A Trivial Question

[Rhisiart]

I have at last upgraded to Tiger. I can't say I am 'wowed' by it. Perhaps I should have waited a year and upgraded to 10.5.3.

Not that this is a terribly important issue, but I do like to change the icons on some apps. With Tiger I seem to be able to change some app icons but not others. For example, I can't change the icon of the HD on the desktop (I have never liked the default icon).

If I couldn't change any icons at all that would be understandable, but I can change some and not others. I have checked to see I have read & write permissions in each case.

I don't quite want to reach for the benzodiazepines just yet, but any advice would be welcome.

 

[jbarley]

Pick the icon you want to use for a replacement, right-click or cmd-click to select it, hit cmd-C to copy,

Right-cick or cmd-click on the HD icon you want to change, select "Get info"from the drop down menu.
click on the HD icon at the top of the info window to select it,
hit cmd-V to paste your new icon in.

jb.

 

[fryke]

i think he knew that but it didn't work. this is a case, though where i _would_ repair permissions first. regardless what you've checked. and/or remove the Finder's preference file and relogin. Might help as well.

 

[ex2bot]

Rhisiart,

At first I didn't find any 10.4 features that I couldn't live without. For example, I rarely use Dashboard. But when I had to use a 10.3 machine, I realized how helpful Spotlight can be. So, Spotlight is my killer feature.

Doug

 

[Ifrit]

I have at last upgraded to Tiger. I can't say I am 'wowed' by it. Perhaps I should have waited a year and upgraded to 10.5.3.

Remeber, there is lots going on beneath the hood. The integration of core audio, core video and core image for example. I believe we will see more apps which will use these features if macs with more "beefy HW" become more common. Currently lots of users are using G4 machines with integrated graphic which don't fullfill the minimum requirements for accelerated core graphics effects.

Another quick way to open the file info window is to select a object on the desktop and use the key combo CMD + i (Apple key and the i - key)

 

[jbarley]

i think he knew that but it didn't work. this is a case, though where i _would_ repair permissions first. regardless what you've checked. and/or remove the Finder's preference file and relogin. Might help as well.

I beg to differ, I don't think he has tried my suggestion, at least there is no indication of such, in his post.

jb

 

[fryke]

Well, I'm sure he'll answer that. He did mention he could change some icons, but not others. Sounds to me like he knows how it _should_ work, hence my assumption that he tried this. (How else would he have tried...)

 

[Rhisiart]

Sounds to me like he knows how it _should_ work ....

"Oh please don't do that. 'He' has a name: rhisiart.

Yes, I did follow jb's advice. No joy I'm afraid (but thanks for the suggestion).

dktrickey: I must confess, I haven't really tested Spotlight fully yet.

Ifrit: Yet again perhaps I haven't tested the whole OS yet. I do find repairing permissions is quicker, but then copying files seems an awful lot slower (perhaps it is an underpowered processor problem).

 

[Ifrit]

Yes, I did follow jb's advice. No joy I'm afraid (but thanks for the suggestion).

Maybe deleting the custom icon resource file could help (if it is corrupted).
Open a Terminal window and type following:

cd /
ls -a

Look if a .VolumeIcon.icns file is listened. Delete it with these commands.

rm -f .VolumeIcon.icns

Log out and back in. Try changing the HD icon again.

 

[Rhisiart]

Maybe deleting the custom icon resource file could help (if it is corrupted).
Open a Terminal window and type following:

cd /
ls -a

Look if a .VolumeIcon.icns file is listened. Delete it with these commands.

rm -f .VolumeIcon.icns

Log out and back in. Try changing the HD icon again.

Many thanks. I tried that. However, no luck either.