This is a collection of resources to customise the trash icons on the desktop of your Macintosh.
To customise the trash icons
We can customise usual icons on the desktop of your Macintosh easily by "copy" and "paste". However, the trash icon is rather special. We cannot change the icon unless we manipulate the inside data of the system file by ResEdit or similar applications. Some Mac users may say, "No, we don't have to do such troublesome things". Yes, their opinion is certainly right. Yet, some funky Mac lovers will say, "Yes, it's interesting". Then I am going to present you my new works "Trash Selection".
The process of customising
The following instruction is pronounced exclusively to those who are familiar with the ResEdit application. If you are not, please buy and read introductory books on ResEdit, or ask your friends who know about ResEdit.
This collection contains seven kinds of the trash icons, each of them a pair of "blank" and "filled". They are now in the status of usual customised icons (ID=-16455). Then, please open your favourite file by ResEdit, and then copy the palette pattern ("Select All" -- "Copy"). Next, open the system file in the same manner. The resource named ic14, ic18, ICN#, ics#, ics4 and ics8 are the parts where the desktop icons are stored. Among them, as you will find very easily, the ID=-3993 and ID=-3984 are those of trash icons. Open them, and paste the previously copied patterns onto the palette. This is the end of the process. Please close the system file and quite ResEdit.
Finally, I would like to remind you that you should duplicate all the files which you manipulate by ResEdit. Don't miss it especially when you open the system file. If you fail, then you may cause unrecoverable errors.
Please be reminded that you operate ResEdit absolutely at your own risk. Thank you.
Distribution and Copyright
This selection is a freeware. Please distribute freely to any network or to your friends' Macintosh. This instruction must be paired with the selection, because I want my name and E-mail address clear to the user of this selection. I do not claim copyright of this selections: but I want to encourage the users to give their opinions (admiration, complaint, etc..) to me by E-mail.
I do not mind if you modify these icons for your personal pleasure. If you want to upload your versions, please give me message. I sincerely request you not to distribute this original version or yours for commercial purposes. Anyway, I really like to hear from those who use my freewares. Please write to me freely.
P.S. Among the resources, "Cat" is an exerpt from my previous output.
