"ed" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> stated in post
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on
5/14/08
8:15 AM:
> On May 13, 11:01 pm, Snit <use...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "ed" <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> stated in post
>> 048f762c-6f04-4e65-b15a-a1f94caa5...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
on
5/13/08
>> 10:40 PM:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Another way to do it would be to use the Get-info dialog you were in:
>>
>> <http://tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/owner.png>
>
> hmm, i only recall seeing 'revert changes' in that drop-down. i'll
> have to look again...
Ok...
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