In article
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ed <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 13, 10:36 pm, George Graves <gmgrav...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 May 2008 22:27:46 -0700, Alan Baker wrote
> > (in article
> > <alangbaker-932D11.22274613052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> >
> > > In article <news-0BDB79.20313913052...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > > ed <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > >> alrighty, this is probably something simple i'm missing, but how do
i
> > >> change an application's icon? i copied a picture to the clipboard,
did
> > >> a cmd-i on the app, click the icon in the top left, and try to
paste it
> > >> in, but it won't.
> >
> > >> here's what my screen looks like so you can see if i'm missing
> > >> something...
> > >>http://www.atwistedweb.com/DOCS/changeIcon.png
> >
> > > My guess would be permissions, ed.
> >
> > My experience is that apps, in general, won't let users change the
icon.
> > I've
> > wanted to change the stupid icons that Adobe exchanged for the useful
ones
> > they used to have in their creative suite ever since it came out, and
it
> > won't let me. I mean, A butterfly, a feather, and a flower. Yeah, they
sure
> > tell me which application is which all right! Dumb!
>
> i took owner****p of the app (i used the command line- chown username
> appname; don't know if there's another way to do it in os x), then
> change the icon. i changed owner****p back to root afterwards.
Hmmmm...
In Tiger, you can just change the owner via a popup menu you can access
after clicking the lock icon.
In Leopard, you add permissions for yourself, and then choose 'Make
"<username> (Me)" the owner' from the little action icon (the gear)...
....after clicking the lock icon.
--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
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