I know you can change the icons of files, folders, etc, but in the sidebar folders appear the same. Is it possible to give them a custom icon for the sidebar like the Music, Photo's, Movies, etc folders have?
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1Would a program like CandyBar suit your needs? http://www.panic.com/candybar/ – bmike Aug 01 '11 at 20:24
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It does not state if it can change them in the sidebar. Can anyone vouch for that functionality? – Chris Aug 01 '11 at 20:34
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If you want to use the default Mavericks OS X Finder Icons, go to System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle (right-click > Show Package contents)/Contents/Resources.
Get Infoon the folder in finder sidebar.- Drag the .icns file (e.g.
ToolbarDownloadsFolderIcons.icnson to the small icon inGet Infowindow to the left of Downloads.
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CandyBar should do the trick for you.
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I downloaded a trial of candy bar from macupdate. It did not change the sidebar icons to color. – Aug 04 '11 at 07:36
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Hmmm...it should. I don't exactly know. It may be that the trial doesn't let you do that. – daviesgeek Aug 04 '11 at 17:23
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If you are on El Capitan I think you have to disable SIP first:
1.Restart your Mac.
2.Before OS X starts up, hold down Command-R and keep it held down until you see an Apple icon and a progress bar. Release. This boots you into Recovery.
3.From the Utilities menu, select Terminal.
4.At the prompt type exactly the following and then press Return: csrutil disable
5.Terminal should display a message that SIP was disabled.
6.From the menu, select Restart.
