shylocxs

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Q: Where have my MS icons gone in Yosemite?

I really like Yosemite, but one thing I noticed right away was that my MS document icons all turned white on the desktop. If I open a Finder window they appear in the List view, Column view and Cover Flow (does anyone use that anymore?) but not in the Icon view. Any ideas?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 5:50 AM

I have this question too

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A:

Ran this: http://www.northernsoftworks.com/download.html yosemite cache cleaner - did medium cache cleaning. Cleared logs. All icons now working after reboot.

UPDATE - All icons except MS Excel files stopped working again so this is a Yosemite bug...for some of us. I do not have this problem on two of my other Macs...go figure.

Sorry. Though I had it nailed.

Posted on Oct 26, 2014 9:30 PM

Q: Where have my MS icons gone in Yosemite?

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by iGnome,

iGnome Aug 25, 2015 6:59 AM in response to guimarca
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Aug 25, 2015 6:59 AM in response to guimarca

Thanks Guimarca your solution worked for me. (See original post on page 6). To save you all back tracking here is what I did: Downloaded Oynx direct from the Titanium Software website and installed. Followed Guimarca's instructions to, "Make sure you check 'Icon services' in the User tab under Cleaning section, by default it is not checked and I think that is what solves the issue." And thanks to all contributors to this thread.
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by ckermo,

ckermo Sep 8, 2015 3:50 AM in response to mfaasse
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Sep 8, 2015 3:50 AM in response to mfaasse

mfaasse
Fix that worked for me but not for a friend of mine ...

Right-click the document icon > Show View Options

De-select "Show icon preview"

Worked for me ! Thanks.
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by missbrown,

missbrown Oct 2, 2015 2:08 PM in response to ACPLE
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Oct 2, 2015 2:08 PM in response to ACPLE

Hello making a new user doesn't work either... sheesh
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by ACPLE,

ACPLE Oct 6, 2015 2:38 PM in response to missbrown
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Oct 6, 2015 2:38 PM in response to missbrown

Well here is the good news. This issue was 100% fixed in El Capitan. Do a clean install of El CapIran and this issue will be no more. Yosemite had a lot of issues, but I am finding most of them have been resolved with the new OS.
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by Si-b,

Si-b Oct 11, 2015 10:46 AM in response to ACPLE
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Oct 11, 2015 10:46 AM in response to ACPLE

Just go to View, and uncheck icon preview.
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by securityboy,

securityboy Oct 30, 2015 4:45 AM in response to shylocxs
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Oct 30, 2015 4:45 AM in response to shylocxs
Simple fix in Yosemite and El Capitan >

Right click on desktop > Show View Options
Uncheck 'Show icon preview'
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by jlock_cana,

jlock_cana Jan 27, 2016 5:46 AM in response to martyn...
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Jan 27, 2016 5:46 AM in response to martyn...

Thank you, this is the solution

"More specifically, just deleting /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store does the job. You will need to enter your administrator password for this. Follow up with a reboot."
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by MacConv,

MacConv Oct 3, 2016 10:16 AM in response to shylocxs
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Oct 3, 2016 10:16 AM in response to shylocxs

Really simple solution that worked for me. In Finder click CMD J. Uncheck the bottom box that says "Show Icon Preview", and Bingo! The traditional icons are restored in their native colors.
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