Changing Folder Type

there is only one folder type. are you trying to rename the folder? I'm confused as to what you are trying to do. to rename a folder, select it in finder and press enter. type a new name.

VK is right. There is just one type. But to just cancel out my last statement, there are slight differences. The differences are the icons and the permissions.

An example if one that is a little outdated-The Applications folder at the top level would have different permissions from the Applications folder in your home folder. But they might both look the same.

no, there is just one folder type. all folders are the same. you just want to change the icon of one folder.
see this link on how to do that
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2493?viewlocale=en_US

Candybar changes the icons for the system, not an individual folder. Based on your comment, I don't think you know what you are doing.

To change a single icon, Get Info and paste an icon or picture onto the little icon in the top of the get info window. You don't need Candybar to do this.

I'm not really sure what you are seeing, but I can see different folder types, as in generic, applications, etc.

No. Applications is just the name of a particular folder. same with Downloads etc.

And i know how to change the icon, that isn't my problem at all. I am using a program called Candybar to change the icons, and you can clearly see the different folder types in it.

and now we come to the heart of the matter. you are using Candybar. Candybar changes the system icon used for all folders. if you want to change the icon for just one folder don't use Candybar. just use the link i gave you.

Message was edited by: V.K.

open the image file you want to use as an icon in Preview. while in preview enter command+C. then select the folder you want to apply the icon to in finder and enter command+I. in the resulting popup select the little icon in the upper left corner and enter command+V.

king nothing wrote:
I'm trying to find out how to change the folder type, not the icon, the type. There are different types of folders - applications, utility, download, generic, etc. Is there any way for me to change a generic folder to something else?

Please define "type"
If you check in a terminal, you will find that they are all the same type.
For example, what makes you think the Applications directory is different from the Utilities directory? And why do you think they are a different type from one you create by simply right-clicking and selecting "New Folder" ?

While there are some special types of directories, they are not usually accessible by a user. On such directory is .Trash. Others are the hundreds of hidden system directories.
Again, I do not understand what you mean by "type." Please clarify.

you are welcome. they should update that KB article. I looked at it again and it explains how to apply an icon of one folder to another but the procedure is somewhat different for applying an image as an icon directly.