candybar gets updated definitions for Mavericks. Changing the icons in Mavericks is a real PITA.
 
Jakeypooh said:
how did you manage to change the dashboard grid background?
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Replace dbgrid and dbgrid@2x png files located in /System/Library/Coreservices/, right click on Dock, show package contents, contents, resources. Be sure to back up the originals and store them somewhere safe in case something goes wrong.
 
LiteIcon !

i just tested LiteIcon by freemacsoft and it worked for changing all the folders including the generic folder . LiteIcon is a free app , many of the features of LiteIcon does not work but the changing of folders does . You will have to restart you computer for the changes to show .
Just thought i would let you guys know.🙂
 
This Does Not Work For Me

Nunyabinez said:
So for anyone who stumbles across this thread, changing system icons is not particularly difficult, although slightly time consuming. Thanks to Lovememac for pointing out the location.

To change system icons all you need to do is navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources. The icons are in .icns format. Simply replace the icon with your icon using the same name.

It would probably be smart to copy the default icons somewhere first. Once you copy them restart your machine (log out and in didn't seem to be enough for me) and you have new icons.

BTW, this is also where the sidebar icons are located if you want to get some color back on your Mac.
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I followed both these instructions and the ones above that say to go to system/library/coreservices/dock.app/contents/resources and change the png files. I restarted, I killed the dock. No avail. What am I doing wrong?

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o0oo00o0o said:
I followed both these instructions and the ones above that say to go to system/library/coreservices/dock.app/contents/resources and change the png files. I restarted, I killed the dock. No avail. What am I doing wrong?
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Nevermind. it just suddenly worked on it's own. I guess I just had to wait for some cache to clear or something?
 
SebGod said:
i just tested LiteIcon by freemacsoft and it worked for changing all the folders including the generic folder . LiteIcon is a free app , many of the features of LiteIcon does not work but the changing of folders does . You will have to restart you computer for the changes to show .
Just thought i would let you guys know.🙂
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Are you on Mavericks? That was the first thing I tried and it didn't work. The liteicon download page says that it is not even compatible with Mountain Lion.
 
Quick question!

Hey guys,

Anyone has an idea where I can find some system icons, such as all Devices (External, Internal, USB, CD-R, CD-RW, BD, BD-R, etc) I can't find them on CoreTypes.bundle (system/library/coreservices/) under mavericks, no idea where they moved them. Those are the only ones left to change and its driving me insane.

Thanks in advance.

P.S: God I wish IconFactory would update CandyBar for 10.9, such a pain to manually change them all. But already got a response in twitter that they won't, stupid apple and their sandboxing policy. Bah.
 

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NinoMH said:
Hey guys,

Anyone has an idea where I can find some system icons, such as all Devices (External, Internal, USB, CD-R, CD-RW, BD, BD-R, etc) I can't find them on CoreTypes.bundle (system/library/coreservices/) under mavericks, no idea where they moved them. Those are the only ones left to change and its driving me insane.

Thanks in advance.

P.S: God I wish IconFactory would update CandyBar for 10.9, such a pain to manually change them all. But already got a response in twitter that they won't, stupid apple and their sandboxing policy. Bah.
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External,Internal and USB are easy. Just right click on icon, get info and drag the new icon onto top left hand icon in the info pane. Nit sure about the rest but i'll have a look around and get back to you.
 

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madmacfan said:
I know this is slightly off topic, But does anyone know how to change the login screen background image and the notification center background. I've managed to change the dashboard grid background and the apple logo on the login screen, but have no idea how to change the others. I've tried the lion technique of replacing the relevant images which also worked in ML, but cannot get it to work under mavericks. If anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance
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Wow, I wanna change that apple logo too !
How did u do that ? What's the path ?

Thanks !
 
Ive noticed that some of the Mavericks Icons do not allow you to copy/paste onto the info pane, so I've had to convert the images myself to make it work..

this is a really handy tool

An OS X app called Img2icns, you can put any image onto it and it exports onto your desktop whatever you want, png's or icns.

works well..
 
japauemura said:
Wow, I wanna change that apple logo too !
How did u do that ? What's the path ?

Thanks !
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To change the Apple logo on the login screen Navigate to the path below

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LoginUIKit.framework

Then click on frameworks folder, click on LoginUICore.framework to open it, click resources and replace the 4 apple png images, Give the replacement images the same file name as the originals and backup the originals before changing anything in case something goes wrong.

To change the Apple boot logo (the apple symbol you see when you first switch on your mac) Go to system/library/coreservices and replace the bootlogo.png file. Again make sure you back up the original image before replacing.
 
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lovememac said:
External,Internal and USB are easy. Just right click on icon, get info and drag the new icon onto top left hand icon in the info pane. Nit sure about the rest but i'll have a look around and get back to you.
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How do you put spaces on the dock to separate applications?Liteicon also does work with Mavericks I tried it.
 
madmacfan said:
To change the Apple logo on the login screen Navigate to the path below

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LoginUIKit.framework

Then click on frameworks folder, click on LoginUICore.framework to open it, click resources and replace the 4 apple png images, Give the replacement images the same file name as the originals and backup the originals before changing anything in case something goes wrong.
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It works, but at very bottom where are sleep,shut down.. buttons I have a grey line. Is it supposed to be like that or my image size is bad or.. ?
 
Konrad. said:
It works, but at very bottom where are sleep,shut down.. buttons I have a grey line. Is it supposed to be like that or my image size is bad or.. ?
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Hi, what kind image have you used. If the image has a background, remove it with the instant alpha feature in preview. Could you possibly post a picture of your login screen showing the grey one you mentioned.
 
If anyone has discovered how to change the login background, I'd greatly appreciate it. My organization requires a custom wallpaper and I'm pretty much stumped on how to get this done. Apple doesn't store it in the SArtFile.bin file any more and none of the methods from 10.6 to 10.8 work either.

Anyone making any progress on this?
 
madmacfan said:
Hi, what kind image have you used. If the image has a background, remove it with the instant alpha feature in preview. Could you possibly post a picture of your login screen showing the grey one you mentioned.
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I thought this is because of size of image and changed it now there is no grey line it is even too big lol. How can I take a screenshot while in login screen?
 
How did you change the WiFi signal icon ? Thanks.




lovememac said:
External,Internal and USB are easy. Just right click on icon, get info and drag the new icon onto top left hand icon in the info pane. Nit sure about the rest but i'll have a look around and get back to you.
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