Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 30, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: in the side bar of the finder window appears my media mac under the shared portion of that side bar... question is, how to change the icon for that media mac? can this be done? how? This might work: http://www.panic.com/candybar/ -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 31, 2011, at 9:26 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: in the side bar of the finder window appears my media mac under the shared portion of that side bar... question is, how to change the icon for that media mac? can this be done? how? This might work: http://www.panic.com/candybar/ Bruce, Nope, just tried it... :-) Thanks for the idea though. Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 31, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On May 31, 2011, at 9:26 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: in the side bar of the finder window appears my media mac under the shared portion of that side bar... question is, how to change the icon for that media mac? can this be done? how? This might work: http://www.panic.com/candybar/ Bruce, Nope, just tried it... :-) Thanks for the idea though. I think the issue is that the icons showing in the sidebar are system 'icons' that are difficult to change. They may actually not be icons at all, but different objects in the Finder's .nib files. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 31, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I think the issue is that the icons showing in the sidebar are system 'icons' that are difficult to change. They may actually not be icons at all, but different objects in the Finder's .nib files. If you connect to a Windows PC the Shared icon is an OS X Easter Egg that shows a really old CRT monitor with a Windows blue screen of death and the Windows crash exception code and a warning saying if you press CTL+ALT+DEL you'll lose all unsaved data. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 31, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Nope, just tried it... :-) Thanks for the idea though. Here's an idea: There are some instructions on changing stubborn icons here: http://web.archive.org/web/20081021135631/http://www.iheartny.com/howto_03.html Then navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder and Ctl-click and then Show Package Contents. In the Contents/Resources folder are a bunch of System icons and System icon bundles. Find the correct icon and replace it using the instructions from the website above. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 31, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On May 31, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Nope, just tried it... :-) Thanks for the idea though. Here's an idea: There are some instructions on changing stubborn icons here: http://web.archive.org/web/20081021135631/http://www.iheartny.com/howto_03.html Then navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder and Ctl-click and then Show Package Contents. In the Contents/Resources folder are a bunch of System icons and System icon bundles. Find the correct icon and replace it using the instructions from the website above. Note that this will not achieve what the OP wants, which is that a *specific* network-connected volume have a different icon in the sidebar. I don't think that is possible at all. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 31, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Note that this will not achieve what the OP wants, which is that a *specific* network-connected volume have a different icon in the sidebar. I don't think that is possible at all. Ok, so this is one of those small challenges I like to call a rainy day mind twister:-) I managed to find the icon, or at least where it resides: System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/ And after looking in there, found that the system on my imac attaches one of these icons to what it thinks the machine is? Problem is, it's using the generic icon and several of the macs on that list use the generic icon?.. hmm Another thought was, how to make the imac see the powermac G4 MDD in the other room as what it actually is? is it something in sharing on the MDD that needs to be entered chosen etc.? so that the imac in the other room can identify it correctly? hmm the mystery goes on. Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 31, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On May 31, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Note that this will not achieve what the OP wants, which is that a *specific* network-connected volume have a different icon in the sidebar. I don't think that is possible at all. Ok, so this is one of those small challenges I like to call a rainy day mind twister:-) I managed to find the icon, or at least where it resides: System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/ And after looking in there, found that the system on my imac attaches one of these icons to what it thinks the machine is? Problem is, it's using the generic icon and several of the macs on that list use the generic icon?.. hmm No, the icon represents *what kind* of connection is seen: Disk Image, internal Disk, USB, FW, AFP mount, SMB mount, NFS mount, etc. The physical hardware and OS at the other end of the connection is not known, or even knowable, in fact by your mac. If I mount a Mac shared as a Windows share, it'll have the little BSOD icon in the sidebar. It'll show in the finder as a 'paper-cutout-people' network share. Another thought was, how to make the imac see the powermac G4 MDD in the other room as what it actually is? is it something in sharing on the MDD that needs to be entered chosen etc.? so that the imac in the other room can identify it correctly? hmm the mystery goes on. You cannot do that; networking doesn't work like that. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 31, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 31, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On May 31, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Note that this will not achieve what the OP wants, which is that a *specific* network-connected volume have a different icon in the sidebar. I don't think that is possible at all. Ok, so this is one of those small challenges I like to call a rainy day mind twister:-) I managed to find the icon, or at least where it resides: System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/ And after looking in there, found that the system on my imac attaches one of these icons to what it thinks the machine is? Problem is, it's using the generic icon and several of the macs on that list use the generic icon?.. hmm No, the icon represents *what kind* of connection is seen: Disk Image, internal Disk, USB, FW, AFP mount, SMB mount, NFS mount, etc. The physical hardware and OS at the other end of the connection is not known, or even knowable, in fact by your mac. If I mount a Mac shared as a Windows share, it'll have the little BSOD icon in the sidebar. It'll show in the finder as a 'paper-cutout-people' network share. Another thought was, how to make the imac see the powermac G4 MDD in the other room as what it actually is? is it something in sharing on the MDD that needs to be entered chosen etc.? so that the imac in the other room can identify it correctly? hmm the mystery goes on. You cannot do that; networking doesn't work like that. Thanks so much for your input Bruce, I know that you must have more important things to do here's one that threw me though, I use Tiger by default on the mdd in the living room and just for kicks I booted from a leopard volume on that same mdd... and now the icon is fixed on the imac in the other room? it looks like it should look instead of the generic icon. Stupid question, but it looks to be simply something that was updated with the OS? anyway, I'll stop messing with ya now:-) Jeff Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 31, 2011, at 4:16 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: You cannot do that; networking doesn't work like that. Thanks so much for your input Bruce, I know that you must have more important things to do Waiting for a copy of Oracle Linux to download, actually. I've got a gigabit internet connection to the internet, yet everything from Oracle takes centuries to download...the oh-so-glamourous life of an IT guy is about 80% Hurry up and wait! On the other hand today I discovered that you can print from an iPad easily to any printer on your network with this bit of kit http://netputing.com/airprintactivator/ which works well, until you try it over a VPN, at which point it works not at all, because Bonjour/Zeroconf don't work across VPN tunnels. :-( -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
new icon for networked mac?
in the side bar of the finder window appears my media mac under the shared portion of that side bar... question is, how to change the icon for that media mac? can this be done? how? Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 30, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: in the side bar of the finder window appears my media mac under the shared portion of that side bar... question is, how to change the icon for that media mac? can this be done? how? Have you tried right-clicking (Ctl-click) on the icon in the shared side bar and when the contextual window opens select Get Info and then highlight the icon in the corner of the Get Info Window and paste in any other icon you prefer? I don't know this works for certain, but I think it should work? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 30, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On May 30, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: in the side bar of the finder window appears my media mac under the shared portion of that side bar... question is, how to change the icon for that media mac? can this be done? how? Have you tried right-clicking (Ctl-click) on the icon in the shared side bar and when the contextual window opens select Get Info and then highlight the icon in the corner of the Get Info Window and paste in any other icon you prefer? I don't know this works for certain, but I think it should work? Ya, first thing I tried before going on the list.. funny thing is that there's nothing at all on the web about the topic either... Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 30, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ya, first thing I tried before going on the list.. funny thing is that there's nothing at all on the web about the topic either... So it doesn't work I guess. Perhaps enable root user login and try again as root? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 30, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On May 30, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ya, first thing I tried before going on the list.. funny thing is that there's nothing at all on the web about the topic either... So it doesn't work I guess. Perhaps enable root user login and try again as root? Just tried changing icons on my MDD with 10.5.8 and it works. As I recall, back to the OS 8 days (possibly back further) that the same approach accomplished the changeout. Can't speak to the intel software Jim (aka:mudbro) -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
On May 30, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On May 30, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ya, first thing I tried before going on the list.. funny thing is that there's nothing at all on the web about the topic either... So it doesn't work I guess. Perhaps enable root user login and try again as root? Ok, tried that (the root login) and when logged into the root, all the icons are changed to default network folders in this case. so, nope... won't work (so far anyway) Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new icon for networked mac?
At 12:36 -0700 5/30/11, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On May 30, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On May 30, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ya, first thing I tried before going on the list.. funny thing is that there's nothing at all on the web about the topic either... So it doesn't work I guess. Perhaps enable root user login and try again as root? Ok, tried that (the root login) and when logged into the root, all the icons are changed to default network folders in this case. so, nope... won't work (so far anyway) Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com The OS-9, and before, way was to use Finder Get Info for some disk and select its icon by clicking. You can then copy the icon to the clipboard. After that do another get info on the disk or an alias to it that you want to change, select the icon, and paste. That sort of works on 10.3.9 and I'm pretty sure that it did not on 10.2.x. It might fail with the huge icon files now available. OS 10.3.9 does not recognize disk icons prepared under 7.5 on my SE/30. -- -- A fair tax is one that you pay but I don't -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
