Change Finder Icon

MrsMac · MrsMac #1 (**permalink**)

09-20-2007, 01:05 AM

How do you change finder icon on the dock? I have pink finder icon that I want to switch to.

Thanks.

mac57 · mac57 #2 (**permalink**)

09-20-2007, 10:49 AM

In general, the process would go like this:

1/ Navigate to the Finder.app application file.

2/ Change its icon via the usual [Get Info, Copy], [Get Info, Paste] method.

3/ Drag the old icon off the Dock, then drag the newly icon'd app into the Dock. You now have what you want.

Finder.app lives in /System/Library/CoreServices.

I haven't done this myself, but it should work. Does anyone know of any issues with this approach?

Specialk51288 · Specialk51288 #3 (**permalink**)

09-20-2007, 01:00 PM

you can get the trial version of candybar and change the finder through that...it only works for the first five icon changes, but if the finder is the only thing you want to change, then it shouldn't be a prob for you

kuchiki · kuchiki #4 (**permalink**)

09-20-2007, 01:08 PM

there is also another application for desktop customizers that lets people change their icons easily. it's called liteicon and it is freeware...if I remember correctly it allows you to change system icons also.

kuchiki

MrsMac #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 13, 2007 Location: Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca Posts: 6 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 15"	09-20-2007, 01:05 AM How do you change finder icon on the dock? I have pink finder icon that I want to switch to. Thanks. Stacey
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mac57 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	09-20-2007, 10:49 AM In general, the process would go like this: 1/ Navigate to the Finder.app application file. 2/ Change its icon via the usual [Get Info, Copy], [Get Info, Paste] method. 3/ Drag the old icon off the Dock, then drag the newly icon'd app into the Dock. You now have what you want. Finder.app lives in /System/Library/CoreServices. I haven't done this myself, but it should work. Does anyone know of any issues with this approach? My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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kuchiki #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 25, 2007 Posts: 245	09-20-2007, 01:08 PM there is also another application for desktop customizers that lets people change their icons easily. it's called liteicon and it is freeware...if I remember correctly it allows you to change system icons also. kuchiki My newly created blog: reviews, sites, giveaways and more! Home of iMountIt www.daysofourmacbooks.blogspot.com
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