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Recently I upgraded to Parallels version 4 then noticed that the icons were ugly! Other people were talking about it too. So I decided to re-create my own that were easy on the eyes. First I downloaded IconBuilder plugin for photoshop or fireworks. Then I grabbed some images to work with in Photoshop (new iMac and Windows 7 desktop) then tied them together all nice and peerdy. With icons on a Mac OS X you need 4 sizes (128×128 48×48 32×32 and 16×16). Then I flattened the layers into one layer.

• Selected that layer and -> Filter -> IconFactory -> IconFactory.
• Set them up and saved them as “Parallels.icns”.
• Then went to Applications -> Parallels and right click or ctrl click -> Show Package Contents -> Contents -> Resources and re-named “Parallels.icns” to “~Parallels.icns”.
• Then I copied my file over to that folder, ran a killall Finder and booya!
• Way better Parallels Desktop and File icons.

I have zipped up a psd and the icns files so you can make your own or use mine. If you use mine, I take no responsibility for your actions or the file if you happen to mess your S*!T up. Always backup your stuff, and re-name the original file!

Download: parallels-desktop-icons.zip

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If you are like me and hate how small the font’s are in Textmates drawer, don’t get mad get modificlisious. You must have Xcode installed. Don’t worry about messing around with Interface builder files for apps because when you save the nibs they save a backup. Here’s how to modify the font size in Textmates drawer:

• Browse to the application and right click or ctrl click => show package content
• Go Contents/Resources/English.lproj/ => open Project.nib
• In the project window double click on the FileHierarchy icon
• Now the FileHierarchy window should open so click on the drawer in the FileHierarchy window
• Press Apple T or go Format => show fonts from the menu set
• Now just select the font you want to use and the size
• You should see the fonts change
• Save and relaunch Textmate!

Subtle Gradient has a post about pimping out your favorite mac os apps ui’s. Think I’ll be hitting up the hack for my Text Mate ui. I hate that the fonts and colors in the drawer don’t match my editing area and I also hate how small the fonts are. I have my fonts jacked up to 16 so that I don’t throw my back out every time I want to code from leaning into my computer screen!

Ever forget someones email address that you have previously emailed? Want to know the address? In Apples Mail.app you can goto =>Window =>Previous Recipients … and a list of all the email addresses that you’ve sent emails to should appear in a window.