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customizing dock icons in OS X

Jun 29, 2005 2:12AM PDT

Is it possible to change a program's icon that appears in OS X's dock? Any advice is appreciated

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Icon
Jun 29, 2005 3:15AM PDT

The icon that appears in the dock is the same icon as the original app/file.
Changing the icon of the original and moving the app to the dock will give you the changed icon.
I don't know of any way to change the dock icon by itself.

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icon
Jun 29, 2005 3:34AM PDT

how do I change the icon in the original app/file? Thanks!

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Re: customizing dock icons in OS X
Jun 29, 2005 3:29PM PDT

Well I took mrmacfixit's advice and figured out how to change the icon that appears in the dock. Basically, I found the icon i wanted to replace my original with and copied it. I then opened my applications folder and right clicked (well control clicked) on the application i wanted to change the icon for. I selected "Get info" from the popup menu. In the upper left hand corner of the "get info" screen the programs icon appears. I then clicked on the icon and selected paste, which promptly replaced the icon for the program. This changed the programs icon. I then removed the original program from the dock and put the program with the new icon back into the dock and it worked like a charm.

hope this helps someone else.

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Well done
Jun 29, 2005 9:46PM PDT

Got a bit tied up and was unable to get back with you before now.

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Change icon
Sep 5, 2005 12:23AM PDT

The previous answer told how to change the icon but....where do I find new and different icons to change to?
Fan

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Google is wonderful
Sep 5, 2005 2:10AM PDT

try "Mac OS X icons", without the quote marks, and see what you come up with


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Google is wonderful
Sep 5, 2005 2:37AM PDT

Thank you, of course why didn't I think of that?
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Google is wonderful
Sep 5, 2005 3:02AM PDT

Well of course I didn't realize I was in a MAC forum. But.......it still worked for me to find the icons for PC.
Thanks
Fan