Icon changing problem.

[K1LLSW1TCH]

Hello, well, I have a niggling problem, I'm not the most savvy when it comes to customizing Mac's which is why I'm asking for help here.

I'm trying to change my Safari icon from the blue and silver to a black one that I've downloaded. I press Apple + I on the Safari original icon, then I do the same for the custom one. I copy the small thumbnail of the custom one, then I paste it over the small thumbnail of the original icon. Safari now shows a little white box with "PNG" in it, instead of the actual icon. I've tried two different icons of different file types and they are both doing exactly the same thing.

I've logged out and back in and the changes still haven't been applied, I know I've done something wrong there, but the sticky only describes the method I've already tried for changing icons. Can somebody point me in the right direction please?

Cheers in advance.

 

[Feek]

Sometimes it doesn't work very well. If you can get the icon you've downloaded as a .icns file then that's best.

Right click Safari in /Applications and select Show Package Contents, then when that opens go into Contents, then Resources and replace the compass.icns file with your new one. I've found this works when pasting an icon into the Apple-I screen doesn't.

In fact, it may be because you're trying to paste a png in instead of a .icns file.

If you only have a png, then you could use the demo version of CandyBar to do the job for you, or use it to export your icon as a .icns file.

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

Sorry Feek but the first method didn't work. I've tried two different icons from two different creators. One was a PNG and the other an ICNS filetype. At the moment I'm still stuck with a ridiculous looking white square with the word "PNG" in the middle of it. It's really doing my head in so I think I'll try using CandyBar like you suggested, and changing the icon that way.


EDIT:

Don't worry I've managed to fix it now. All I did was highlighted Safari, Apple + I, highlighted the thumbnail verison in the top left corner and then pressed backspace. It then gave me the black icon I'd been trying to change to, strangely.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Sometimes you have to remove the icon from the dock, or delete the application cache before it updates properly.

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

Sometimes you have to remove the icon from the dock, or delete the application cache before it updates properly.

I tried the removing of the dock icon EVH. I still don't know why the Safari icon isn't showing in CandyBar, although I am now able to change the icon by going into the resources folder and overwriting the Compass.icns file like Feek described earlier.

Cheers for the help and I'm starting to have a bit of fun customizing the GUI.

 

[Feek]

Sometimes you need to force restart the dock and the finder

Open a terminal window and type killall Dock [enter] and killall Finder [enter] (case sensitive). If you have the icon in the dock, close the app and drag it out before you do those and then put it back after. If all else fails, reboot.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I tried the removing of the dock icon EVH. I still don't know why the Safari icon isn't showing in CandyBar, although I am now able to change the icon by going into the resources folder and overwriting the Compass.icns file like Feek described earlier.

Cheers for the help and I'm starting to have a bit of fun customizing the GUI.

It's in the sticky if you ever forget

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

Sometimes you need to force restart the dock and the finder

Open a terminal window and type killall Dock [enter] and killall Finder [enter] (case sensitive). If you have the icon in the dock, close the app and drag it out before you do those and then put it back after. If all else fails, reboot.

That might be where I failed before then, I was simply logging out.

It's in the sticky if you ever forget

Thanks. I did have a look in there but it was only a quick skim through if I'm honest. I knew one of you two Mac guru's would post anyway.

Cheers fellas.