How to change the Finder icon

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Operating System Environments

• Main- : OS X Mavericks (10.9)
• Sub- : Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy (7.2)
• Server: Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze || Lenny
• Mobile: iOS 7.0.3

Instruction for changing the finder icon in OS X Mavericks¹

1. Prepare the image that you want to use in the .icns format.
2. Rename it FinderIcon.icns
3. Backup² the /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/FinderIcon.icns, such as FinderIcon_original.icns. It requires your password.
4. Copy the FinderIcon.icns that you want to use and paste it into /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/. It requires your password.
5. Run the following commands in Bash shell(Terminal.app)

$sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -exec rm {} \;
$killall Dock

If it doesn't work, then simply restart your system or change the following two images again.

• /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/finder@2x.png
• /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/finder.png

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Footnotes:

¹

Reference #01

²

⇧⌘G in Finder and type /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/ in the appearing window.

Created: 2013-11-10 Sun 18:00

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