HOW TO CHANGE MAC FOLDER COLOR

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[@bumbadum87]

I was having the same difficulty. This worked when I did this.... After you adjust your color, the top folder on the left will be the color you want. Drag that folder into the desktop area, then click and open what you just dragged into the desktop. The colored folder should pop up in preview, just one folder. Then Edit/Copy that, and then you should be able to Edit/Paste in the folder you want to change. Right click the folder you want to change, then 'Get Info', then click the little folder and Edit/Paste. Should work that way.

[@renske1760]

Yes!! this is the one that works everyone! thank you

[@Gotzimay]

It works! Thank you so much!

[@AdornLifetime]

It worked! Thank you!!!

[@halachami9315]

That worked omg thanks :0

[@aaron7336]

legend

[@nolongerhere2172]

It still works but in a different way. Once you color the first fold only drag the first folder to your doc and open it, then copy and paste it on the icon in get more info :D.

[@c.taylor2027]

Marks Woodside's comments are EXCELLENT for achieving the desired color changes; however, greater experimentation with the "Adjust Color" tool is required to get saturated colors. This may be done by using the 3 'slide' controls immediately underneath the color window display at the top of the App. These slides can be moved PAST each other which will result in some VERY interesting colors; they will also allow you to produce any saturated color ALONG with using the other controls of EXPOSURE,CONTRAST, SATURATION TEMPERATURE, and TINT. The SEPIA control has a tendency to "muddy" the achieved color although the results it achieves might be desirable for some application(s). I was able to create one folder which is a "Fire Engine Red", and another which is a "Kelly Green" by the method described. Another folder was made completely Black for assorted deleted items - all that's required is experimentation with the listed controls until you achieve a desirable result. If you get completely lost in your efforts, you can ALWAYS click on "RESET ALL", at the bottom of the 'Adjust Color' tool to start all over. May these comments help you achieve your desired results!

[@landonandwillow958]

Use the bar all the way to the left on the levels to make warm colors

[@jinjin2504]

it works on high sierra. saw a comment by Lui Court and tried it, it works. Just make sure you select copy the image on the right (not the one in left sidebar) (drag and select, it'll come out as dotted lines) and copy it (⌘C) and paste it (⌘V) as per instruction and that's it.

[@iLoVeJBswagg]

Love this! I was able to copy and past photos as my folder icon rather than just a color.

[@cs77smith67]

Oh that cool 😎 might have try it.

[@shsshshhs1974]

Why is it that when I click preview something opens up, I closed preview already

[@chloebouhoris4426]

I was able to get the colours: yellow, orange and red. I did this by adjusting the outer dials on the graph, such as moving the left outer dial to the right side. Just muck around with it and you can get any colour you want. I hope this helps.

[@rahaf6543]

if you paste and nothing happens try selecting the icon or png in the preview then copy it and paste it in the get info

[@williammullikin2076]

thanks for the info, it seems complicated, and I advise writing the steps down, but it is actually pretty simple, question what if new from clipboard is greyed out?

[@sabaha8396]

Hey thanks for the video, I found that I was able to change the color only on new empty folders, not sure why I wasnt able to change color on older files. ...

[@musicbygelidus9421]

just play a bit around with the three arrows underneath the red green and purple collor (above auto levels) and that's how i got red, orange and yellow

[@trumanburbank6899]

When I go to Edit, Copy from the little folder in "get info", it says "copy 53 items". You said it didn't matter, it doesn't have to be a new folder, but I don't want to copy 53 items. Every video uses a newly created folder, never a preexisting one with files in it. Why?

[@wanya6987]

can I delete the preset folder after changing the colour or if I delete it'll go back to the original colours???

[@bev1958]

Excellent - thank you...I have gotten red ( various shades - light, medium and deep red) and orange and deep burgundy etc.

[@joebanana2906]

That was very good info but I'm wondering how to change the font from white to black and also is there a way to paste a photo onto the face of the folder?

[@dreamlandcompany]

doesn't work anymore with high sierra

[@HopperTM]

it works on high sierra you just change the color you select all of them then copy them and then go to the folder click on get info click on the little folder icon on the top left of the info window and press cmd + v

[@sanasunshine988]

I tried selecting all of them it still doesn't work 🤷‍♀️

[@VFick-ie1lf]

It didn’t work for me either. But this did… go to a search engine 1) Type in “Image of red desktop folder” (Or whatever color you want). 2) Choose a desktop folder image that is a png image with no background (obviously use one that is not copyrighted). 3) Drag it to your desktop, then double click on it. 5) Go to Edit/Copy then close it. 6) Then double click on the folder that you would like to change on your desktop. 7) Go to File/Get Info 8) Highlight Folder in Get Info in left hand corner. 9) Go to Edit/Paste 10) That’s it.

[@christopherf8090]

thats one of the reasons why im not updating

[@EyepatchCiel]

Thank you V! finally worked

[@alizehshirazi388]

I got to the last step- using a MacBook Pro 2019, I don't think it allows to be copy pasted on to the lil folder in get info! is there anything else I need to do. Thanks!

[@BANFFMAD]

I have just been having the same problem but I read the comment by Its Jing and if you make sure you copy the right image not the left image in the margin it works fine

[@alizehshirazi388]

Awesome! It worked thanks so much!!

[@alexscofield9835]

does this only work on some os

[@auds7427]

easy tutorial thanks for posting. best wishes from Dublin Ireland

[@chlo9621]

I can't do it because there is no tools at the top of my screen can someone please explain why????

[@sarahbirchard4535]

I just tried this step by step and was unable to change the color. I am running my computer on Mojave.

[@kkhaes]

I was able to get orange and red tones. I created a pink file then repeated the steps on the preset pink folder to get orange and red.

[@landonandwillow958]

It does work on MacBook Pro this is amazing

[@miguelesquitin8700]

I got my folders to be red, awesome tutorial. Thanks

[@dom-ep7tr]

Hello, it seems that these are instructions for anyone operating on 10.12.6 ONLY, not above. if you try to follow these instructions and you are above 10.12.6, it will not work. you can check the version by pressing the apple logo in the top left, then click about this mac.

[@thursdayplurbonym-boyporri8921]

hey, i know that i'm 2 years late, but i'm on 10.15.4 and it works great for me..

[@narissarafaputri7039]

this is so helpful omg thankyou

[@EddyLynnMusic]

I did it with images! Sooo cool! My psychology folder now has a brain with transparent background! Ta!

[@johndingpiano]

what is the background wallpaper for your desktop? it looks amazing!

[@Eggs_pls]

It's in one of the default wallpapers!

[@GlitterallyADHD]

Any tips on how to get a true green?!

[@pikatachi7800]

how to get red color folder: max sepia, max tint, max saturation, slide temperature to as right as possible. Edit: change the exposure to get darker shade or lighter shade of red xDD I did that, and i get a dark red, kind of vampire dark red(?) color xDD

[@gabyt8865]

Easy is not a word I would use to describe this process particularly. But thanks for explaining

[@minoanlight4545]

Works like charm on Mavericks. Why would Apple be this hostile to customization is beyond me. That's why I am still on Mavericks. I have luck that all of the apps that I need work just fine. For other people, many do not. If you go to the App Store most of them ask for 10.11 and later.

[@michele97593]

Does this work with El Capitan

[@tjmakesnoise]

I was able to get it Red and and a cool Multi Orange Folder but I still cant figure out how to make this the color of my folders. speak slower please, explain it like im a lil baby please

[@jamessween]

How do you change the font color from white to what ever?

[@teeinventor7191]

Not working on Mac High Sierra 10.13.3

[@marusita3348]

It is working, I have Mac high Sierra and it worked

[@Victoria-dj7ul]

Hi! Thank you~ Can you please inform what Mic you have been using for making videos?

[@Wraphsun]

It's working on Mac Os X Yosemite 10.10.5

[@nadiraryn]

how do you make white?

[@Darksword12336]

Good intro song choice - Metropolis

[@kristynahrdlickova891]

To anyone who is still struggling! Mine weren’t changing for the life of me. Then I restarted the computer and it showed as I wanted. So try restarting after you try to change the color!

[@DavidOwenCreates]

It simply won't work on my mac... I am so upset.

[@Char_Denae]

Also, it didn't work for me, at first because my 'get info' file was locked. Once I unlocked it, it worked instantly.

[@kelidocantagarciabonilla2619]

Thank you. This video helped me change my folder color. Others did not:-(

[@tonyb8387]

that intro song sounds SOOOOO familiar. is that SIkk?

[@sAgERE]

i got it to go to orange lol, i am 4 paralel universes ahead of mac folder colours

[@melissaonate1984]

Nothing happens when I right click??

[@Char_Denae]

Cool! Thank you! Also, I got a red folder by pulling the far right arrow over to the middle under the red tint.... not sure if I can do it again but it worked once. LOL!! Now if I could just figure out how to change the font color.... ;)

[@Sam-du7cm]

This doesnt work for the Catilina

[@thursdayplurbonym-boyporri8921]

i'm on catalina and it works fine for me

[@Lordjoshua]

I got a perfect red, orange and yellow but I was only using it for 3 minutes

[@tarzcat348]

I can't get this to work.

[@austinbraverman996]

how did you make your intro love it want to do something like that

[@MeauxGreenMusic]

It blows that it dosen't work for 'alias' folders

[@newzealandpromoter]

Thanks. However, It's too bad if you use a lot of aliases for folders in external hard drives, and use Sierra. Because Sierra f^&king forgets the folder icon or colour upon restart. Sigh.

[@56658]

this doesn't work on high sierra SOLUTION! : heres what i did. Follow all his steps up-to the point where he says to delete it. DONT. click save as... Name it whatever... no tags... Where: desktop (so you can find it easily) AND THIS IS IMPORTANT: FORMAT: PNG. Switch it from ICNS to PNG! Now one image of a colored folder will be saved on your desktop. OPEN this image and do command c after clicking on preview (so hover your mouse on the colored folder and click on it) so it knows what you're copying. Now you can follow his steps and do command v on the little icon in "Get Info" BASICALLY: you have to save the folder as png as it won't recognise other types. unimportant but cool: I'm guessing this way you can also do images and little symbol images as long as their saved as png! thats cute. Wish apple made this easier though!

[@aimgei3724]

for me I worked on high Sierra but not Catalina

[@mc76]

Why is it that ever techie think everything is easy? "Quantum physics? It's really easy,"

[@sofapita878]

Could you update a new version with High sierra?

[@HopperTM]

it works on high sierra you just change the color you select all of them then copy them and then go to the folder click on get info click on the little folder icon on the top left of the info window and press cmd + v

[@RawFitChris]

Well explained, thank you.

[@dougerhard2128]

Or, pay just $0.99 for Folder Factory at the App Store

[@butterfliwings]

Thanks, I will try it. great Video.

[@kassyschaaf2176]

That helped me, Thanks!

[@Singh-nr8qm]

not working for me on high sierra.

[@HopperTM]

it works on high sierra you just change the color you select all of them then copy them and then go to the folder click on get info click on the little folder icon on the top left of the info window and press cmd + v

[@Airiellemarie]

It works, you just have to copy from the saved duplicate on the desktop and then paste. If you try and copy it from the original folder from where you adjusted the color it won't work

[@thatianacruz7918]

UGH i've tried everything and still NOT working

[@nighthawwwk]

Not for me either

[@gaminghorizon_1034]

didn't work for me

[@shougalomran7683]

I wanted it to be pink but instead, I got dark red :)

[@kelvin6180]

Yo bro i know how to make red onrange and yellow

[@maskze]

yep, doesn't work anymore

[@David-op6hw]

ikr

[@ShafiraAuliaNisa12]

thank u!!

[@ijuarez13100]

Geez! Simple my rear end lol

[@teeinventor7191]

Cant applied

[@_monnikk]

Figured out how to get red ((:

[@Munzer1977]

doesn't work

[@zeynepkullebi8734]

but i want yellow

[@zFaeiry]

super cool my friend! thanx, u rock! (i have el capitan)

[@chisnaln9302]

Uh just right the code in disc, so boring

[@Jean980]

I hate Mac. This is the simplest way to change colors? >.

[@hannahsclipss]

ayeee i made it yellow 😂

[@xawkwardpotatox6181]

how?

[@emptystark]

i found a way to make it yellow lol

[@nigelmahari3724]

nice video

[@forestfox66]

OMG who can be arsed with this. I got so far and gave up. urgh

[@matsteel2292]

All to hard

[@britneyeperaneau3545]

This doesn't work rip.

[@sheybanks2449]

Thank You!!