When I first got my MacBook I deleted the folders I didn't think I would need from my home directory. How would I go about restoring those folders with the original folder icons?
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Mac Folder Icons
- Thread starter MatthewConnelly
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I feel pretty stupid now. I just made a folder called "Movies" and it automatically added the original folder icon to it.
The only annoying thing is the way the "Websites" folder looks when added to the side of my Finder window.
Find an icon you like and use Candybar to permanently change it then you can make it look how you want it to.
Or you could manually change it (which takes all of 3 seconds) and you don't have to pay for Candybar.
I just want it to be the image that is shown on the folder, like all the other icons in the Finder sidebar.
If you "get info" of the folder you want to change the icon for, then "copy paste" your desired image over the icon in the get info window...voila! No need to waste money on 3rd party apps that do the same thing. Also if you are feeling fancy you can make your own images with an alpha channel in photoshop, so there is a translucent appearing background, i.e. the icon does not appear to be the whole square.