Hi hi, I cannot figure out how to move the Finder icon to the right, and I cannot get any of the icons on the dock to move to the left of it -- its impossible.
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I think the Finder icon is locked into the left most position on the dock.
There maybe some third-party solutions, but by default it is stuck to the left-most position in the dock.
There maybe some third-party solutions, but by default it is stuck to the left-most position in the dock.
The Finder and Trash icons are hard-coded onto the Dock. You'd basically have to completely rewrite how the Dock functions to be able to move or edit the icons in any way. I think some applications like Path Finder can hide the icon, but not actually remove it.
1. Restart your mac, press cmd+R as soon as screen turns black.
2. Once you are in macOS utilities mode, go to terminal and type everything here: csrutil disable
3. Restart you mac again. Log in.
4. Go to finder>Macintosh HD>System>Core Services.
5. Locate Finder.app.
6. Copy Finder.app to Applications.
7. Remove the first Finder.app from Core Services by dragging it to Trash.
8. Empty trash.
Bonus: want to change the Finder icon? Copy the image you want from the Internet, then ctrl+click Finder.app in Applications then click Get Info. Click the icon on the top left side of the window that opens so it has an outline, type cmd+V, then the icon will change without your password!
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It's time-consuming, sure, but it's possible.
Ahh, back in those days when I used to care about icon customisation. Since the advent of the App Store this pastime has since become impossible.
But you're right, it can be done.
Thanks for the guide!