Change the icon of a specific file?


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Hi!

Is it possible to change the icon of a specific file (without effecting all other files of its type)? I have made a link to boot my "BootCamp Partition" from VMWare (I think it is an alias but I'm not very familiar with the mac os filesystem). It looks like a standard document with the VMWare Fusion logo in the middle of it. Is there anyway for me to change this to something that looks more Windows 7ish?

Thanks!

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Should be able to:

1. On the icon you want to change, right click..Get Info (or cmd+i)

2. On the icon you want to replace it with do the same (cmd+i)

3. Click on the icon image and copy it (cmd+c)

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4. Go back to the other info window and click on that icon image and paste (cmd+v)

If the little image icon is blank then use http://www.img2icnsapp.com/

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Thanks for the reply. What if I have a .png file that I would like to use as the icon? Will I need to convert it to another format?

Yes. Use an app called IMG2ICNS to convert it to a folder icon. After you drag and drop, CMD+I the newly created folder and copy and paste the icon onto your VM shortcut.

http://www.img2icnsapp.com/

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What if I have a .png file that I would like to use as the icon? Will I need to convert it to another format?

You can also open the .png in preview, press cmd + a to select everything, cmd + c to copy it to clipboard and paste it to the icon in the "get info..." window - no 3rd party Apps required most of the time :)

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You can also open the .png in preview, press cmd + a to select everything, cmd + c to copy it to clipboard and paste it to the icon in the "get info..." window - no 3rd party Apps required most of the time :)

Snow leopard is very picky with icons, that hasn't worked for me once

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It wont work if the user doesn't have writing rights on the file/folder - could it have been that?

I just tried it and it even works with .jpg as icon source for me...

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odd :blink:

is it with every image and file/folder?

Try it with a new folder on your desktop and your avatar image for example (just tried that)

Not really bothered, I use Candybar, this is the 5th time I have installed SL and I'm fairly certain i could never get that to work

this is what i get

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Not really bothered, I use Candybar, this is the 5th time I have installed SL and I'm fairly certain i could never get that to work

this is what i get

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Weird. CandyBar is a great program anyway, but his method does work for me.

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hmmm strange, I moved that folder to the trash, when i opened the trash folder it displayed correctly, moved it back to desktop and it was fine, its like the icon isn't refreshing

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hmmm strange, I moved that folder to the trash, when i opened the trash folder it displayed correctly, moved it back to desktop and it was fine, its like the icon isn't refreshing

It happens quite often ever since Mac OS X Leopard.

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