OS-X does not directly have the same rebuild the desktop feature as OSs
7 - 9 do, because the finder works a bit differently (though you can
still rebuild the "Classic Desktop").
Jerry
On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 09:36 PM, Tony LaFemina wrote:
> Bill Rising wrote:
>
>>
>> Application icons can be changed in the same way in OS X as in the
>> Mac OS, by copying and pasting in the Get Info window. This doesn't
>> change the appearance of the icon in the dock, though, because the
>> dock icon because the dock icon is (most likely) stored in a .icns
>> file (the equivalent to a icns resource in the Mac OS).
>>
>> Actually, poking around I seem to see the following: perhaps the
>> mystery green icon is located at
>>
>> /Applications/iTunes/Contents/Resources/iTunesHelper/Contents/
>> Resources/iTu
>> nesHelper.icns
>> so replacing the icons here might change the appearance in the dock.
>> Might not, too. I don't want to fiddle with it, but perhaps it would
>> work.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
> OK! How about this? Paste the purple icon into the application's info
> window, then rebuild the desktop. Maybe that will update any .icns
> files in the system.
>
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