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Anna K.'s avatar
Anna K.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Turning off green checkmark overlay.

Whoa, what's this? I go to use dropbox today and there's green checkmarks all over my icons. Great. I'm on a mac and they're small enough as it is -- I need to be able to see my file icons, especiall...
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Chris R.'s avatar
Chris R.
Collaborator | Level 10
11 years ago

On a Mac, inside the app itself (right-click and "Show Package contents", then "Resources") you will see a file called emblem-dropbox-uptodate.icns - that's the green check. In a graphics editor you could reduce the size of it, or even 'white it out' if you don't mind not knowing. However, I have no idea which graphics editors - if any - allow you to save something back in .icns format.

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