Change iSync device icons
Dec 09, '04 09:25:00AM
Contributed by: digiglyphics
I was kind of disappointed in the generic icon that iSync gave my Sony Ericsson T637. It didn't really look like my phone, although it did resemble the T630 which is the same but white. I thought it looked a little cartoony so I replaced it with a more photographic representation. First open iSync and take a look at the icon you have. Then find the corresponding ".tiff" file in the BTConduit.bundle package. You can find that file at the following path:
/System/Library/SyncServices/BTConduit.bundle/Contents/Resources
Once you locate your current icon's tiff file, copy the name of it to the tiff file you want to replace it with. Then just replace the original with the one you just renamed.
Notes:
- The files you will be changing in the bundle are TIFFs. So in Photoshop (or your image editor of choice), you need to re-save your icon file as a TIFF as well.
- Some icon files may resist opening/importing into Photoshop but copying or screen capturing can get around this with acceptable results. The end file will be displayed very small in the iSync interface.
- If you are making a custom file, just copy one that's already there and use it as a size template.
- If you want a transparent image, save your file as such. Otherwise you'll get a colored square behind your icon.
Naturally, you should back up any files you change in case you want them back. Here are the results of my iSync surgery. And you might want to use some Apple-provided Ericsson icons and Nokia icons as your starting point..
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