Mac OSX Dock Icon

Submitted by aregeess on Sat, 08/20/2011 - 18:57
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Soulseek General Discussion

Hey all,

I've been using Soulseek on Windows for years, but I recently switched to Mac and downloaded SoulseekQT.

Anyways, my issue is not with the program itself. It works wonderfully. However, I put the SoulseekQt icon in my dock, and the only time the actual program icon shows up is while SoulseekQt is running. The program functions correctly; the only issue is the icon itself. When the application is closed, the dock icon appears as the default application icon (pencil, pen and ruler against sheets of paper) and when opened the icon shows up as the blue flying bird. The blue bird icon has never displayed in my applications folder (or anywhere else for that matter).

Any thoughts? Kind of a minor thing, but thats what makes me feel like I'm missing something simple. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Submitted by gatovadio on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 11:25.

i think the .plist file inside that app bundle may be missing the entry to show the icon.
nir, what about a freeware icon like http://findicons.com/icon/47104/bird?id=47110#
something more mac-like?

Submitted by gatovadio on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 13:22.

the online and offline icons are hard coded but you can set an icon for the app to stay on your dock.

1. download this quick icon i made from the original or any other you like (rename it to slskqt.icns)
http://cl.ly/1s0N1S070a2N0Q383O2Z

2. right click on soulseekqt.app and select 'show package contents' and move 'slsk.icns' into 'contents/resources'.

3. open the file 'contents > plist.info' with a plain text editor (i suggest textwrangler but you can use text edit as long as you save as simple text, not rich text) and replace <string>SoulseekQt.rc</string> with <string>slskqt.icns</string> like you see below. save and quit.

<dict>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>slskqt.icns</string>

4. open the terminal, type 'touch', a space and drag soulseekqt.app to the terminal window. finally press enter for the changes to take effect on the app icon.

anyway, i'm sure nir will give it a nice icon down the road.

Submitted by audiophilepj on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 14:30.

Thanks gatovadio! This worked for me.

Submitted by aregeess on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 18:52.

Thanks, gatovadio! Worked like a charm. I really appreciate the help.

Submitted by ekzotic on Sun, 09/02/2012 - 08:39.

can you re-up your icon pls?