Icons - Force Finder to Reload Plist File with Terminal
So, I have an app called Magic Engine (henceforth ME). It should be in...
Applications/Magic Engine/MagicEngine.app
This app reads files with the .PCE file extension. These files normally display with the generic EXEC icon. I wanted to change the icon, so I put a new icon in the Resources folder and added a few lines to the Plist file...
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
<array>
<string>pce</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
<string>pce.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
<string>PCE ROM</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Viewer</string>
<key>NSDocumentClass</key>
<string>MEPCEROM</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>MagicEngine</string>
**Note: the '+' signs around the code were supposed to create italics, and indicate the original code. I inserted everything in between.
But it didn't work, I thought.
If I moved the ME folder to the desktop the PCE files would show the new icon and the file Kind would display properly - total joy.
But if I moved the ME folder back into Applications, the icons would revert to the generic EXEC icon.
So I poked around and found a Terminal command that would supposedly force Finder to reload a Plist file...
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -f /Applications/iWork\ \'08/Pages.app
...and I modified it in an attempt to use it for my purpose...
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -f /Applications/Magic Engine/MagicEngine.app
Terminal's response was:
ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
...which I think is not so good.
Nothing seems to be broken, but still no dice on the icons.
*So, two questions:*
1 - Do I need to 'fix' the Terminal command that I entered. If so, how?
2 - How do I get the darn PCE file type icon to load when the ME folder is in the Applications directory?
*Please help save me from myself :/*
Applications/Magic Engine/MagicEngine.app
This app reads files with the .PCE file extension. These files normally display with the generic EXEC icon. I wanted to change the icon, so I put a new icon in the Resources folder and added a few lines to the Plist file...
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
<array>
<string>pce</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
<string>pce.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
<string>PCE ROM</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Viewer</string>
<key>NSDocumentClass</key>
<string>MEPCEROM</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>MagicEngine</string>
**Note: the '+' signs around the code were supposed to create italics, and indicate the original code. I inserted everything in between.
But it didn't work, I thought.
If I moved the ME folder to the desktop the PCE files would show the new icon and the file Kind would display properly - total joy.
But if I moved the ME folder back into Applications, the icons would revert to the generic EXEC icon.
So I poked around and found a Terminal command that would supposedly force Finder to reload a Plist file...
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -f /Applications/iWork\ \'08/Pages.app
...and I modified it in an attempt to use it for my purpose...
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -f /Applications/Magic Engine/MagicEngine.app
Terminal's response was:
ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
...which I think is not so good.
Nothing seems to be broken, but still no dice on the icons.
*So, two questions:*
1 - Do I need to 'fix' the Terminal command that I entered. If so, how?
2 - How do I get the darn PCE file type icon to load when the ME folder is in the Applications directory?
*Please help save me from myself :/*
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
