Changing Finder Icon

mac's girlmac's girl
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I am re-doing all my icons and havent had any problems, but i cant seem to change the finder's icon in the dock. how do i do it?



i went to:

macintosh HD --> System --> Library --> Core Services ---> Finder

and replaced the blue finder face with a jaguar spotted one. but it's still the old blue one in the dock. maybe im changing the wrong icon? (im probably about to feel really dumb cuz it's probably something very obvious that im overlooking.) thanks in advance. :confused: <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" />

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    You need to be root to do that. And I really don't recommend doing so.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    mac's girlmac's girl Posts: 556member
    [quote]Originally posted by Chucker:

    <strong>You need to be root to do that. And I really don't recommend doing so.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    why not? what adverse effects will that have?

    not sure, but might have already done it when i couldnt change the macintosh HD icon a few months back, and i tinkered around in Terminal with the help of someone on this forum. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 3 of 5
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    there is a much more easy way to do that.





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  • Reply 4 of 5
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    oh, and mac's girl, I'll start the list now.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    mac's girlmac's girl Posts: 556member
    [quote]Originally posted by Defiant:

    <strong>oh, and mac's girl, I'll start the list now. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    hey Defiant... dont you dare LIST me!!! LOL. that program is dandy and all, but isnt there another way using the miraculous powers of OS X? come on boys, teach me some Unix here.
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