Okay, I now have a version that returns the permissions to their original state. There are two caveats: 1. it is in fact considerably slower (22 vs 8 seconds on my Mac). 2. Since each and every icon needs to be modified using admin privileges (at least when changing the owner), it may trigger the dreaded glacial slowdowns that some people have observed in the 2.3.1 version. On all my Macs, this slowdown is not present and although the permissions fix slows down to 22 seconds for me, I cannot see the glacial speeds of 30 minutes or more that some people have experienced.

In other words, I need beta testers (preferably those people who had the very slow transfers). I have placed a version of SafarIcon at the following URL: h**p://homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/SafarIconFix.zip. Please test theme installation with and without permission fix enabled (this is set in the Preferences) and let me know how it works.

Delete the SafarIcon.plist file in your Preferences folder to solve the "file not found" error. Alternatively, just re-set the path to Safari in the Preferences tab.

Noivad, yes you are missing something ;-) ChimeraKnight can revert to the last version. It's all explained in the Read Me. In short, after you've downloaded a nightly and it's crashing left and right, simply re-run CK. It will let you revert to the last version and offer to also restore your bookmarks and cookie files in case the latest nightly messed with them.

I see no reason why you can't use this version of SafarIcon with Safari 1.0.3. So the icons will be changed. What will not work is the Aqua/Metal appearance change.