Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
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/ --

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-31 Thread Jeffrey Engle
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/

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
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?

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-31 Thread Kris Tilford
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

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-31 Thread Kris Tilford
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

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
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:

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-31 Thread Jeffrey Engle
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

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
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.

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-31 Thread Jeffrey Engle
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

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
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

new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-30 Thread Jeffrey Engle
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

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-30 Thread Kris Tilford
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

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-30 Thread Jeffrey Engle
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?

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-30 Thread Kris Tilford
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

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-30 Thread Jim McGee
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

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-30 Thread Jeffrey Engle
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

Re: new icon for networked mac?

2011-05-30 Thread Doug McNutt
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