See this blog post for a full explanation and a demo.
You can download an already compiled version of the app from here. It is compatible with OS X 10.6 & 10.7
Developed by John Winter ([email protected])
Clone this repository, build the project with Xcode 4 and then drag an image file onto the window.
When a change to the file is detected the status item will be automatically updated.
This enables you to edit a status item image with an editor such as Pixelmator and then when you save you can immediately see the change reflected in the status item.
This code is released under the MIT License.
- UKKQueue by Uli Kusterer
- GHNSString+TimeInterval by Gabriel Handford