Now select the file/folder in the Finder that you want to change icons for, then hit Command+i to bring up the “Get Info” window (Get Info can also be accessed from the File menu and right-click in Finder).

Open the image to use as an icon in Preview, then hit Command+A to “Select All”, then hit Command+C to Copy the image to the clipboard.

In this example we’ll switch the default Automator application icon for this app that quits everything to a customized icon created through Preview: How to Change an Icon to an Image in Mac OS XĬustomizing icons with any image is very easy. This works the same in all versions of MacOS and Mac OS X. Further below, we’ll demonstrate how to change an icon to another icon on the Mac.

You should then see the question mark get replaced with the icon.First, we’ll demonstrate how to change an icon to an image on the Mac. In Xcode 4.4, in the Target Summary, right click the question mark for the icon, then select the icns file. Where should be replaced with the prefix of the iconset folder. To convert the iconset folder to an icns file, run the following command on the terminal: iconutil -c icns. iconset folder has the following 10 items: guide: the 64px icon is only for the retina version of the icon_32x32

the iconset folder should not contain a icon_64圆4.png file.

it will (usually) also work if you don't provide every icon file.

it is (currently) not required to provide the icons.

In the ist file set the 'CFBundleIconFile' (Icon File as Key) value to iconset folder to Xcode (copy if necessary) Resolution, named (with size (size 64圆4) and so on up to (size 1024x1024).ĭrag this. To support retina displays you must also add icon files with double These icons must be named with the pattern icon_16x16.png, In this folder place your icon as png files.

To give your app an icon under Xcode > 4.4 do the following:Ĭreate a folder.

Since Xcode 4.4 Icon Composer is no longer the recommended way to create icons and is no longer included in the standard install of Xcode.ĭue to the introduction of Macs with retina display, it is now recommended to provide high resolution versions of all graphics including app icons.

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