{"id":983,"date":"2008-01-23T23:36:11","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T15:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/how-to-change-mac-os-x-leopard-icons\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T17:34:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:34:24","slug":"how-to-change-mac-os-x-leopard-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/how-to-change-mac-os-x-leopard-icons\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Change Mac OS X Leopard Icons"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Mac only] Customizing a folder icon help it to easily stand off from the rest in a directory. In Mac, changing a folder icon is fairly easy. You can do it without assistant from any 3rd party application. Full guide after jump.<\/p>\n

Changing a folder icon in Mac<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. First find an icon you want to use. Here we use the Photoshop [Ps] icon as an example. Click to select<\/strong> the application. File<\/strong> -> Get Info<\/strong> (Command + I) to launch application info. <\/li>\n
    \"change<\/figure>\n
  2. Click the icon to select it, Edit<\/strong> -> Copy<\/strong> (Command + C) to copy the icon.<\/li>\n
    \"change<\/figure>\n\n
  3. On the icon you want to change, File<\/strong> -> Get Info<\/strong> (Command + I) to launch the folder info, click on the icon and do a Edit<\/strong> -> Paste<\/strong> (Command + V). \n \n
    \"change<\/figure>\n
    \"change<\/figure>\n<\/li><\/ol>\n

    Voila, your folder now have new look.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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