Put the color back in iTunes 10's icons

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How to put the color back in iTunes 10′s icons

5 September 2010 3,324 views 7 Comments

For some folks, the interface changes Apple’s made in iTunes 10 are just too much to bear. Cupertino’s design gods must be crazy and no further proof is needed than the dichromatic icons that skulk lifelessly inside the new version. Here’s how to breath some color back into iTunes 10′s icons

First and always when tinkering under the hood, back up your settings and library — think Time Machine — before making the attempt.

Next, we should pause for a moment of silence in honor of Drien, who sacrificed his blog on the alter of bandwidth caps to bring us this tutorial.

1. Quit iTunes

2. Download the itunes10colors file

3. In the finder, right click on iTunes and choose “Show Package Contents”

4. Move the current iTunes.rsrc file to a safe place

5. Copy the new iTunes.rsrc to the Contents folder

Now, fire up iTunes and enjoy the renewed color.

via Obama Pacman

7 Comments »

Rick said:

This is GREAT! Thank you. And thanks to Drien, too. I hope he’s back in business soon.

# 20 September 2010 at 8:02 pm

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# 19 April 2011 at 9:01 am

Katie said:

Thank you, very happy to have the colors back! Lost them when I got new imac computer and new iTunes. Why take the beautiful colors away and replace with drab gray… I will not update iTunes again until Apple figures this out! Would be nice if they gave options to choose but I can’t imagine anyone would want the gray.

# 5 June 2011 at 5:38 am