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Dec 25, 2019 Hi, I have been able to change many icons in the finder windows and on the dock. System apps such as mail and itunes etc don’t appear to be changeable, but third parrty apps such as Chrome and Whatsapp are. However, I have found that when a third party app has an update, the icon reverts back to its original state. Jul 08, 2020 Change App, File, and Folder Icons Using PNG Images When it comes to icons of any sort, PNG, with its transparent background, is the most popular format out there. You can find any PNG icon online (as long as it’s square and high-resolution) and make it an icon for any app, file, or folder on your Mac. Jul 15, 2014 Mac users love to customize the look and feel of OS X, and one of the easiest ways to do it is by using custom icons for your apps and utilities. Apps like CandyBar have long offered a quick solution to managing your Mac’s application icons, but it’s just as simple to change most icons yourself. Here’s an overview on how to use custom. Customize your Mac with System Preferences. You can change system settings to customize your Mac. For example, you can change the size and location of the Dock, choose a light or dark appearance, change the desktop picture, and more. To change System Preferences on your Mac, click the System Preferences icon in the Dock or choose Apple menu System Preferences.
SweetCake
macrumors newbie
Hi, guys!
Recently, I have been doing some icons in order to make my dock look exactly how I want..
But I‘m having trouble. Whenever I copy and paste my .png image, it just shows up the standard pictrue for .png files (sometimes just in preview, sometimes in the “small icon” at the top). This happens even when I use the same icon but as .icns. The issue is shown on the image down below. The funny thing is, I’ve tried using icons made by others, and they seen to work fine..
Another thing, I wanna change the icons for system programs (such as finder and launchpad). I know where the icons are located, but I can only seen to take things out, but nothing in, that means, I can make a copy of the icons in case anything goes wrong, but I can’t put the new icons inside. I‘ve already disabled SIP a while ago (by using the command csrutil disable in recovery mode, or whatever mode it is), but I still can’t change the icons. By the way, I am using Mac OS Big Sur, so Liteicon ain’t an option (unfortunately).
Any help to these questions will be appreciated..
Recently, I have been doing some icons in order to make my dock look exactly how I want..
But I‘m having trouble. Whenever I copy and paste my .png image, it just shows up the standard pictrue for .png files (sometimes just in preview, sometimes in the “small icon” at the top). This happens even when I use the same icon but as .icns. The issue is shown on the image down below. The funny thing is, I’ve tried using icons made by others, and they seen to work fine..
Another thing, I wanna change the icons for system programs (such as finder and launchpad). I know where the icons are located, but I can only seen to take things out, but nothing in, that means, I can make a copy of the icons in case anything goes wrong, but I can’t put the new icons inside. I‘ve already disabled SIP a while ago (by using the command csrutil disable in recovery mode, or whatever mode it is), but I still can’t change the icons. By the way, I am using Mac OS Big Sur, so Liteicon ain’t an option (unfortunately).
Any help to these questions will be appreciated..
Much like Windows users, even Mac OS X users can change program icons of their apps. It's not hard at all, and we will explain it in few steps in this short article.
The very first thing you will need is an icon archive used by OS X (*.icns file extension). ICNS file stores a sort of icons in 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 128x128, 256x256, 512x512 and 1024x1024 pixel resolutions typically in Portable Network Graphics (PNG) picture image file format. You can get them on Internet from sources like SoftIcons.
When you have have downloaded a new *.icns archive, go to the Applications folder, or to folder where the app is stored → right click on app → Get Info option (also you can click on app and use Command+I short cut).
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With this, OS X will show you info about the selected app.
Now drag the *.icns file and drop it on the icon visualized in the upper left corner of the Get Info window.
Cancel app payment mac appstore. This will change the previous icon to the new one.
These instructions will help you to change icons of one app, file with same file extension, or folder, but you can also change OS X system icons and system apps icons, like Basket or Finder with a freeware tool called LiteIcon.
Download and open LiteIcon → selectcategory where is stored icon, which you want to change.
Drag *.icns file and drop it on the icon set you want to change.
Click onApply Changes button and LiteIcon will save the new icons to OS X - in our case Finder icon in Dock. And that's it.