Removing custom Disk Image icons from copied apps

Feb 07, '03 10:17:02AM

Contributed by: peterneillewis

It seems that most software you download is in disk image format, and of course we all know that dragging a disk image to the Applications folder toolbar icon won't work (it creates an alias). Instead, option dragging is required to copy the program to the Applications folder. But that's not this tip.

The problem then is that the icon in the Applications folder is a disk image icon, not a folder icon which looks quite odd. And if you choose Get Info on the folder, you will find that you cannot cut or clear the icon to get rid of it. Here's the trick - paste any other custom icon on the folder and then you can cut the icon and voila, a folder icon appears. Even better, this works even if the custom icon is the disk image icon and you copied it straight from the folder in the first place!

So basically, select the folder, Get Info (Command-I), hit tab (select the icon), Copy, Paste, Cut. Seems basic and silly, but it's a pain otherwise!

[Editor's note: This hint will save me some time! I had been copying and pasting another folder's icon; now I can do it all in one step from one Get Info box.]

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