I installed Mavericks on an external SSD drive and now want to point my music, pictures and video to ones on my previous drive.
I created a link using ln command, a link was created. I launched iTunes, it correctly determined the working directory and was able to play my music. BUT in Finder the icon of iTunes directory (~/Music/iTunes) was like a blank document with an arrow while original folder has a customised icon. Also I tried creating an alias for that folder – and icon became just a regular folder icon. What is it?
MacOS – Alias\symbolic link icons
aliasfindermacossymlink
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There is a cute bash script that converts your aliases into symlinks, which sounds like your best bet honestly. Aliases aren't useful for much really.
Goto your Home Folder > Library > Preferences and delete the files:
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
If you can't find the files use this method: from the Finder menu bar, select Go > Go to Folder and copy the following line into the text box that opens:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Then, restart, or log out and in again.
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Select Go > Go to Folder and copy the following line into the text box that opens:
/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/
Here is where you will find all the sidebar icons -
Now you will have to manually change the icons for the respective folders by using Get Info on the folder that is in your sidebar and by dragging and dropping the icns file onto on the Inspector panel.
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Same problem here. I used Onyx Maintenance, then Rebuild tab and that fixed the icons. As a side-effect, it cleared custom icon positions, and other Finder display parameters etc.