Icon swap

[macbook yes]

I want to spiff up my dock icons and i've downloaded a few icons, but I don't know how to replace some of them. I know you can buy candybar, but I'd rather try it free because I don't think it's worth that much to me just to switch icons. I know that you can right click and get info to replace them, but what about the trash and other files like that where you can't get info?

 

[rfrankl]

http://www.freemacsoft.net/

Try the LiteIcon program.

 

[plinden]

Most of the system icons are in /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources, eg /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/TrashIcon.icns

You can open Terminal and type:

open /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/TrashIcon.icns

Preview will open showing all the various sized Trash icons.

Yes, you can replace these with your own icons, but if you don't know how to find them I would recommend you either do nothing or use a program to do it.

 

[i.shaun]

I would not recommend messing with system file icons like Finder or Trash yourself unless you know what you're doing.

I tried it and Finder's icon never changed, kinda sucked, but was nothing compared to finder later crashing, and forcing me to immediately re-install OS X


then I had the wonderful luck of the update to 10.4.11 corrupting the mac twice in a row. I'm still not fully recovered, but I can't until I get this internal HDD replaced. Don't worry about your HDD though, mine is just a whole other issue I have to deal with