How to change folder icons or color on a Mac. Right-click the folder you would like to change the icon for. (Image credit: Laptop Mag) 2) In the menu that opens, click Get Info. Jun 25, 2018 How to change icons on a Mac: Swapping the existing icons The first method to change the icon on a Mac is to swap the icon of an existing folder with some other folder. It is nothing but copying the folder of an icon in.icns format and then paste it to that folder which you want to change. Here is the step by step process. Use your own picture or a picture from the web On your Mac, copy the picture you want to use to the Clipboard. One way to do this is to open the picture in the Preview. Select the file or folder whose icon you want to replace, then choose File Get Info. At the top of the Info window, click the. Nov 14, 2018 Double-click the picture or icon you want to use to open it in your Mac's built-in Preview app. Choose Edit - Select All in Preview's menu bar, or use the keyboard shortcut Command-A. Choose Edit - Copy in Preview's menu bar, or use the keyboard shortcut Command-C. Next, right-click (or. On your Mac, choose Apple menu System Preferences, then click Users & Groups. Open Users & Groups preferences for me. Click the lock icon to unlock it. Enter an administrator name and password. You can change your own picture without unlocking Users & Groups preferences. Select the user account on the left, then click the picture on the right.
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- Changing Your Login Icon
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Changing Your Login Icon
Your login icon represents your face within the world of your Mac. It’s used as your buddy icon for online messaging in iChat, it appears next to your personal information in the Address Book, and you see it every time you log in. You can use one of the built-in pictures, or you can add any picture you like—your photo or anything else.
- Choose Apple menu, System Preferences.
- Click the Users & Groups button to see your choices.
Click the Password button; then click your picture and choose Edit Picture (the notepad icon) in the pop-up menu.
Drag or paste an image file into the Images window, drag the image and the scaling slider until the square shows the area you want for the icon, and then click Done to make it your login picture.
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It’s your Mac—why not have some fun with it? You can make your Mac your own in myriad ways, from changing its desktop picture, its screen saver, and even your own login icon to changing the way the Finder works and responds to you. You can even change the Finder’s language to any of a couple dozen alternatives, including Asian languages.
Your custom settings are associated with your login name, so they’re automatically put into effect each time you log in. When other users log in, their own settings are activated. That means a single Mac can offer each user a custom experience. Your custom settings can include useful preferences such as network locations and more fun preferences such as your desktop wallpaper.
In this chapter, you’ll learn how to customize the Finder, the Dock, the desktop, your screen saver, and your security preferences. You’ll also learn how to make your own Dashboard widgets—tiny custom programs that you can build from pieces of your favorite websites.
Taking Advantage of Custom Settings
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