<strong>In 10.2 are they gunna change the computer icon to one of the new iMacs or are they gunna leave the old Indigo iMac? What do you think?</strong><hr></blockquote>
haha. I was thinking this at MacWorld. And I check to see if they did already. But nope still the old iMac. they will also have to update the MacManiger icon in OS x server.
Apple probably will change the computer icon to the new iMac. On OS 9, they changed the mouse preferences to the ipuck and then to the optical mouse. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
I thought about this too. I don't use that icon in my finder tool bar, but it must be weird to see it on a PB, TiBook, or iBook, let alone the new iMac. They should allow you to choose your icon.
starfleetX, can you tell us how you did that? It has to be some folder in the root folder or something, right? <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
1. Find the icon you want and then launch Icongrapher, use the Open Icon command to open the icon and then pick "Save as" a .icns file.
2. Log in as the root user [Editor: You could also use the Terminal to work around having to login as root]. In the Finder, navigate to /System/Library/Core Services/ and then control-click on the Finder icon and select "Show Package Contents".
3. Navigate through the "Contents" folder to the "Resources" folder. You will see all the icons easily named (computer.icns, delete.icns, etc).
4. Remove the file of the icon you want to change [Editor: A better suggestion may be to rename the original file in case you want it back!], and replace it with the one made by Icongrapher.
5. Log out and login, and VOILA, new toolbar icons! [Editor: You could also force quit the Finder to make it restart and read your new icon files, although logging out and in is certainly a cleaner way to do this!]
Editor's caution: Any time you're mucking around in the system applications as root, you can potentially do great damage to your machine. Be careful and always have a backup! Consider yourself cautioned!
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<strong>In 10.2 are they gunna change the computer icon to one of the new iMacs or are they gunna leave the old Indigo iMac? What do you think?</strong><hr></blockquote>
haha. I was thinking this at MacWorld. And I check to see if they did already. But nope still the old iMac. they will also have to update the MacManiger icon in OS x server.
[ 01-27-2002: Message edited by: imacSE ]</p>
I changed my icon back in the Public Beta days and with each major upgrade. I'd forgotten al about that hideous indigo iMac icon.
[ 01-28-2002: Message edited by: Mac_OS_X_Addict ]</p>
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1. Find the icon you want and then launch Icongrapher, use the Open Icon command to open the icon and then pick "Save as" a .icns file.
2. Log in as the root user [Editor: You could also use the Terminal to work around having to login as root]. In the Finder, navigate to /System/Library/Core Services/ and then control-click on the Finder icon and select "Show Package Contents".
3. Navigate through the "Contents" folder to the "Resources" folder. You will see all the icons easily named (computer.icns, delete.icns, etc).
4. Remove the file of the icon you want to change [Editor: A better suggestion may be to rename the original file in case you want it back!], and replace it with the one made by Icongrapher.
5. Log out and login, and VOILA, new toolbar icons! [Editor: You could also force quit the Finder to make it restart and read your new icon files, although logging out and in is certainly a cleaner way to do this!]
Editor's caution: Any time you're mucking around in the system applications as root, you can potentially do great damage to your machine. Be careful and always have a backup! Consider yourself cautioned!
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