New folder icon?

After you create a new folder, is there any way of changing a folder icon to a different one like you can on a PC? I tried CTRL + Click options but there is nothing obvious there.
Thanks

Suggest that you check out the following:
CandyBar
The Iconfactory
Pixel Girl
"how do I remove the white background? "
The white background does not show if you want to change your folder. However, if it does happen I've used AppleWorks and/or ImageWell to remove backgrounds.

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Can I change/add new folder icons?

What I'd like info on is the icons for folders like pictures, music and stuff like that. I forgot the name for this in Ubuntu but it looks like the same thing is here. I'd like to add some of my own to if that is possible.

you can apply a custom icon to any file or folder by hand provided you have write permissions to them. to apply an icon of one file/folder to another do the following.
select the folder whose icon you want to use and enter command+i. in the resulting popup select the little icon in the upper left corner and enter command+c. then select the second folder and enter command+i. in the resulting popup select the icon in the left upper corner and enter command+v
if you have an image you want to use as an icon, open that image in Preview and enter command+c
then then select the second folder and enter command+i. in the resulting popup select the icon in the left upper corner and enter command+v again.
you can also change the default system icons used for Pictures, Music etc. the best way to do it is by using 3rd party apps like Candybar http://www.panic.com/candybar/ or Liteicon http://freemacsoft.net/LiteIcon/.

Creating a new folder sometimes drives me wonky

Have any of you found a work around for this: When I'm in the hierarchical view in the finder and want to create a new folder in one of the panes, the OS can make it difficult. If the pane is completely filled with files or folders, when you control click to bring up the context menu, the OS assumes that you want to pick a choice dealing with whatever file you were hovering over at the time.
In order to create a new folder in that pane, I either have to do something wonky like create the folder on the desktop and drag it in, or expand the window to get blank space at the bottom of the file list.
Is there a way to create a folder directly in a filled pane?

You can also right click on the top of a finder window choose customize from the contextual menu & drag the new folder icon to the top of the finder window.
Also click on the action icon (gear icon) & choose new folder from the drop down menu.
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Creating a new folder on external drive

I am struggling trying to figure out how create new event folders in imovie 11 on my external drive where all my events are stored. No matter what I click the new folder icon is greyed out. Am I doing something wrong?

The New Folder command is used for creating new folders in your Project Library.
When you import video into iMovie, the dialogue box that comes up gives you the opportunity to create a new event and select which drive you wish to save it to.
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Can't create new folder to Applications in standard account

Hi.
As I have two accounts one admin account and other standard account and last time it didn’t work in both.
So I just restored factory settings like described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3910
This fixed the problem.
Now again I can't create new folder to applications but this time it doesn’t work only in my standard account but it does work in admin account.
Previously I downloaded this program to open pdb files :http://www.loghound.com/pordible/
But it didn't work for me so I removed it to Trash. That's when I noticed that the new folder icon in applications isn't active but I can't be sure that this caused it.
I used Disc Utility to repair my macbook pro hard disk using Mac OS X Install DVD but it didn't fix the problem.
Is there any way to fix this problem without restoring factory settings again?

I think either way should work OK - it's less of a security risk to use a standard account for "everything", including web browsing, but I confess I don't myself do this. You would again have to authenticate with an admin username/password if you do download and install from the standard account.
Whichever way you do it, this article may be relevant:
*About file quarantine in Mac OS X v10.5 and v10.6*
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3662
It includes the following:
If you have multiple user accounts on your Mac, the user account that downloaded the file is the only user account that can remove the quarantine attribute to the file. All other user accounts can open the quarantine file, but they will be presented with the quarantine dialog box asking "Are you sure you want to open it?" every time they open the file.
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Was able to but now unable to create new folder SharePoint Online 2013 G3

Hello,
I checked the item and folder limits for the library and even though the library is huge it is within limits. The option is enable and the ICON is not grayed out. When I click New Folder icon nothing happens. I am able to create folders in libraries of other
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Lets have these troubleshoot steps ?
What is your user permission for that library/site/collection ?
Can you create a new list / new library ?
Can you upload new document in same library
Does this happening newly created library ?
is it happening to any other subsite ?
is it happening to any other site colletion?
Did you try "new folder" from library tab from ribbon?
It is not permision issue / something else? what it is? javascript error?
did you try firefox/chrome/opera/safari?
any CEWP hidden ?
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When I create a New Folder (on the desktop or in Finder), the system uses the Generic Document Icon instead of the Generic Folder Icon. How can I change this back?

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Folder Icons not displaying in a new folder

Hello All,
I created a new folder and moved icons into it. I used it for several days with no issues. Now, when I open the folder I can't see any icons. When I open the folder "Options" is listed at the bottom. When I click the menu button, my only option is "switch application." I expected to see the menu with "move, hide, show all" but its not there.
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This happened to me and another user here before. When I clicked on the folder it said options on the bottom and when I hit the back key the icons appeared for a quick second and then it would go back to my homescreen. Try pulling the battery out with the phone on and leave it out for 30 seconds. Replace it and allow 1-3 minutes for the phone to reboot. Then check the folder again. This worked for me and the other user as well. Please let us know if it helps you too.
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How can i change the default icon of a new folder?

what i mean is like every time i create a new folder instead of changing the icon after its created, can i somehow change the default icon on a new folder i create? so when i create a new folder its created with the icon i want it to have?
and i want to do it manually i dont want to use programs for it
thanks

nemesio wrote:
i know but i dont want to use candy bar, were do i go to do it manually?
why not? use LiteIcon then. it's free and is MUCH safer than mucking with system files by hand. if you insist you can do it as follows. go to /system/library/coreservices. control-click on coretypes.bundle and select "show package contents". go to contents-> resources. change the file GenericFolderIcon.icns with your own .icns file. back up the original bundle first.

HT1553 I did the back up as instructed... Installed a larger hard drive and followed the restore instructions... Now I get a white screen with a folder icon and blinking question mark. When trying to set startup with new drive I get a bless tool error...

I did the back up as instructed... Installed a larger hard drive and followed the restore instructions... Now I get a white screen with a folder icon and blinking question mark. When trying to set startup with new drive I get a bless tool error... Help!!

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Preview Icons vanishing when dragged into new folder.

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Moving 20 or more Files in Icon Form to a New Folder

Hey everyone, I've finally gotten around to hitting the forums to inquire about this.
I like to organize many of my folder, file, and desktop files in Icon view and put them together according to their grouping. Once my desktop would get too cluttered I would go through and clean it up by placing it into sub-folders.
This use to be dandy until the time of one of the OS upgrades, I think from Snow Leopard, but it could have been Leopard. Now, whenever I move 21 or more files into a new folder, the first 20 are fine, but everything after the 20th start to be placed into a grid type of mode. [The pictures below will kind of help demonstrate, I've talked to AppleCare where they repeated the conundrum, and suggested these forums]
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Thanks!
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First, I have a question: your profile says you're on Tiger (10.4.x), but you mention Leopard and Snow Leopard - what is the current OS version you are using?
And, before I try to understand and help, I wonder why you appear to be using the desktop as your filing cabinet so to speak? Or do you file your folders elsewhere after the content has been organized? Having that many files on your desktop will slow down your startup - Finder has to open each and every one of those. I created a folder within the Documents folder which has thousands of files and many sub folders in it - it is not on the desktop though; I dragged its' alias to the dock for one click access.
Now, to your issue - did you make sure that you have your view preferences set correctly for all the folders? Even if that is so, I can see that dragging 20 or more folders containing more than 30 GB all at once could result in some glitches. I never use icon view myself (preferring column view) because it would sometimes just not wind up in the order I wanted. So, unless someone can come up with a more definitive idea, I'd say you need to drag fewer folders or try list or column view to see if it works better.

Why not instruct MacOS 10.10 users in creating a new folder to use the wheel icon pull-down menu ...

Your instructions on creating folders aren't correct. for my Mac, saying nothing about having to
Open the Bookmarks pull-down menu
Select 'Unsorted Bookmarks'
Go to the top 'Wheel' icon
THEN you can create a new folder, and other good things
Bit of a pain. Otherwise, Firefox is great!

* Bookmarks created via a click on the star in the location bar are stored by default in the Unsorted Bookmarks folder.
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* Bookmarks created via "Bookmarks > Bookmark This Page" (Ctrl + D) are stored at the bottom of the Bookmarks Menu folder.
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* "Bookmarks Menu"
* "Unsorted Bookmarks"
You can add new bookmarks to one of those three Bookmarks folders, but you can not create a new folder or add bookmarks at the root level ("All Bookmarks") or remove one of the three root folders.
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* The "Unsorted Bookmarks" folder stores bookmarks that are created by clicking the star at the right end of the location bar.

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