Changing The Way Your Stack Looks

**thetoothfairy** · 09-05-2008, 01:00 AM

I got tired of my stacks being those small little blue envelopes as I thought they were boring.

I ran across this Chinese site......

optica optima: DRAWERS icon #1

And couldn't understand a word he was saying with it LOL. So I downloaded the files and went from there.

The link to download the Drawers icons are below... I downloaded them all so I could change them when I wanted to.... to get a different look.

Icon Download

Now my stacks look like nice little draws! All nice and tidy!

Once I downloaded one of them my download opened and I double left clicked on the bottom draw...

once I clicked on them there were several on them on that screen. I then took the ones I wanted to use and dragged them to my desktop.

Once they were on my desktop I then right clicked on them then clicked on Get Info and then changed the name & extension of the file.

For example I am going to use the download draw. When I changed the name of it I changed it to this. **Download***.app and then closed the window.

Once I changed it I then opened my download directory and then dragged it into it.

Once it was in there it then changed my blue boring envelope to a nice little draw.

**one1** · 09-05-2008, 01:12 AM

posted a few days ago, but good stuff.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/mac-the...ree-icons.html

**thetoothfairy** · 09-05-2008, 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by one1

posted a few days ago, but good stuff.

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/mac-the...ree-icons.html

Ops! LOL well I gave step by step instructions in how to do it... LOL Thanks for the compliments!

**saipansailor670** · 09-30-2009, 10:21 PM

thank you for this! I used it and it works great!

**thetoothfairy** · 09-30-2009, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by saipansailor670

thank you for this! I used it and it works great!

Your welcome!

**rizhiy** · 12-22-2010, 07:18 PM

Just one simple question what if i want to change the folders back to their original look? i have tried to erase the "***" but nothings happening =( and i tried taking the Folder from my HDD nothing either =( im just curious that's all....other wise it looks amazing!! thanks =)

**thetoothfairy** · 12-23-2010, 09:06 PM

In your folder to where you added the draw with the *** name just remove that file out of the folder and it should go back to normal... if not reboot.

**rizhiy** · 01-08-2011, 09:44 AM

Thanks a lot!! =) i like the way the stack looks.....but i think its messing up my applications list....when i tried downloading something from the Mac App Store it didnt show up on my Applications list =/...thanks again =)

**Rob2G** · 04-01-2011, 12:50 AM

it looks cool, but you guys are crazy downloading something like this from a chinese website. Just kidding its really cool, I just discovered this thanks to this thread and it works on os x 10.6.7 and os x 10.7

**Scmed27** · 04-03-2011, 12:33 PM

Is there a way to hide the icon file which now shows up in each stacked folder? The first file for them all now is the "**Download*** with the icon photo... This seems unnecessary to not have hidden, I just can't figure out how to hide it.

Other than that very cool! Thanks for the post!

Also I keep accidently clearing my downloads folder when I move the files, and deleting this file... so if it were hidden maybe it wouldn't be deleted! haha.

**diegopetrucci** · 07-02-2011, 04:42 AM

This is probably one of the pretties OS X mod I've ever seen, thank you for sharing.

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