Hi everyone,
I am trying to change my finder icon after installing Mountain Lion but am having problems doing so.
I have tried using applications such as Candybar and LiteIcon but neither of them work and the default finder icon just won't change, even after a restart.
Is anyone else having this problem? Does anyone have a fix I could try? Thanks for your help.
This is by design and not a problem with a ready fix. You'll have to wait until a third-party solution is created or updated for 10.8.
Ohhh, I see. I thought maybe something was wrong with the Finder icon. Guess I'll just have to wait then. 🙂 Thanks for your help!
Oh, I actually happened to find a solution to change the Finder icon manually.
I went into the following folders and replaced the Finder.png icon:
System -> Library -> CoreServices -> Dock -> Contents -> Resources -> Finder.png
Do a restart and the Finder icon is now changed. 🙂
This didn't work for me. Is this the only image you replaced?
Oh no, I'm sorry it didn't work for you! 😟
It took me three attempts, but yes it was the only image I replaced. What I did was made a copy of the original finder.png first so that I had a backup. Then I replaced the original finder.png with my new finder image. I followed this post found here: http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=858576#p858576
This is all I did so hopefully it'll work for you somehow. Good luck! 🙂
Replace it with a 128 x 128 .png
You can restore-change your Finder icon...Just go to your HDD/system/library/CoreServices, right click to "CoreTypes.bundle" and choose "Show package contents, click at /contents/resources and delete "Findericon.icns". Copy-paste icon you want to use (must be 128x128) if its png file rename it to .icns...
Than go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app, right mouse-choose show package contents and go to /Contents/Resources, there are 2 png files, finder.png and finder@2x.png. Replace them with with same png you used to replace Finder.icns but this time they must be .png- finder.png and finder@2x.png. Restart your machine and voila, your finder icon is back...Reminder, icns and png must be the same file, 128x128.
Here's how I changed the Finder icon in the Dock:
- Replace /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/finder128.png with a different 128x128 image.
- Clear icon cache:
sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -exec rm {} \;
- Restart Finder and Dock
Now I have a "pile of poo" icon in my Dock, which I think is more appropriate for Finder.
Thank you!!!!!!!!
Can't change Finder icon
