Revert iTunes 7 to the previous green icon set
Oct 02, '06 07:30:02AM
Contributed by: Muriac
The novelty of the blue iTunes 7 logo wore off pretty quickly for me. I've got too many blue apps as it is, and I don't like all my media files being the same colour. Reverting to an older version of iTunes was obviously not an option, so I decided to revert just the icons instead. Here's how you do this:
- Download iTunes 6.0.5. Leave the downloaded package alone for now.
- Control-click your copy of iTunes 7 (probably in your Applications folder), and choose Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu. Open the folder Contents -> Resources. Leave this window open.
- Use Pacifist ($20 shareware) to open up the installer you downloaded, and navigate to Contents of iTunes.mpkg -> Contents of iTunesX.pkg -> Applications -> iTunes.app -> Contents/Resources.
- Select all the icon files (.icns) in this folder, and drag them from Pacifist to the Finder window you left open. Confirm the replacement.
- Log out and back in again.
Normally, I'd tell you to back up iTunes before messing about with its contents. However, it's just an application and if you can download iTunes 6, you can download iTunes 7 again.
[robg adds: I'd also recommend quitting iTunes before changing its package contents...]
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