i like to do the imposseble to the folder icon

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that is: change it so that it can still open's when touched by mouse!
Where are the two segments that make the folder icon?
And what is the program that I can use to change them?

A Dutch photographer
 
You can copy and paste any icon you want onto a folder by doing a "Get Info" on the folder, then clicking on the icon in the upper-left corner of the window that opens, then paste the new icon.

I don't understand "two segments that make the folder icon."
 
I know now were to find the two images that make the folder go open and close they are located in:

/HD/Systeem/Bibliotheek/CoreServices/SystemIcons.bundle
Control-klik > Toon pakketinhoud
Contents/Ressources/OpenFolderIcon.icns en GenericFolderIcon.icns

sorry it's in Dutch.

the question that remains is what program do I use to edit the two files so that I have an chanced folder icon that open's and closes when I put files in it.

greetings karl
 
I think it sounds like he wants to make it an animated icon, you'll notice that the default folder icon in MacOSX has two states: closed and open. The open icon appears briefly when you double click on a folder to open it.

Not sure how you'd edit this though...
 
He wants to different icons, one that shows it closed when closed, and one showing it's opened when open.

Similiar to Trash, empty or something in it.

karl
If you find out how to do this, make sure you post back here telling us how. We can make it a How To
 
Those two icons are used for when you're dragging something into a folder.

I read his question as a request for more Linux-like behaviour where the folder icons have roll-over icons (personally hugely aggravating).

If that's what you want, then no, I don't think a way has yet been devised, and I doubt it's possible without some pretty complex hacking of the way Finder works.
 
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