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An even easier way to achieve the same result can be accomplished by the little shareware application CandyBar. It enables you to change all system icons, including the alias-arrow, and save different sets of icons.
Of course this is only an alternativ if you like to play around with the system, and other, icons, or find the thought of entering the Terminal more frightening, and the alias-arrow more annoying, than using $13 on the shareware fee.
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There are 10 kinds of people in the world? Those who think binary, and those who don't. How do i backup macbook pro. I dislike the Windows-like arrows in the lower left corner of alias icons. ![]()
That arrow on Windows is actually Mac-like. The Mac had those little arrows long before Windows did, 1990 if memory serves. They first appeared in System 7.
System 7 used italic type to signify an alias.. it didn't have the arrows. I don't remember when they started using the arrows, but OS 9 does have them.
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Does anyone know why Apple stopped using italics for aliases? I really liked it. I have nothing in particular against the arrow badges, but I think it would be good to have the italics, too. That way there's a textual reinforcement of the fact that the file is an alias in addition to a graphical one..
Would it not be more graceful to back up the original .icns file and replace it with a blank (fully transparent) one, rather than 'losing' it to the system?
Also work great for Leopard 10.5.X
This does work in Lion - 10.7.1 - Complete the Terminal input, and then, Logout. After logging back in, badges gone. (I've not tried the re-apply badges, but most likely, it will work as well.
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