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Restore original icons for system folders by deleting custom icon folders (such as those created by MEGA sync) on Mac OS X
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####Remove custom icon from folder your_folder:

cd your_folder; rm Icon$'\r'

After executing this command, the operating system should immediately restore the default folder icon.

####Example usage:

cd ~/Pictures; rm Icon$'\r'


######tested with zsh 5.0.5 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.0) on Apple MacBook Pro (Late 2011) running OS X 10.10.3

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