Unmodified copies of Folder Icon Maker may be distributed at no charge.
Folder Icon Maker creates folders with custom icons. If you haven’t already plastered your folders with icons from another program, or even if you have, Folder Icon Maker creates attractive folders from almost any file.
To use Folder Icon Maker, just drag an application or document onto the FIM icon. A new folder will be created in same directory as the file is in.
Requirements:
() System 7 or later
() Color or greyscale monitor for best results
Features:
• Anti-aliases when creating small icons. This improves the visible detail.
• Can create transparent icons. Custom folder icons created from black-and-white icons look better if they are transparent, so the folder shows through.
• Offers full menus in addition to Finder dragging interface.
• Includes balloon help.
Options:
• To place the custom folder icon on the clipboard, hold down ‘C’ while dragging.
• To place the custom folder icon on the parent folder of the file, hold down ‘F’ while dragging.
• To treat the white portion of the file’s icon as transparent, hold down ‘T’ while dragging.
• To disable anti-aliasing, hold down ‘A’ while dragging.
Caveats:
» If an alias file is dragged to FIM, FIM will create the new folder in the directory in which the alias’ target file resides. Sorry, can’t be helped right now.
» Due to limitations of the Finder, custom folder icons will be placed on the parent folder only if it has never before had a custom icon. To replace a custom folder icon, create the new icon on the clipboard and paste it over the icon in the folder’s Get Info window.
» Custom icons will not be placed on folders considered special by the System, such as the System folder and the Trash.
» FIM does not create icons for files displaying generic icons. FIM does not create icons for folders, disks, and other items which are not applications or documents.
» FIM cannot be used via dragging while FIM is on a floppy. FIM will not work on icons belonging to applications residing on a floppy. Copy the application to a hard drive to use FIM.
» FIM anti-aliasing is ineffective on black-and-white Macintosh models.
Tips:
◊ To remove the custom icon from a folder, select the folder in the Finder and choose Get Info from the file menu. Next, select the icon in the Info window and choose Clear from the Edit menu.
◊ If you really want to create a custom folder icon with a generic file icon in it, you can do it quite easily. Select the file in the Finder and choose Get Info from the File menu. Next, select the icon in the Info window and choose Copy and then Paste from the Edit menu. Finally, close the Info window and drag the file onto FIM.
◊ Similarly, you can create custom folders icons from disks and folders. Open the Get Info window for the disk or the folder, select and copy the icon in the window, and close the window. Next, open the Get Info window for any file, select its icon, choose Paste from the Edit menu, and close the window. The file should now look like the original folder or disk. Drag the file to FIM, and FIM will create the custom folder. To remove the disk or folder icon from the file, open its Get Info window, select the icon in the window, and choose Clear from the Edit menu.
Comments, criticisms, suggestions are welcome. Please send any feedback to me at 109 Crocker Avenue, Oakland, California 94610 USA, or to grobbins@nails.gsfc.nasa.gov. Picture postcards are especially appreciated.
Thanks to Leonard Rosenthol for providing the shell program upon which FIM is based, to Forrest Tanaka for pointing out how bad real PixMaps can be, and to the testers who offered useful complaints: Jon, Matt, Brandyn, Blake and John.
