You have to rename them because it is impossible to simply replace them while they are still in use by the Lion OS.ĭrag your new icons of choice (that you've named finder.png and finder128.png obviously) into /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources You can rename an icon simply by pressing the "return" key when the icon is selected. Navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources and rename finder.png and finder128.png to anything you like eg. The Dock should automatically relaunch on its own but to relaunch the Finder, go to the dock and click the Finder icon. Open Activity Monitor "Quit Process" on both the Dock and the Finder to refresh the icons. Repeat step 3 for each user you want to have this affect because there is a separate (and permissions specific) cache file for each user-dock combo (you can just switch users, don't need to log-out). Type: sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name -exec rm \ 2>/dev/null Type: sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name you basically need to update the iconcache file via the terminal. ** Then here's the real trick that's worked for me. FinderIcon.icns, finder.png, finder128.png) into the corresponding paths above. ![]() ![]() System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/finder128.pngĬopy your replacement files (make sure they are the right pixel dimensions and named the same as the original files (before you renamed them) i.e. System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/finder.png Rename the 3 original files to be safe for a backup (I often add "_old." to the original files) they are found here: /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/FinderIcon.icns
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