anyone there who knows how to change my dock icons? I tried several steps but my computer is prompting that it can't...😟 I tried the copy paste procedure in the get info section but still it doesn't change my dock icons... pls help m on this... thanks!😉
MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Are you changng the original file that the alias points to?
yes...
The Dock aliases are just pointers to the open the original so you don't have to dig around in the folders to find it and launch it.
Once your done changing the original, drag the "?" off the Dock, then drag the original to the Dock (file, program or folder) and it will create a new "alias" in the Dock pointing to the new locaiton of the file. (original returns to it's original location)
Sometimes you have to move it around to find it's right spot, like the Downloads folder only goes near the Trash for some reason.
You move the original then of course you have to delete the alias and create another one.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents
yeah you are right but that's not what my point. the problem is that, what i can't change is the icon itself... for example, once i look for the itunes application (actually most of the apps from my dock like safari, mails, apps store, iphoto, imovie, ect and all the apps icons from the application folder) from my finder and open the get info and try to change its icon, my laptop signals that the command is not appropriate and the icon can't be changed. But i can change all the icons from my home folder.
and i think my mac is only OS10.6 and its not a snow leopard... I bought it last May 2011...
Thanks hatter! U'r such a genius mac user! I got ur point... I have to make an alias then from there I can change the icon and put it on my dock! That's great but the alias has the alias sign, an arrow pointing the application and it looks like a little bit odd... All of my customized icons now have arrows on it... Is there any other way so that no arrows will appear. Like changing the icon through my terminal?
i'm sorry ds store, u r the one solve my problem... I didn't recognize ur name... do u have any other sugestion that I can do to remove the arrow on the alias? sorry I'm not a mac user. I want to explore my mac more... Thanks again!
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