Howto: Change folder icon in Leopard
January 25, 2008
Copy the icon you want to use (PNG), browse to the folder you want to change the icon.
Now select it and press command + I. Now select the folder and press command + V to paste the icon.
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January 31, 2008 at 12:25 pm
It, works, you could simply just drag the png inte the “overview in info” on the folder you’d like to change icon on. However it doesn’t copy the thumbnail but the “PnG-File icon”
February 16, 2008 at 10:21 pm
it doesn’t works for me, can someone help me? I do it with .icns , .icn , .png notihng works
February 25, 2008 at 7:14 pm
It basically works for most of the common picture format, jpg or png. Unlike the Tiger,
1. you have to turn on the picture with preview in Leopard,
2. copy the picture by the shortcut key “cmd+c”
3. “cmd+i” for the file/folder you want to change the icon.
4. select the icon picture on the top left (the picture will surround by light blue when selected)
5. “cmd+v” the icon picture.
6. DONE!
March 10, 2008 at 12:12 am
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! A few other sites I found to help with this issue were anything but helpful — most were simply a forum to vent about Leopard’s boring icons.
Thanks for getting straight to the point!!
May 8, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I tried this; it does not work. However, it is not clear what you mean by “turn on the picture with preview.” Could you explain?
May 18, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Try Litecon, it’s work great to change icon and folder
June 4, 2008 at 8:45 am
Hey, what icon set you use for your folders? They look soo nice!
June 4, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Aqua Icon Pack for Mac OS X
Downloaded it from official mac websitee on downloads section
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/icons_screensavers/
September 9, 2008 at 8:13 am
Hey, what is the program that you use, that shows keyboard shortcuts for actions you do?
January 10, 2009 at 8:22 pm
the key for me was to open the file in preview then copy.
if i opened it in photoshop or just tried to copy the filename i got the png icon or the correct image with a white background.
for some reason you have to use preview
February 1, 2009 at 8:06 am
Using Preview was the key for me as well.
February 25, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Yup, Preview is the way to go.
April 12, 2009 at 1:54 am
Yeap,open in preview, select all, copy, and paste on get info panel. That worked fine for me.
Thanks for sharing. First place on google :) CG