TextExpander Replacement Menu Bar Icons
About
I’ve been a satisfied customer of SmileOnMyMac’s TextExpander for years. However, due to my interface persnicketiness I’ve never really been happy with the selection of icons for the menu item. They always felt a bit too large in the context of the menubar and — quite frankly — a bit fuzzy looking.
http://smilesoftware.com/textexpander/
After creating a revamped set of icons and posting the results to Dribbble, I decided to make them available to everyone.
http://dribbble.com/shots/303057
This project was subsequently forked by the lovely James Goode, who added the nifty “Balloon” versions.
http://dribbble.com/shots/306326
There are currently four sets of replacement icons:
This set is the original, minimalist version that I had first envisioned as a replacement. They have a simple, two dimensional look with just a slight gradient shading.
This set sports a subtle white “shadow” on the bottom edge, mimicking the appearance of Apple’s menu extra icons. They use the same gradient shading as the Minimal Flat version.
Created as an homage to TextExpander’s venerable balloon logo. This set tries to match Apple’s menu bar icons as closely as possible, eschewing the gradient shading found in the Minimal version.
Identical to the Balloon Flat set, except for the addition of a subtle white “shadow” on the bottom edge of the icons.
Installation
1) Quit the TextExpander application.
2) Right-click or control-click on the TextExpander application and select “Show Package Contents”.
3) Open the “Contents” folder.
4) Open the “Resources” folder.
5) Copy the four “TEStatusItem” icon files into the “Resources” folder. You will be asked if you want to replace each file with a new one. Click “Replace” for each file.
6) Inside the same “Resources” folder, right-click or control-click on the “TextExpander Helper” application and select “Show Package Contents”.
7) Open the “Contents” folder.
8) Open the “Resources” folder.
9) Copy the four “TEStatusItem” icon files into the “Resources” folder. You will be asked if you want to replace each file with a new one. Click “Replace” for each file.
10) Relaunch the TextExpander application.
11) Open the TextExpander Preferences window.
12) Under “Appearance” select the updated icon of your choice.
Why are my icons are missing after updating TextExpander?
When the TextExpander application is updated — whether this occurs automatically within the application, through the Mac App Store, or via a manual download and reinstallation — any icons that were replaced will be overwritten by the default files in the TextExpander package. Simply follow the above steps after the updating process has completed.
Requirements
We’re working on this. Honest.
Licensing
TextExpander Replacement Menu Bar Icons are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Version History
1.1.1 — The “See Through” Release
1.1.0 — The “Balloon” Release
1.0.1 — The “White Shadow” Release
1.0.0 — The “Finally” Release