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How do you change the icon of a disc image?
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Dec 20, 2005, 04:47 AM
 
Just got my new SE w800 phone. When it mounts on the desktop, it has a generic disc image icon, and I couldn't change that the way you change regular disk icons. Does anyone know how to do this, as I have a nice w800 icon that I'd like to use instead.

Thanks,

J.
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Dec 20, 2005, 04:57 AM
 
Get info on the icon you want to use (command-I), click on the icon in the info window, select copy (command-C).

Get info on the phone's generic icon, click on the icon in the get info window and select paste (command-V)
     
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Dec 21, 2005, 04:48 AM
 
He says he can't change the icon in the conventional manner.

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Dec 21, 2005, 07:57 AM
 
If you have Candybar you can do this universally. In AppExtras you can drag apps to change certain icons that are related to that app. In this case the app is /system/library/coreservices/discimagemounter.app. The problem in this case is that the phone icon would then be the icon for all disc images. Is that what you'd want? I don't think there's a way to universally just change the disc image phone icon without affecting all disc images.
     
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Dec 21, 2005, 04:11 PM
 
Ah ok. Seems like I can't do it just for that one disc image. Thanks, thought I was going nuts.

Cheers,

J.
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Dec 21, 2005, 04:12 PM
 
Ah ok. Seems like I can't do it just for that one disc image. Thanks, thought I was going nuts.

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J.
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Dec 21, 2005, 04:13 PM
 
Ah, ok. thought I could just change the icon for one disc image. Now I know I can't.

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J.
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