Change the icon used for zipped files
September 1, 2008 by wizTEQ Staff
Filed under Tip of The Day
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If, like me, you find the default white zip file icon in 10.5 bland and boring, then it is quite easy to change it if you are using the built-in Archive Utility:
- Open up Finder and go to /System/Library/CoreServices.
- Find the Archive Utility, Control-click on it and select Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu.
- Navigate into Contents » Resources.
- Make a backup copy of bah-zip.icns (or any of the other compressed icons you’d like to change) by dragging the file to a folder in your user’s home folder. The system will create a copy.
- Find an icon you’d like to use, and copy it into this folder, renaming it to bah-zip.icns. I chose to copy the nice green bah.icns file from this same directory, renamed it to bah-zip.icns, and then copied it back in. (You will need to enter your admin password to modify this folder.)
- Restart Finder or logout/login, and you will now have a nice customized zip icon …