This is a collection of stylish icons for your desktop. This collection includes a globe, a trash icon, cool manilla folders, paint splodges (Splotch+Smudge), icons for disks, paint brushed bézier curve icons, and Deluxe Folders.
Requires: System 7 and ResEdit for Trash icon installation.
Some of these icons are based on the illustrations you see when viewing the Finder Shortcuts. Icons were designed in ResEdit™, Photoshop™, and in ColorStudio™.
All icons include icl4, icl8, ICN#, ics4, ics8, and ics# icon resources giving them a clean appearance at any monitor depth or display size.
Note: the icons are provided attached to TeachText 7.0 documents. Double-clicking on any of the icon files will simply launch TeachText and display information about the icon.
Icon Installation (Get Info-Paste Method)
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1) Select the icon you wish to use for customizing.
2) Once you have made your selection, choose ‘Get Info’ from the ‘File’ Menu or press the keystroke Command-i.
3) Then press the ‘tab’ key. A square box should appear selecting the icon on the top left hand corner of the get info window. (Refer to Page 245 of the System 7.0 Reference manual.) Select ‘Copy’ from the ‘File’ menu, or press Command-C.
Close the get info window. (Command-W)
4) Select the icon (file, folder, hard disk, or floppy disk) you wish to replace with the icon you have just copied. You cannot paste icons into a document which is currently open with another program.
5) Choose ‘Get Info’ from the ‘File’ Menu or press the keystroke Command-i.
6) Press the ‘tab’ key. A square box should appear selecting the icon you are about to replace. Choose ‘Paste’ from the ‘Edit’ menu, or press Command-V. Close the get info window. (Command-W)
Hint: Open the ‘Quick Reference’ file for an overview of the above commands.
Trash icon installation
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1) Double-click the ‘Trash Icon for System’ ResEdit file. (This is located in the folder named ‘Icons.’
NOTE: you should be using a newer version of ResEdit™ such as v2.1 or higher.
2) Press Command-A. (This selects all icon resources.) Then press ‘Command-C.’ (This copies all icon resources.) Now close the file by pressing Command-W.
3) Open your System file.
NOTE: Editing an active system file is dangerous. Instead edit a copy of your system file.
5) Select ‘Paste’ from the ‘Edit’ menu or press Command-V. Pasting will cause a dialog box to appear.
6) Respond ‘Yes’ to this dialog box if you are sure you want to replace the old trash can with the new one you have just copied.
Note: The effects of this action are irreversible once the system file is saved.
7) Save changes to system file and return to the finder. Restart your Mac to view changes.
QuicKeys 2™ Shortcut ---- ‘Icon Copy’ and ‘Icon Paste.’
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Below are some brief installation instructions for the ‘Icon Copy’ and ‘Icon Paste’ QuicKeys.
Note: This requires QuicKeys 2.0 (or higher) with the ‘Message’ extension.
To install…
Open the ‘Icon Copy/Paste’ Keyset file in the QuicKeys window. Select Both QuicKeys and copy them into the finder Keyset. Refer to the QuicKeys 2 instruction manual for detailed Keyset installation instructions.
To use…
1) Select the icon you want to use for customizing.
2) Use the Keystroke (key combination) Control-C.
3) A message will appear after the macro has finished copying, asking you to select a destination file, folder, hard disk, or floppy disk. Do this and press Control-V.
For additional help, questions or comments send mail to: DrewH5 on America Online™
Special thanks to Carol Ordemann. :)
Shareware Notice
Feel free to distribute these icons non-commercially, but please do so only in the original archive file along with this document. If you like my icons and appreciate the time & effort I have put into this collection, please send a payment of $5.00 to :
