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10.4: Replace the system's Computer icon and more
Authored by: cudaboy_71 on May 15, '05 02:08:08PM

sorry...but, this is only 1/2 a hint IMO. the location of the file is only half the battle. the hint really should include a way to create your own .icn file from a standard icon file (which are available in abundance from various icon sites).

for example, i have a the powerbook icon from "world of aqua 5" available at iconfactory.com. you can't just copy/paste this icon to the .icn file, nor can you just rename and replace the icon file. you must convert the icon file to the .icn format.

use the free tool Icns2Rsrc:
http://membres.lycos.fr/geographer/Icns2Rsrc.html

its sole purpose is converting regular icon files to .icn files. then, follow the rest of the hint: rename the file to iMac.icns and replace in the CoreTypes.bundle.

hope this saves someone else the 1/2 hour it took me to figure out.

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