[mdawson]

OK, so a recent MacAddict article states:

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As an added nicety and to make your Top Apps folder easier to identify in your Dick, select your Applications folder, press Command-I to open its info window, and then do the same with your Top Apps folder. Select the fancy-schmancy Applications-folder icon in its Info window, copy it (Command-C), select the plain Jane Top Apps folder icon in the Top Apps Info window, and paste the Applications icon into it (Command-V).

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So I attempted to do the same to change the icons of my external FireWire drive to a miniStack icon but I cannot select let alone copy and paste the icons in the Info windows. I thought that this may be because I was dealing with drives, but I also had no luck attempting to do the same with folders.
Am I missing something?

[Nobody]

I have never had that problem but before going further, are logged in as the "master of the universe" on your machine or a lowly user with little to no rights to change anything? /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[mdawson]

I am logged in as the master of my domain (admin). I generally avoid logging in as the master of the universe (root). /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[MCJ]

If all else fails I'm sure you'll be able to use Candybar to do this, but usually I get around this frustrating problem by a painstaking process of trial-and-error i.e. open Get Info, select (nothing doing), reselect (no dice), close Get Info, reopen Get Info, select, copy, open Get Info of target, select, paste (no joy), close Get Info of target, reopen, paste (we have lift-off). If all that doesn't work I stand up in front of my Mac and do a Haka (obscure Maori war dance used to frighten opponents) before trying again. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Nobody]

May be one does need to be logged in as the master of the universe... that is how I am usually logged in and as I mentioned, the system allows me to change icons readily by copy-paste in get info window. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[mdawson]

You actually use your Mac as the root user? My primary account is as the system administrator; I would think that would give me all of the privileges necessary for something like this. I could understand if I could not alter icons, but I cannot select them either. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[mdawson]

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If all that doesn't work I stand up in front of my Mac and do a Haka (obscure Maori war dance used to frighten opponents) before trying again.

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None of the local Zulu or Xhosa dances work for you? /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Nobody]

Using get info, you can quickly check who has the ownership etc.
In my case, they are the same... however, being unable to select the icons as an administrator seems rather odd. I would have thought that it should work quite easily.
I imagine you have already done the routine repair permission/disk stuff! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[GCG]

Hi-
Take a look at: http://www.macupdate...fo.php/id/11740 and see if it helps.

[MCJ]

I have been known to toyi-toyi on occasion. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[mdawson]

Alam,
Yep, I checked ownership in the Info windows and all of the disk permissions are fine. Odd indeed.
GCG,
I downloaded FinderIcon and it worked great. Thanks for the suggestion!
Ultimately this was nothing mission critical, but it is nice to have the volumes on the drive in the miniStack mount with a miniStack icon.
Thanks for all the help, everyone.

[mdawson]

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I have been known to toyi-toyi on occasion.

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/forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Yeah I tried some b-boying (pop-locking and breaking) to a few Afrika Bambaataa cuts I have ripped in iTunes to no avail. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif