Icon identification

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Icon identification

Anyone know where can I find a directory of OS 10.3.9 default icons? I accidentally tossed an icon from the dock (the "@" symbol on a spring? which appears beside the trash can) while trying to use a slide bar on a page that was overlapping my dock. I've been trying for hours to find a page somewhere which can identify the app or utility the icon represented so I can try to find where it landed, and return it to the dock. I'm amazed that it has been so hard to find any OS icon information in the manuals, the apple website, or in any of the help pages I have searched. What makes it maddening is that the icon appears in nearly every screen shot in the manuals. I know I'll look like a complete idiot but maybe I am a complete idiot. If there is no reference page, perhaps someone would be kind enough to highlight their "@-on-a-spring-thing" and let me know what it says so I can use the finder to search for it. Thanks a bunch.

1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 PowerBook Mac OS X (10.3.9) 512MB Memory

Posted on Jul 12, 2007 7:42 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 12, 2007 8:12 PM in response to wilzoid

Hi--
Actually, it might be easier than you think. That was the icon for the Apple web page. If you go to any web page, then drag the web address from where it appears in the browser to the Dock, that icon appears.
Hope this is what you are looking for.

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roam

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Jul 12, 2007 11:40 PM in response to wilzoid

Dennis is right, just to add a couple of fine points.

-Dragging the address icon only works in Safari, and
-You have to drag it the right side of the Applications/Trash separator bar in the Dock so it sits on the other side next to the trash can.

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Answer 3

Jul 13, 2007 9:00 AM in response to roam

"-Dragging the address icon only works in Safari"

Refining the fine point, it also works using Camino. At least with version 1.5, you'll get two of the link icons, though.

srb

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wilzoid Author

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Jul 19, 2007 5:39 AM in response to wilzoid

Thanks for your suggestions, all.

I am still unable to find the icon, and am unsure of the proper name to search for using the finder, in order to return it to the dock (if it still exists).

I am unable to drag any address as suggested to the dock to either side of the partition in either Safari 1.3.2, or in Firefox, which I use primarily, so I may have lost some functionality by elliminating the icon from my dock. I can still temporarily store a web page there in either browser by using the minimize button, but addresses will not respond to attempts to drag them there.

Would one of you be able to give me the proper name of the software item that the icon represents so I can search for it in the hard drive? Perhaps I can find it if I can narrow down the search term.

It seems as though I could live without it if I can't find it in the drive. I'm always nervous about losing a function that I never knew about until I needed it, but I'm not to the point where I'm ready to do a software restore, at least until I bone up on the process and implications. Sometimes it's tough being a dope.

Thanks again for trying to help.

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roam

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Jul 19, 2007 5:55 AM in response to wilzoid

Hi Steven

I think you are missing the instruction, that we are giving you.

Open Safari.
Go to a webpage that you want to save.

Go to the menu, select View, then Address bar, to make sure it is on, that is, up the top you can see whatever web address you are in as it starts with http:// etc. Immediately to the left of that is a small icon about 6mm in size.

Click on that little icon and drag it to the Dock as previously described and it will transform into the spring thing you are looking for.

Ok now?

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ali brown

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Jul 19, 2007 6:47 AM in response to wilzoid

Welcome To  Discussions wilzoid!

You don't need to find the image on your Hard Drive.

You can return the Dock to the default setting, which will again include the icon, but you will then need to customize it to your liking.

Navigate to HD > Users > Your Account > Library > Preferences: Put the file com.apple.dock.plist in the Trash.

When you restart, a new Default Dock will be created.

As far as just replacing the icon, I think what may be confusing you, is that the small icon, being referred to, technically called a favicon, that you drag from the browser address bar, will not look like the original ampersand on a spring, that was in the Dock.

For example, if you go to the Apple Website, you would position your cursor on the small  icon to the left of http:, hold down on the mouse, and drag that to the right side of the separator bar in the Dock, and release the pressure on the mouse.
The ampersand on a spring icon, will be created.

But, the icon you drag, will continue to be the  until you have released the pressure on the mouse.

I think the original icon in the Default Dock, led to the Apple site linked to above, but you can create as many as you wish, that lead to other websites.

ali b

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Answer 7

Jul 19, 2007 7:28 AM in response to wilzoid

Hello, wilzoid.

Adding @ icon

No, you can't drag an address to the left side of the Dock (which is for applications), and you can't drag an address from Firefox to the Dock at all.

It concerns me that you can't drag from the Safari Address Bar to the Dock - this doesn't have anything to do with your having accidentally removed the icon for Apple Support; have you tried dragging from a bookmark? Can you drag to the desktop (It won't give you the same icon, but has the same effect.) All clicking the @ icon does is launch your default browser (or open a new tab) and go to the URL the icon represents. If this was the default, it just goes to the Apple Support site. If not having it is really bothering you, and you can't drag addresses from either the Safari Address Bar or Bookmarks, what ali brown suggested should work. Or download a copy of Camino (free) and use it just long enough to get the URL icon back on your Dock. (It's my preferred browser, anyway.)

Good luck

srb

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