Changing the Trash icon

I'll try to track them down for you, but you should back them up first in case it causes some problems, or in case you ever want to revert.

EDIT: Found them.

Go to /System/Library/CoreServices. Right- (or control-) click "Dock", and click "Show package contents". Then go to Contents/Resources. You'll see "trashempty.png" and "trashfull.png". BACK THEM UP, AND NOTE THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION somewhere where you'll be able to find it later, and replace those files with the images you want, making SURE the names are correct, and the EXACT same as the originals.

Then restart. (Logging out and logging in may be sufficient, but it's probably safer to restart.)

Good luck!

Message was edited by: joshz

You'll probably have to sudo cp them. If you don't know how, I would STRONGLY recommend learning a bit about Unix and the command line before attempting something like this.

I could probably walk you through it if you gave me the image file names, and locations on your computer (that is, the ones that you want to replace the trash icon with). (And to save as .png, open the images in Preview, and then click File>Save As..., and choose png).

Good luck!

You'd have to do a sudo cp, and put in your password.
I think it'd be easiest, though, if you told me where on the computer the files you want to use are. Then I'll give you a command to copy it and check the permissions on it. Then we can change the permissions to correct them, if necessary.

FIRST BACK UP THE ORIGINAL FILES!!! THAT IS CRUCIAL, IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG!
Assuming you convert them to .png files, and rename the one to "trashempty.png" and the other to "trashfull.png", the command would be this:
sudo cp /Users/Gareth/Icons/trashempty.png /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/;sudo cp /Users/Gareth/Icons/trashfull.png /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/;ls -le@O /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/trash*.png
Post the results of that here, and then restart.

Use V.K.'s advice. It's easier, more straightforward, and has less risks. I should have recommended something like that right away.

Good luck!

Message was edited by: joshz

rather than digging through system files by hand you can use a 3rd party app like LiteIcon (freeware) or Candybar(shareware) to do this.