Aqua-Soft ForumsIs it possible (on a Mac) to change the spotlight icon to the spotlight icon in Leopard?
Change Spotlight Icon in Menu Bar to Leopard one
it would probaly all depend on the theme you're using
I'm using the defualt theme.
the default mac os x theme?
well umm...i'm not sure if there's a theme out already for mac, but i'm sure the finderbar skin will change it for you
Cool. Thanks NC. Does anyone have the new Leopard Spotlight Icon...?
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Also, it won't allow you to change those files.
I'm sure that's a permissions issue, which you can remedy as long as you're not afraid of using the shell.
Once you have the image you want, open up the Terminal, and enter the following commands, pressing enter after each line:
cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/Resources/
sudo mv SPOTLIGHTICONORIGINAL.tiff spotlighticon.tiff.bak [[^^NOTE FROM NC: Enter your password when prompted^^]]
sudo mv ~/Desktop/NEWSPOTLIGHTICON.tiff /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/Resources/SPOTLIGHTICONORIGINAL.tiff
Make sure you're the administrator, or none of this will work. This series of commands treats "SPOTLIGHTICONORIGINAL.tiff" as the filename of the "real" Spotlight icon, the one the System uses that you're replacing. It assumes that the new Leopard icon is located on the Desktop. Obviously you'll have to alter this so that the filenames match.
Apparently you'll need to "restart the SystemUIServer process in Activity Monitor" when you're finished this.
Be careful. It's all too easy to muck up your system when you're using the Terminal, especially in conjunction with sudo (if you don't know what you're doing) 
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-NC
Hopefully everything
Thanks. Now all I need is the new Menu Bar Spotlight Icon... should I request this in the Icons/Cursors Requests Section?
... hope you dont mind alittle spam, but my illuminous theme has a spotlight icon similar to leopard; black circle with a transparent magnifying glass and transparent menubar;
http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread....ight=illuminous
When I change the file the same blue spotlight icon stays.
EDIT: I found a different file not spotlight.icns... it is MDSearchWidget_Normal-1.tiff and MDSearchWidget_Pressed-1.tiff ... the only thing is it isn't just the spotlight icon it has part of the menu bar too.