Comments on: Workaround: Mac OS X Leopard Docked Folder Icon Madness

By: Merrie Robertshaw

Merrie Robertshaw — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:02:10 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5OO_ASc1b0

By: RKaneKnight

RKaneKnight — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:31:15 +0000

P.S. you still have to right click on them once you’ve dragged them to you dock and click “Folder”

By: RKaneKnight

RKaneKnight — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:29:56 +0000

After writing that last message I had an epiphany.
Try a linux solution…

So I started terminal, and typed this.

mkdir dock_icons
cd dock_icons
ln -s /Volumes/ExternalHD/MIS MIS
ln -s /Volumes/ExternalHD/Forms Forms

This makes a folder to keep you organized, and then a you use good old command link program to create an alias that isn’t a GUI alias. You type first what you want it to point to, and then what you want it named.
So in my case I had an external volume named ExternalHD, so /Volumes/ExternalHD/MIS, and MIS is the folder that I wanted to link to , and MIS is the link name that I wanted to give it.

It copies whatever Icon you have set for the folder to this new link, and whenever you drag it to the Dock it shows that icon sans “shorcut arrow”.

Be the Mac!
God Bless!

By: RKaneKnight

RKaneKnight — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:20:29 +0000

After all this I”m still not happy with it. I have 3 folders on an external drive, connected via FireWire 800. No matter what I do I cannot get these folders to load the folder icon at startup. Evertime I reboot I have to right click on them and click “Stack” and then “Folder”. Anyone seen a fix for this?

By: Kesares

Kesares — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:58:02 +0000

Well, just to let anyone who was interested in my prob, know. I solved it by removing folder with the changed icon from the dock and put it back in. Seems like Leopard can’t remember a changed icon of a folder in the dock when its already in the dock while changing it. If you remove the folder from the dock before changing it and you put it back in after you replaced the icon then Leopard will remember the replaced icon even after a restart. At least so it was with my macbook. (It only appeared with the “show as folder” option, not with “show as staple”.

Have a beautiful time…

By: Kesares

Kesares — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:40:43 +0000

I’m not sure if I understand you correctly jim, but I think you’re referring to the show as staple function. But I’m using the show as folder function. The replaced icon just doesn’t show after a restart. As if the dock doesn’t remember what icon to show.

The specs:
macbook 2,4 with 10.5.7

By: jim

jim — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:30:07 +0000

All you have to do is put an image with transparency in the folder. Set the modified date to 2100 and it will always be on top if you have ‘order by date’. If you have ‘order by name’ then call the image file ‘ animagefile’.

By: Kesares

Kesares — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:37:42 +0000

Hello,

I got the same problem as Steven March. I changed the Icon of a folder I placed in the dock. The icon shows up properly but as soon as I shut down or restart the mac, the normal blue folder icon shows up. In Finder though the changed icon is still there. So I have to click on the dock folder to uncheck “show as folder” and check it again.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks.

By: Steven March

Steven March — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:24:58 +0000

Hello,
I am having a similar problem to what was discussed above. As Tom suggested, going to “Display As> Folder” fixes the problem. However! When I return to OS X after a shutdown, the dock folder displays the icon for the first item in that folder! I can go back in, do the display as folder trick again.. but it doesn’t remain permanent.

One thought though.. anyone else out there with this problem using TinkerTools? I’m not saying there is a link.. I’m just wondering if maybe there is.

Good luck, never despair!

By: Tom Arnfeld

Tom Arnfeld — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:48:35 +0000

Hello,
I don’t mean to ruin all your glory but here is a no nuff and apple way to do this.

And it open’s as a stack and all sorts, doesn’t change anything except the icon…

Right click your stack / folder and click

“Display As > Folder”

This makes the icon the folder icon, not the “stack” contents.

Hope this helps anyone