wow, so much easier than anything I read anywhere else on-line on how to do this!

thanks…seriously.

Yeah I know how to do that, but what I wanna know is how to change the system folder and the users folder, they seem to just be locked or something.

This is wonderful! thank you so much for this. The question now is, how to get the old Icon back if that is possible! Thank you.

Well, I’d recommend that you keep a copy before replacing them.

No, just select the custom icon and then select Cut from the Edit menu. The default icon will be restored.

You can just highlight the icon again like this, and do Edit>Cut and it restores the original icon.

Does anybody know how to change the all icons at once?
I mean, not one by one like in the example here but all the folders that are the same.

Thank you!

use candybar…nice application for changing icons, dock etc.

enjoy your new icons

does this apply when a folder is mounted to the dock? i may have to restart to see that??!?

how to restore the mac original icons if i ever did the same as u taught( File -> Get Info,Edit -> Copy,File -> Get Info, Edit -> Paste )? as I found that if i use candybar to change icons, the folder icon that i’ve changed earlier using ur methol (as the way u said above) wont get to change, yet i’ve to manually change it again.

how to default the icons setting? and where is the default icons folder in mac os x?

You will find default icons here:
System ▸ Library ▸ CoreServices ▸ CoreTypes.bundle ▸ (control-click) Show Package Contents ▸ Contents ▸ Resources

Good luck.

why did you delete my post? I just found this guide to not always work so i was redirecting them to somewhere that contained a solution.

Thanks soooo much Marko. that is awesome

To restore an icon back to default just do Get Info on the chosen app/folder,click the icon at the top as you do when replacing an icon,and press delete :)

Not working for me ….

Am trying to replace the really crummy peerguardian icon … if that makes any difference. I’m not a novice, so I assume there must be something preventing this from happening.

I closed the app, incase that helped … it didn’t. I notice that when I copy the new icon, it copies ok, but when I select the peerguardian icon and go to ‘edit’, only ‘copy’ is available … as if nothing has been copied to the clipboard. But If I try to copy anywhere else it works fine. Its like somethings preventing me from pasting the new icon. Anyone else experienced this?

ur read n write permissions r probably messed up.on the get info window,,,go to sharing and permissions n add administrator(you) and select read & write.
now u shuld b able to paste icons !

to what you just mention about adding administrator and select read and write…still does not work