Comments on: Bring Color Icons Back to the Mac OS X Finder Easily with SideEffects

By: Simon Barnett

Simon Barnett — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:17:09 +0000

New version released: SideEffects 1.8.6.1
http://macmatrix.blogspot.com/p/sideeffects.html

This version includes an updated EasySIMBL (v1.4), automatic permissions repair for colorfulSidebar.bundle and an uninstaller.

On my system it’s looking good. I’m hoping to be able to remove the “beta” label from this one – holding thumbs..

By: Asif

Asif — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:08:02 +0000

Works with Lion 10.8.
Looks great

By: Simon Barnett

Simon Barnett — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:01:41 +0000

Update: version 1.8 beta of SideEffects for Mountain Lion on my blog http://macmatrix.blogspot.com/p/sideeffects.html

This installer should solve missing icons issues in Mountain Lion.

By: Simon Barnett

Simon Barnett — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:53:45 +0000

I agree.

By: Simon Barnett

Simon Barnett — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:52:19 +0000

Hi LionOS (and anyone else with issues),

Sorry for the late reply.
Please download:
http://simonbarnett.co.za/downloads/SIMBLUninstaller.zip

Run the uninstaller..

By: Simon Barnett

Simon Barnett — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:49:12 +0000

To all those experiencing missing icons in Mountain Lion, please see my update for Mountain Lion on my blog:
http://macmatrix.blogspot.com/p/sideeffects.html

Manual installation only, at this stage..

By: Prescott Perez-Fox

Prescott Perez-Fox — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 02:48:31 +0000

Same here. Oops.

By: Prescott Perez-Fox

Prescott Perez-Fox — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 02:24:01 +0000

Just tried it on the Mountain Lion Golden Master install and no, it doesn’t work. There are, for some reason, no icons at all.

Screenshot: http://cl.ly/463e3c3A0l0e1t13162b

I’m gonna mess with it a bit more (maybe a few resets, and will magically work) but for now it’s a big let-down.

By: Cäsar

Cäsar — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:36:07 +0000

not working with 10.8 Mountain Lion Golden Master. Icons disappear!

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:39:16 +0000

When Lion first launched I was pretty happy with it. Now, a year into it, I find myself squinting at the sidebar trying to find the folder/icon I’m looking for.

Installed this today and I realize how much we lost with the minimal sidebar Apple foisted on us with Lion.

Many thanks to the developer. He should have a “Donate” button on his website…

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:18:20 +0000

Hi there,

Just want to compliment you on this flawless piece of nifty programming! Works like a charm even with Totalfinder! Great job.

By: LionOS

LionOS — Wed, 30 May 2012 05:47:29 +0000

How to get back the grey icons? I am having problems with crashing Finder as well…
Does removing what sideeffects installed solved the issue?
any advice??

By: Photoman

Photoman — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:05:06 +0000

I installed it and it worked fine with OSX Lion 10.7.4 BUT I also had a few finder crashes and other problems like calling the screen saver from a hot corner ! I removed it, and everything works fluently as normal. too bad, I was happy to retrieve the colours of my icons

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:29:13 +0000

I wasn’t having trouble until 10.7.4. I had not yet installed SIMBL or the colored icons, and then I saw
SideEffects. SideEffects does appear to properly install everything, and I did get color. But my Finder crashed or froze a few times, and eventually things became unresponsive. I removed SIMBL and the like, and things now run better. I do not blame SideEffects; but I agree, SIMBL might not be for everybody.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:28:46 +0000

You can adjust the size in System Preferences > General > Sidebar icon size