It would be really awesome if somebody could do a video tutorial for this! Like how to include the spaces in your dock as well
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Changing icons in Mavericks
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othen than the spaces, what is it that you are looking for a tutorial on?
BTW, you can add spaces to Dock using this terminal command. Just open terminal, paste, and killall Dock after.
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'
Well that spacer is easy! I know how to change icons but I just thought if someone had the capability to just make a video, it would help out a lot of others
Icons for File Types
Replacing icons for the apps and system stuff I think I understand.
What I'd like to know is how to change the default icon for various filetypes/documents.
Say you have some .doc files that you change the default app for... from say LibreOffice 4.1.4 to Pages 5.0.1... it used to be that the file icon would change too, from the default ".doc" icon for LibreOffice to the default ".doc" icon for Pages... (or to the generic document icon if there wasn't any.)
Now the files I have won't change. Whatever icon they had- app default icon or generic document icon stays unchanged. Although sometimes they do change, like when I assign MKV to VLC Player, it will.
I guess my inquiry is three sided: Can I change it back to the old method?... or can I manually change the default icon of all specific document/file types in one shot? or is it a case of "it's just not being done that way anymore."
I hope I have made sense in my question.
Replacing icons for the apps and system stuff I think I understand.
What I'd like to know is how to change the default icon for various filetypes/documents.
Say you have some .doc files that you change the default app for... from say LibreOffice 4.1.4 to Pages 5.0.1... it used to be that the file icon would change too, from the default ".doc" icon for LibreOffice to the default ".doc" icon for Pages... (or to the generic document icon if there wasn't any.)
Now the files I have won't change. Whatever icon they had- app default icon or generic document icon stays unchanged. Although sometimes they do change, like when I assign MKV to VLC Player, it will.
I guess my inquiry is three sided: Can I change it back to the old method?... or can I manually change the default icon of all specific document/file types in one shot? or is it a case of "it's just not being done that way anymore."
I hope I have made sense in my question.
Try clearing the dock icon cache. Run this command in Terminal: sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -exec rm {} \;
Then killall Dock again.
You did it! You absolute legend!
I remember having the same issue on my rMBP, but randomly one day after I had given up it just appeared. I guess it cleared the cache automatically after a while.
You did it! You absolute legend!
I remember having the same issue on my rMBP, but randomly one day after I had given up it just appeared. I guess it cleared the cache automatically after a while.
Glad it worked for you.
May I ask what the clock app is on your desktop? I've been inspired by your screenshot to design my Mac like iOS 7
May I ask what the clock app is on your desktop? I've been inspired by your screenshot to design my Mac like iOS 7
It was made using Geektool.
Hey All !
So, I've read the whole topic, and I think I get all of it, but there is something I'm just so bad at, and that's editing photo's
Can someone please tell me the easiest way to make single icon file's out of this 2 png's? So I can use them separately on my mac to change the icons?
Thx !!
Got a challenge for you all
Looked through this whole thread and half the internet but haven't found and answer. How do I change the icon for my computer. I've tried the Get Info copy / paste method and also searched through /system/library/core services, but haven't found the right resource to edit.
Looked through this whole thread and half the internet but haven't found and answer. How do I change the icon for my computer. I've tried the Get Info copy / paste method and also searched through /system/library/core services, but haven't found the right resource to edit.
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Hey All !
So, I've read the whole topic, and I think I get all of it, but there is something I'm just so bad at, and that's editing photo's
Can someone please tell me the easiest way to make single icon file's out of this 2 png's? So I can use them separately on my mac to change the icons?
Thx !!
You don't make icon files out of the .png's, you actually download the zip file that has all the individual icon files in it. The download button is over to the right on those dA pages.
Just figured I would put this out there - but CandyBar is still working my side. Seen countless threads suggesting problems - maybe I've been lucky?
[Unless -- it works for everything else, they simply don't use it because one day it will cause my MBP to spontaneously combust? ]
That being said -- some FILE icons still give me endless problems. Not all of them - the CMD+C, Info, Select Icon, CMD+V usually works - say 90% of the time. But sometimes, no matter what I do - I am left with the stock .PNG icon, instead of the picture itself... That ever happen to anyone else?
Restart does not do the trick, unfortunately!
[Unless -- it works for everything else, they simply don't use it because one day it will cause my MBP to spontaneously combust?
]That being said -- some FILE icons still give me endless problems. Not all of them - the CMD+C, Info, Select Icon, CMD+V usually works - say 90% of the time. But sometimes, no matter what I do - I am left with the stock .PNG icon, instead of the picture itself... That ever happen to anyone else?
Restart does not do the trick, unfortunately!
"System Preferences" icon?
Hi there. I just updated to Mavericks today and was dismayed to find that Candybar wouldn't work. Some Googling led me to this thread and all the help has been brilliant!
I had posted a question but I seem to have figured it out now. Anyway, thanks to everyone for all their help. I'll be back next time I mess something up. LOL
Hi there. I just updated to Mavericks today and was dismayed to find that Candybar wouldn't work. Some Googling led me to this thread and all the help has been brilliant!
I had posted a question but I seem to have figured it out now. Anyway, thanks to everyone for all their help. I'll be back next time I mess something up. LOL
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