Customising Finder sidebar icons

Asked Aug 06 '16 at 22:41

Active Aug 06 '16 at 22:51

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I'm trying to figure out how to customise some of my folders' sidebar icons that are using custom ICNS icons via "Get Info". They're basic "Documents", "Downloads", etc. folders that I've replaced with my own on a secondary drive.

Currently running El Capitan 10.11.6.

An option that doesn't require an external app would be ideal. Can Dropbox's method be replicated? Thanks!

edited Aug 06 '16 at 22:51

asked Aug 06 '16 at 22:41

Mario Parra

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Please include the Mac OS X version number you're running on your Mac. – IconDaemon Aug 06 '16 at 22:49
@IconDaemon They've updated it now. – bb216b3acfd8f72cbc8f899d4d6963 Aug 06 '16 at 23:28
@Peanut Hmm well, that's five years old, and I mentioned that I'd rather not use an app such as CandyBar and that the "Get Info" method doesn't affect the sidebar icons. – Mario Parra Aug 06 '16 at 23:38
@MarioParra Here is another related post: http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/182180/154794 – bb216b3acfd8f72cbc8f899d4d6963 Aug 06 '16 at 23:50
Per the link that Peanut provided, Dropbox uses an API provided to software developers for the purpose of changing the icon in the sidebar for a given folder. You'd have to write a Mac application to replicate Dropbox's functionality. – tubedogg Aug 07 '16 at 03:04

Customising Finder sidebar icons

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