I am pretty new to mac related development and do not have any plans to do anything serious however the one thing i want to do is customise the finder and bin icons in the dock (Image below).
I am currently in MacOS Monterey meaning that system folders are now read only and the methods that previously worked (csrutil disable, mount -uw / etc.) no longer do so.
If there is a method for editing these files I would be very grateful for any information on it.
Failing this, I would request that the either Dock folder and other cosmetic related files are moved to the Library rather than the System Library in the Ventura update to allow such editing if it is feasible for the devs to do so. (Image below)
The other alternative (which i believe has been ruled out) is to return to the Big Sur system where system folders could be edited after disabling SIP. I understand that the devs want to avoid the average user from accidentally deleting important system files but at the same time the effort required to disable SIP and then run a mount command seems to eliminate the potential for this to happen.
Thoughts, opinions, answers and discussion are all most welcome.
I am aware this is a pretty niche issue which most will be bored by but i hope someone can provide some information (all other threads seem to run into a dead end on editing system folders in Monterey).
how to change finder and bin icons in macos monterey?
There’s no supported way to do this. If you’d like to see such support added in the future, I encourage you to file an enhancement request describing your requirements. Make sure you’re clear about whether you want a UI for this, so that you can do it at the user level, or an API for this, so you can write a program to do it.
Please post your bug number, just for the record.
Failing this, I would request that the either Dock folder and other cosmetic related files are moved to the Library rather than the System Library in the Ventura update to allow such editing
That is not going to happen. Modern versions of macOS use a sealed system volume that was specifically created to prevent tampering. Opening that up allows for all sorts of security vulnerabilities and would definitely be a step backwards.
If Apple were to fix this bug, it’s likely that the fix would happen at the presentation layer, that is, you wouldn’t change the icon on disk but rather we’d provide a way to override what icon is shown to the user.
This isn’t to say that we will do that, just that it’s the only reasonable path forward here.
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