Recientemente, estaba teniendo problemas con el ícono de un folder que se negaba a desaparecer tras haber sido substituido. Imaginaba que posiblemente debería reiniciar al Finder o quizás a todo el computador. Consideré buscar alguna alternativa al problema pero, pareciendo tan simple, opté por ver que tenía que decir ChatGPT al respecto. Nada adicional a lo que ya sabía.
Hice la consulta en inglés y a la respuesta sólo le he dado formato a ciertos elementos para su mejor distinción.
Prompt: «How can I refresh Finder to show a new icon assigned to a folder?«
To refresh Finder and make it show a new icon assigned to a folder on macOS, you can follow these steps:
- Select the folder whose icon you have changed or updated.
- Right-click (or Control-click) on the folder and choose «Get Info» from the context menu. Alternatively, you can select the folder and press Command + I as a keyboard shortcut.
- In the Info window that appears, you should see a small thumbnail of the current folder icon in the top left corner. Click on this icon to select it.
- With the icon selected, press Command + X to cut the icon.
- Now, press Command + V to paste the icon back onto the folder. This action triggers the refresh process and updates the icon displayed in Finder.
After pasting the icon back onto the folder, you should see the new icon applied in Finder. If it doesn’t update immediately, you can try closing and reopening the Finder window or restarting Finder altogether. You can restart Finder by pressing Option + Control + Escape, selecting «Finder» from the list of applications, and clicking on the «Relaunch» button.
Note: If you are using a custom icon file, make sure it follows the correct format (preferably in
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