Hey Folders! is a handy utility from the maker of Mail.Appetizer that extends the Finder's colored label feature to labeled folders themselves. As you can see, the entire folder icon takes on the color of the label, though files (fortunately) do not receive the colored overlay treatment (I wager that would result in some really funky looking icons). Hey Folders! requires a small amount of manual work to get it to start with each login, however, as you simply need to add it to your startup items if you want it to augment your finder 24/7 (it's a background process known as a daemon; it won't appear in the dock or menubar - only in a process list like Activity Monitor). Full instructions are listed at the Hey Folders! site. Note: at the moment, Hey Folders! is PPC only, but the developer told me a Universal Binary version is 'coming soon.'
Hey Folders! is offered as freeware from Bronson Beta.
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8-10-2006 @ 2:45PM
Brian said...
Hummm, much more like the old days, in ''Classic"...
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8-10-2006 @ 2:55PM
trent said...
Doesn't work under Mac OS X 10.4.7 (MacBook Pro), tried to get it started several times. Maybe because it's PPC? Any Hints welcome...
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8-10-2006 @ 5:11PM
Brad said...
trent:
I don't think that Rosetta will run daemons if they are PPC only.
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8-10-2006 @ 6:02PM
Aaron Hoffman said...
"I wager that would result in some really funky looking icons"
I wager that you'd be wagering correctly.
*shudders as he remembers OS 9's UI*
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8-10-2006 @ 6:45PM
Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said...
Labels are a throwback to the days before custom icons, to the days of System 6. They aren't as useful as they used to be. In the old days you just had black and white icons, and coloured labels made things easier to spot. Then System 7 came along with coloured icons and the ability to apply custom icons followed pretty quickly, making colour labels moot.
I actually prefer the way MacOS X's labels work, since I usually view folders in list view. Those coloured names really pop out at you.
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8-10-2006 @ 9:36PM
Maple syrup in my blood said...
Works fine on a Powerbook with 10.4.7.
I use the colour labels a lot to prioritize and organize presentations, and items I'm working on (draft, review, rewrite, proofed and ready).
I like the coloured folders in the little scroll window when you open the finder too, great for us visual people.
I recall once chaperoning a bunch of Aussies, who absoulely loved our coloured money, they just colour coded each bill to quantity of beer — blue for pint, purple for a pitcher...red for keep them coming...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_banknotes
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8-11-2006 @ 12:04AM
Joseph said...
If you want, you can easily change the folder icon to any color you like, good if you want to theme your Mac.
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8-11-2006 @ 1:13AM
Matt said...
Whoa holy crap!! This has not already been totally done before!!??!?!?!
http://unsanity.com/haxies/labels
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8-11-2006 @ 9:14AM
James said...
Maple syrup in my blood, they sound like Aussies. Have you seen our money?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_dollar
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8-11-2006 @ 11:56AM
anders said...
To change the icon, you simply copy an image.
ctrl.click on the file/folder or whatever, and chose get info.
Highlight the icon in the upper left and paste.
DONE ! ! .
/AK
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