"ed" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> stated in post
news-938158.18171114052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
on 5/14/08 6:17 PM:
> In article <C450827A.B936A%usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Snit <usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> "ed" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> stated in post
>> b58fdc07-47b4-4290-93be-d7f4d6562470@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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...
>
> no go- just revert changes. i tried w/ both built in apps (automator in
> screenshot) and apps i installed. are you running leopard?
>
> http://www.atwistedweb.com/DOCS/changeIcon3.png
I am running Leopard... it works with users but not groups:
<http://tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/make_owner.mov>
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