"Icon" is a term for a small graphical image used to identify an application or a function within the application. Icons often can be clicked upon by the mouse to launch an application or invoke a command.
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Restoring finder icon
I have moved certain sections (downloads, music, pictures) of my user directory from my SSD to my HDD via symlinks. I have successfully changed over the image of the folder which can be seen in the ...
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Remove file icon from toolbar
I don't know how the shortcut file icon got stuck on the toolbar
Any idea how to remove it?
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Mission Control view programme icons missing. How can I get them back?
When you hit F3 on the keyboard, Mission Control is opening, displaying all active windows in a miniaturized version neatly ordererd. When my Mac OSX 10.8 was newly installed some month ago, there ...
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Make JSON files to have TextMate2 icon
I have all the JSON files on my system set to open with TextMate 2.
When I get Info on one of these .js files, I see the TextMate 2 icon on the corner. But, how do I make for the TextMate icon to ...
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Symlink User Folders - Can I keep original Sidebar Icons? [duplicate]
I have my user folders (Music, Movies and Pictures) stored on an external drive, so I used terminal to delete the existing user folders on the boot drive then created symlinks to these folders and ...
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Show original Documents icon for symlinked Documents folder
On Snow Leopard, I have symlinked the Documents folder to another drive.
A side effect of this is that the folder icon in Finder now shows a generic folder with a small arrow in the lower left ...
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Is there something similar to Axialis Iconworkshop?
Is there something similar to http://www.axialis.com/iconworkshop/ which is an icon designer?
If not, then it appears its only windows, what would the best way of running thing on mac-osx?
Thanks
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Automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing window?
Is there any way to enable automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing the window?
One constantly has to to resort via "clean up by ..." after resize.
I've yet to find a piece of software ...
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Can I customize the volume image of an individual USB drive?
When I plug in my USB key, I see this icon on my desktop:
I want to customize this, so that the image on the desktop and in Finder will look like the physical USB key.
I was able to find an ...
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programatically access file type icons?
I need to build a script (sh or ruby) to list a bunch of files within a folder, and just to make it prettier I wan't to access the associated application that opens the file, and it's default icon.
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How to sort icons shown with F10?
I use a pdf viewer and have tons of open windows. I use F10 to select a document. However, I could not determine the criteria that MacOS uses for sorting these documents. Is there a rule? Can it be ...
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Test a launcher app icon on an iPhone
I need to test a launcher app icon on an iPhone. Is there any way to do that without having to install an entire app?
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Finder folder icons look like document and image files
I've got an annoying issue for a couple of weeks now. My folder icons got corrupted from time to time:
Left side is the view I get when I'm switching between views, but when I open finder or ...
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Soptlight icons changed after installing Xcode
Since I've installed XCode, when I use Soptlight, many applicatin icons are like this one
Is there a solution to this problem ?
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Duplicate launchpad icons where can I find the apps ?
I have this strange behavior on Mac OS X Mountain Lion when I installed OpenSceneGraph. Please How to fix it ? I have duplicate icons on the launchpad. I 've tried the following solution : How Do I ...
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How come Dropbox gets an icon in Finder sidebar?
How come Dropbox gets a non-generic icon in Finder's sidebar, when other directories like Google Drive and Sites (native in OS X before Lion) all have the same generic one?
How can I customise the ...
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How to set multiple folder icons in finder (for symbol- and list-view)?
I'm using OS X 10.8.2. By default the system folder icons differ in symbol- and list-view in the finder. If I use the list view a small icon (16x16px) is displayed. In symbol view finder switches to a ...
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How can I use one of the documents preview icon as the parent folder's icon in OS X?
I organize my e-books and the supporting files in each folder. Is there any easy way to assign the parent folder's icon as the preview of the PDF file?
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How to disable thumbnails icon preview only for video files in Finder?
I hate my finder opening slow because of loading all those icons for video files. While I still want thumbnails for PDFs, documents, music, I don't want previews for video files because they're ...
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Moving app icons on iPad home screen - dead area when dragging icons
There seems to a be a dead area in the middle of my iPad 4's home screen that prevents me from moving app icons below it. Some more details:
I hold the iPad in landscape mode, with the button to the ...
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Change American keyboard icon in menu bar to black and white
How can I change the American keyboard icon my menu bar from a colored icon to black and white?
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Can the Finder Dock be fixed to show all icons of aliases instead of some?
I have a folder in my dock full of aliases to applications. When I add a new alias, the icon doesn't usually show up in the Dock folder:
but the icons are there in the Finder window for the same ...
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How do I add icons to my menu bar?
I would like to know how I could add a USB eject button or battery power indicator to my menu bar on Mac OS X. I remember going into my Macintosh hard drive but I can't remember which folder to find ...
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How can I standardize icon size in Finder and across OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard?
I running OS X 10.6.8 on a Mid-2009 MacBook Pro. I would like to standardize the size of icons seen in Finder (I use Icon View). Currently, every folder has its own icon size, which makes it less ...
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How do I command Automator to convert the multiple images from PNG to ICNS once at all? (Solved)
I use OS X Mountain 10.8.2.
I used Automator and added AppleScript, copying the command from the old app's developer at the Iconoodle - Convenient ICNS to PNG image conversion (Iconoodle isn't ...
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What is the meaning of this status bar icon?
What is this icon on the far right of the status bar? It only appears so far in this one app, called Carpenter by iHandy. I've emailed the manufacturer but so far nothing. It "pulses" slowly between ...
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All default OS X icons disappeared
Has someone else this kind of problem after yesterday's update for July'12 Macbook Pro?
I have tried all the typical things like Reboot, Restore Disk Permissions, killall SystemUIServer. The one ...
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How do you fix an app icon that got associated with a file type in spotlight?
When I try and search for something using spotlight, all application results show the .c file extension icon instead of the actual app icon you would expect to see for FireFox, Safari, Mail etc. Very ...
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icon for iTunes 10.7/music missing from System Preferences in Snow Leopard
My music/iTunes icon:
is present in the Dock
has gone from some panes of System Preferences.
This first screenshot is from the Spotlight pane, the icon is expected to the left of Music:
The ...
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Keep changed app icon after app update?
I had used CandyBar to change my Mail.app icon. After apply the 10.8.2 Supplemental Update 1, the Mail.app icon has reverted. How can I prevent that from happening in the future?
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Disable Google Play Music menu bar icon
Is there a way to disable the Google Play Music icon in the menu bar, while keeping Google Play Music running?
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How can I universally change the icon for a type of file when the default app doesn't recognize it
I use BBEdit for my coding. I know how to tell all my .cfm, .php, etc. files to open in BBEdit. But The icon is just the plain Jane (what did she ever do?) dog-eared document icon. Instead I'd like to ...
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Finder.app previews of aliases and symbolic links
I have a folder with Finder aliases and symbolic links (i.e. created using ln -s original.pdf link.pdf).
How can I make sure Finder displays previews for these instead of the standard icon?
This ...
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Where did Icon Composer go from Xcode?
I can't seem to find Icon Composer on the Xcode versions at run on Mountain Lion.
Where is it? Has it been taken out? How to get it back?
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How can I disable the delay + minimum distance when deleting icons from the Dock by dragging in Mountain Lion?
As you all know, Dock icons can be removed by simply clicking them and dragging them out of the Dock. As soon as the “poof” animation appears, you can release the mouse button to remove the icon.
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Can I customize the icon Finder uses for PDF/Preview files?
How can I disable the "dog ears" my PDF previews have in Finder?
This is most easily seen in windows with icon view. (Command ⌘-1 is the shortcut). Is it possible to customize this icon so it is ...
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iOS Icon Update Delay
I installed the update for the official iOS Twitter icon a couple of days ago and noticed that even though the update advertised a new icon, the icon didn't change when the update installed. Today I ...
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How to change dock icon when some app has created generic icon images?
I want to use a custom app dock icon, and followed instructions found online, which specified the following:
Find image in Finder
cmd-i on file to "Get Info"
Click the little icon in the top corner
...
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Is it big deal to use some icons borrowed from other app in the App Store?
I found some icons that would be a good fit to my iPhone app based on the features/scenarios that the app will provide, but noticed that an app in the App Store already use those icons. So question ...
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can .webloc file icon show a useful web page preview?
Assuming Finder --> View --> View Options --> Show Icon Preview is enabled, is it possible for a .webloc file icon to show a preview of the referenced web-page?
I think the browser would have to do ...
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This symbol has a square in the middle, triangles on the sides, and arrows in the corners. What does it mean?
My Apple Remote was not working with my iMac which is running 10.7.4.
When I attempted to pair the remote to the computer, by holding down the menu and the next track buttons, the following symbol ...
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System Preferences icons lost/gone all the same
I have Mac mini (mid 2010) server running Mac OS X Server Lion 10.7.3 (11D50b)
At some unspecified point in time (which could have coincided with the installation of Logitech Media Server to serve a ...
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How to change size of ALL icons/folders in Finder?
I only know about this:
defaults write com.apple.finder DesktopViewOptions -dict IconSize -integer 188x188px.; killall Finder’
But it’s only for the Desktop…
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Using SVG for Icons & UI in native iOS Applications [closed]
Is it possible to use SVG files to display buttons and other UI Elements on native iOS applications?
I'm thinking of a good way to update and future proof my icons and UI to fit the Retina display.
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Why does the desktop Hard drive icon keep moving?
Every time I log in to one specific account on my mac the hard drive icon, usually in the top right, has moved to the top left and is partly off of the screen. Even when I drag it back to the right it ...
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Menu bar icons get hidden by long menu bar items
Sometimes on my Macbook Pro when I have a lot of icons in the menu bar, if I start an application which has a lot of menu items, some of these icons get automatically obscured by the menu items.
For ...
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How do I hide an icon?
I just saw this question and answer:
My Notes app accidentally got deleted from my iPhone 4s...
So apparently it's possible to erroneously hide system icons. How can I do this? I'm sick of the ...
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Is the gloss on iOS icons automatically applied?
Clearly it isn't completely automatic, as many icons don't have a reflection, but is there some sort of checkbox when creating an app to determine whether the gloss is applied?
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Is there a Bowtie theme that looks like a Flurry icon?
I have a number of Flurry icons on my desktop linked to applications I use frequently. I envision an almost identical looking icon, but instead of an icon and filename, it displays the album art and ...
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How can I assign a custom icon from a graphic file to another file in Lion?
Suppose I have a graphic file (a .png, for instance), and I want to make that graphic the icon for another file or folder. Previously, I would copy the image to the clipboard (either in Preview, like ...
