Modding the Dropbox menu bar icons (because I’m obsessive compulsive).
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.
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Thanks! This has been bugging me for days.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is something you have, you can’t ‘be’ OCD.
Nice Icons.
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!
@Vendaval – touché. Title updated accordingly. :)
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.