The Finder window on a Mac has all sorts of cool icons for my desktop, documents, music, etc. I have created some aliases (“shortcuts” for you PC people) in my Finder window to get to frequently used folders more quickly but didn’t know how to give them their own unique personality (icon) until a friend of mine (blog link would go there, if he had one – don’t worry, he knew I was going to say that) bailed me out. Here’s how:
1. Find the image you want to use as the icon and copy it to your clipboard
2. Find the folder where you want to change the image (below)
3. Press “APPLE + I” to access the information about the folder. The “info” window will appear.
4. Click once on the folder icon in the upper left corner. It will glow (see below) if you’ve done it right.
5. Press “APPLE + V” to paste the image over the existing one. (see below)
You can also press “delete” when you have clicked on the glowing icon to remove what you just pasted, if you don’t like it.
How handy … now to go find some good Mac icons!
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