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Folder icons

Post by si-ghan-bi » Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:50 pm

I tried to apply custom icons to my folders in a ZFS volume but I wasn't able to.
Is it a known bug? Other Mac OS Z metadata such as the labels are shown, but icons are not, even with folders that I copy from a HFS+ volume.
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Re: Folder icons

Post by grahamperrin » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:00 pm

Please, is the limitation consistently reproducible?

(If so, then I guess that viewtopic.php?t=115 is unrelated.)
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Re: Folder icons

Post by si-ghan-bi » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:12 pm

Yes, I can never apply custom icons, but sometimes they appear where thery shouldn't.
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Re: Folder icons

Post by grahamperrin » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:24 pm

si-ghan-bi wrote:… sometimes they appear where thery shouldn't.


Interesting, thanks.

When that happens, in which of the following interfaces is the custom icon misplaced (on the wrong volume)?

[  ] Computer level in Finder
[  ] desktop (if you choose to view disks there)
[  ] sidebar of Disk Utility

Also, please, can you recall whether that occasional symptom (apparent misplacement of custom icon for a volume) began (a) before or (b) after you began using child file systems?

Postscript, sorry for possible confusion: does the occasional misplacement of icons affect folders (the opening post of this topic 109), volumes (topic 115), or both folders and volumes?
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Re: Folder icons

Post by si-ghan-bi » Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:58 pm

A custom icon applied to a ZFS drive shown on the desktop gets correctly applied and shown everywhere. The same for files. If I apply the custom icon to a folder inside a ZFS volume, the icon is never shown, even if I drag that folder on the sidebar.
The issue appeared before I started using child filesystems.
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sidebar FAVORITES normally without custom icons

Post by grahamperrin » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:48 pm

si-ghan-bi wrote:… custom icon to a folder inside a ZFS volume, the icon is never shown, even if I drag that folder on the sidebar. …


Which OS?

It's proper for Mountain Lion to not show custom folder icons amongst favourites in the sidebar.
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Re: Folder icons

Post by si-ghan-bi » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:51 am

It is ML, but they should be shown on window title and on the folder itself!!
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Re: Folder icons

Post by markpat3rson » Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:52 am

Also seeing this problem. cannot paste ANY custom icons onto ANY file OR folder on ZFS in Finder. Basically has no effect.
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Re: Folder icons

Post by dbrady » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:17 am

My conclusion is that this is a OS X regression starting in 10.7 and still broken in 10.8.

Some observations:
  • This works fine in 10.6.8
  • It only effects folders -- file and volume custom icons display fine.
  • User home directories don't get the traditional home folder icons (Documents, Music, Pictures,...) which are not true custom icons but provided by the system.
  • The custom icon data is being preserved correctly:
    - The custom icon on a zfs folder can be seen in the Finder:GetInfo panel in the Preview section
    - Displays fine if disk is taken back to 10.6.8
    - Copy the folder back to HFS+ and the custom icon displays.
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icons looking good on symlinks to ~/Documents and the like

Post by grahamperrin » Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:25 pm

dbrady wrote:… traditional home folder icons (Documents, Music, Pictures,...) … 


If it helps: with OS X 10.8.2 and with ZEVO Community Edition 1.1.1 used for a home directory, observe the result of

ln -s ~/Documents ~/Desktop

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Symlinks such as that bear the expected icon.

Aliases do not.
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