Lion Sidebar revert

[bigpoppamac31]

Is there a way to revert the Finder Sidebar back to a version similar (if not the same) to Snow Leopard?? Like colour icons and devices at the top instead of bottom?

 

[killerrobot]

For color: http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/25/get-color-sidebar-icons-back-in-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-finder-windows/

For moving them:

Hi guys. The given solution works for drives, but I prefer my computer to be on the very top, here's how...

Convert the following plist to XML using terminal:

plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Edit the plist:

open ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Find in the hierarchy Favorites >> VolumeList and then look for:

<key>Name</key>

<string>Computer</string>

Look immediately below that for the visibility key and change the string from NeverVisible to AlwaysVisible:

<key>Visibility</key>

<string>AlwaysVisible</string>

Close and save

Convert the plist back to binary:

plutil -convert binary1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Relaunch the Finder:

killall Finder

Tada! Hold Command and drag the items in the Sidebar to get your computer on top, where it should be.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3200109?start=15&tstart=0

Also there's an App called CandyBar that should let you change the icons. I don't think it's free though.

 

[Dale Sorel]

Also there's an App called CandyBar that should let you change the icons. I don't think it's free though.

Even though Candybar has a section called sidebar icons, I wasn't able to get any of them to show up in my sidebar.

 

[killerrobot]

Even though Candybar has a section called sidebar icons, I wasn't able to get any of them to show up in my sidebar.

Good to know. Take that one off the list then.

 

[bigpoppamac31]

Is there a way to do this without using Terminal??

 

[killerrobot]

Is there a way to do this without using Terminal??

Not unless someone writes a script or app for it.

There's most likely someone out there with way more know how than me, so anyone???