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Q: App Icons after upgrading to El Capitan

I've just upgraded to El Capitan and now I can't changed my folder icons.

 

With Yosemite, I was able to go to folder, Get Info, highlight the little folder icon in the top left corner and paste there the new icon.

I could either do it that way or just simply drag & drop the icon here.

 

The one's I want to change but can't are Applications and System (from Mac menu in Finder).

As mentioned, I could do this with Yosemi

 

I can't do this now with El Capitan. Is this a restriction within this OS?

Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Dec 22, 2015 9:32 AM

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Q: App Icons after upgrading to El Capitan

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  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Dec 22, 2015 9:41 AM in response to _iShaun
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    Dec 22, 2015 9:41 AM in response to _iShaun

    It's part of a new feature called SIP and no, you can't change system installed folders (you can still change the ones in your User folder):

     

    About System Integrity Protection on your Mac - Apple Support

  • by _iShaun,

    _iShaun _iShaun Dec 22, 2015 10:32 AM in response to babowa
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    Dec 22, 2015 10:32 AM in response to babowa

    Thanks for the reply.

     

    Also, how do I get back the font from Yosemite? Not liking the new font in El Capitan :\

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Dec 22, 2015 11:14 AM in response to _iShaun
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    Dec 22, 2015 11:14 AM in response to _iShaun

    Another new "feature" = system font (as far as I know, the system font never could be changed).

  • by tagalog83,

    tagalog83 tagalog83 Jan 30, 2016 12:02 PM in response to babowa
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    Jan 30, 2016 12:02 PM in response to babowa

    I have had the same issue.

    I have been with Apple for numerous years because of system stability and robustness.

    The possibility to be able to change icons was one thing i appreciated.

    I clearly understand the need of SIP.

    If I am not wrong SIP is for System Integrity Protection.

    But the decision by Apple that changing icons can have an impact un System Integrity is rather puzzling.

    Keeping a visual identity is maybe interesting from a commercial point of view but pushing it to the level of not being able to change icons is starting to fringe with dictatorship. Icons which by the way have not changed for a while and people (including me) are getting rather bored of the stonewashed jeans color icons.

    If for reasons of keeping/imposing a "Mac" visual identity on the system, Apple which to restrict possibilities to change icons (system icons), maybe at least they could propose a limited set of predefined icons amongst which a user could choose, each of course following the graphical charter of Apple.

    At least that would be much more agreeable that just a "NAH YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED ANYMORE".

    "Starting Restricted, and softening out, always works"

    "Starting Soft and Restricting after, always fails"

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Jan 30, 2016 6:51 PM in response to tagalog83
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    Jan 30, 2016 6:51 PM in response to tagalog83

    Here is some info on the SIP feature which details what is now being protected:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204899

     

    If you want to share your thoughts with Apple, please do use the feedback link contained in the contact us link at the bottom of this page. We are all users here and can't do anything about Apple's decisions.