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Modding the Dropbox menu bar icons (because I'm obsessive compulsive)

Filed in Downloads on 08/11/2008 at 9:23 AM

dropbox When Cullen invited me to try out Dropbox, another Y Combinator alum, I instantly loved the application. It’s like iDisk on crack, shared between two or more people. Check out the TechCruch review for a more detailed report.

I’m obsessed with a consistent Mac OS X GUI, so when I realized the Dropbox menu bar icon was Aqua blue (ohnoes!), I had to fix it to match the other black icons surrounding it. The menu bar icons are just a set of five PNGs that you have to replace in the Dropbox application (cue Owen Wilson in Zoolander). Here are directions to get to the correct path:

In your Applications folder, ctrl-click on the Dropbox icon and select Show Package Contents. A new Finder window will open up with a Contents folder. Unzip the PNGs and drop them into the Resources folder found within the Contents folder. Translation: Dropbox.app > Contents > Resources > [PNGs]

Download a ZIP of the set I made so you too can quell your Mac OS X OCD.

New Dropbox IconUPDATE: A few months back, Dropbox posted an icon contest for a new black menu bar icon. The results were never published on the Dropbox blog, but you should be able to see the results right in your install of Dropbox. I really like the way it’s come out and it’s way better than the upload I’ve provided above. The sync indication is really slick. Enjoy!

6 Comments on “Modding the Dropbox menu bar icons (because I'm obsessive compulsive)”

  1. Todd, on November 8th, 2008 at 11:10 AM said:

    Thanks! This has been bugging me for days.

  2. studimaus, on March 16th, 2009 at 4:46 AM said:

    It is already possible to change the Dropbox Icon to a black icon for several months. That happened already before November 2008. You should check preferences, so no need for a download!

  3. Vendaval, on March 16th, 2009 at 4:29 AM said:

    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is something you have, you can’t ‘be’ OCD.
    Nice Icons.

  4. Cesar Torres, on March 30th, 2009 at 4:00 PM said:

    @Vendaval – touché. Title updated accordingly. :)

  5. @Cesar, on June 2nd, 2009 at 8:31 AM said:

    Incorrect use of ‘touché’, he was merely informing you of your error.

    Plus, the updated title is still wrong. You should say ‘Because I have OCD’, think of it like ‘Because I am AIDS’ – you see?

    However, don’t bow the idiocy of ‘net trolls so fast, you can be OCD, and you can have it.

    You can be OCD.

  6. Cómo cambiar los iconos de las aplicaciones en la barra de menús de Mac OS X | Noticortos.com, on May 28th, 2010 at 9:24 PM said:

    [...] en la barra de menús.Lo mejor para cambiar estos iconos es buscarlos por Internet (los de Dropbox los he encontrado aquí) o si somos mañosos diseñarlos nosotros mismos, teniendo en cuenta que tienen que ser .png con [...]

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