OS X 10.9.5 MacBook Pro- How can I replace the '@' spring with the actual websites' icons on my dock so I can easily see which website the @ represents? It would be so much easier if you could just see the actual website icon instead of having several of the same '@@@@@@@' thing on the dock!!! Thx!
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
Try doing a Get Info (command - I) on the link and unlock the padlock. Get the web site icon and copy and paste it in the top left hand box.
Eric Root wrote:
Try doing a Get Info (command - I) on the link and unlock the padlock. Get the web site icon and copy and paste it in the top left hand box.
Those weblinks in the Dock do not have a 'Get Info' option - you can't 'show in Finder' to edit the icon either. (I'm testing on 10.9).
speery, you may have to drag the links to the Desktop, edit the icon, drop them back into the Dock.
The tiny icon in the Safari toolbar is called a 'favicon'. You may be able to edit the site address to grab the icon, so for this site it is…
http://discussions.apple.com/favicon.ico
The quality is pretty poor for most sites - it's intended to be a tiny icon, 16px square or larger, OS X applications icons are 512px square (some even are larger for Retina displays).
Thanks, but this does not work on my Mac.
Drew, thanks - I have tried this (drag it to the desktop) but I can't edit the icon. Arrrrgh.
This is such a simple thing in Windows, can't understand why it's such an effort on a Mac. Very frustrating.
Apologies I wasn't clear enough…
Drag a link from Safari to the Desktop (forget about those springs in the Dock - they are useless for editing they look 'real' but that is a lie). You will have to re-create them all I'm afraid.
Get info on the new weblink, click the icon, so it highlights ready to drop an image onto it.
Find the image you like & drop it onto the icon…
Now add that to the Dock & start cursing about how Macs are simple - why it has to be this way I do not know 🙂
The next piece of bad news is that if you delete those new weblinks, they will stop opening from the Dock, move them to a folder for safekeeping.
All of this makes me fee that you are doing something wrong - generally when things are this clunky Apple didn't expect this use case & be prepared for them to break it in future, sorry.
Next step - wonder why screenshots need massive furry shadows 🙂
P.S. some images fail to look good as icons, transparency can make things fall apart or sometimes you get generic icons instead.
Good luck
Drew, thank you for explaining this. It is such a complex work-around. Geez. I'll pass. How can Apple developers be so unaware of something that should be so simple??
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
Done! Thank you Eric - I really appreciate your help! Hope they listen . . . this should NOT be that complicated!! Ugh!!
Change @ icon to website icon on dock
