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brains
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Custom folder icons on Mac are not working

I have hundreds of folders, each with a custom icon. On Mac, this is saved as a hidden file in the folder (Icon?). Dropbox renames this file to 'Icon_' when syncing and removes the bit from the fol...
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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey brains, thanks for posting to our Community today.

 

Can you let me know which version of macOS you're running on your computer?

 

Also, which version of Dropbox do you have installed? You can see that by hovering your mouse over the Dropbox icon in your menu bar.

 

Keep me posted!

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    brains
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    I am using Big Sur (11.6.2) and Dropbox 148.4.4519

     
     
     
     
     
     
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      Megan
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      3 years ago

      Hey brains, thanks for the response! 

       

      Can you have a look into this thread, and let me know if you have any questions? 

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        brains
        Explorer | Level 4
        3 years ago

        Hi Megan,

        That thread is about changing the icon for the Dropbox home folder. What I am talking about is custom icons for any other folder.

        Cheers,

        Colin

         
         
         

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