There are many reasons to change the icons that appear in the Dock on our Mac, and it’s easy enough to do, leaving you no reason to have to stick with the ones that are automatically attached to files and folders. If you want the dock icons to be something more personal to you, to all match a particular theme, or just have a change of pace, you only need to change the actual icon for that particular app or folder. It’s that easy,
Free Icon Sets are found all over the web. The particular one I’m using for this piece was found at Icon Drawer. Initiate the download as you would with any other download, making sure you follow the usage rules laid out on the site.

I want to change my Pictures Folder icon to being black and blue like the logos surrounding it. It’s not even clear looking at this which one it is. Currently it’s the top one shown here and showing the contents of the folder. I’m going to both change the icon, and change this setting so that it shows the icon, and not the contents.

For changing app icon on Mac, you’ll need to access Application folder by looking for in Finder, then select any App for which you wish to change the icon. Sponsored Links Thereafter, right-click the app and select “Get Info” and click on the folder icon at upper-left of the info screen to select it. Customizing an app icon on OS X El Capitan. To change an app icon on OS X El Capitan, you can follow these steps: 1) Find your app either in Finder, or on your Desktop. Right-click on it, and then click on Get Info. 2) This will open the Get Info menu for the app you just queried: 3) Next, find the image you want to use for an app icon. Open it up with your Mac’s Preview app. Change App Icons in macOS Designing an icon for an app isn’t as easy as it might seem. A lot of thought goes into designing the perfect icon, as that is what most people will recognize the app. On Mac OS X El Capitan, you have different options to launch or open any application.You can click on the Dock or Spotlight Search, or you can use Launchpad to click-open the app. Launchpad looks like a Home screen of your iPhone or iPad, and perhaps, therefore, many users have a fondness for the same. On your Mac, you can see icons of apps in default seven rows and five columns. How to Change Mac Folder, File, Application and Dock Icons. Written by Damien on February 8. Change Icons Method #1 – Get Info. Double-click the image, which by default would open in the Preview app. From the Preview app, copy it using either Command + C or from the menubar, Edit -> Copy.

The first thing I need to do is select the new file that contains the new logo. Instead of opening it, though, I go to the FIle Menu and pull up “Get Info,” or press Command-I.

From the resulting pop-up, select the tiny icon in the upper left corner and go to the Edit menu and pull up on “Copy,” or press Command-C.

If I clicked on the folder in the dock, it would open it. Instead, I find the application on my hard drive and “Get Info” the same way I did to copy the new logo. This time after I select that small icon in the upper left, I go to the Edit menu and “Paste,” or press Command-P.

To get the change to be reflected in the dock, I need to drag the folder out of the dock and replace it with the changed folder. I still see the contents of the folder, though, and that’s because it’s saved as a Stack and not a Folder. To change this, right click on the folder, and change it from Stack to Folder.

It should be noted that not all dock icons can be changed in this manner. The icons that ship with the Mac OS, such as iTunes, Mail, etc., are set so that you can’t simply copy and paste it away. You will need a program such as CandyBar to do that. However, that application comes with a $29 pricetag.

One of the aspects of the Mac that most users never even think about, is customization. This is in part Apple’s fault, since the main elements of OS X already come neatly organized and most of them have gorgeous graphics and icons. However, despite what many people think, OS X is highly customizable and allows users to change many of its elements.

Icons are of course, one of the design elements that every Mac user fancies changing every now and then. However, doing so usually requires you to buy applications like CandyBar, which makes the job super simple, but that comes at a high price.

Instead, let’s learn about a quite easy way to change the icon of any application on your Mac for free.

Here’s what you need to do.

Getting Your New Icon Ready

You can prepare your own icon files, but we’ll use a small piece of software to create ours, since it makes it extremely easy to do so and comes at no cost.

Step 1: Download and install the free version of Img2icns from this website. This is an app that allows you to turn any image into the .icns file required for this process. Once the installation is complete, open the app.

Important Note: Change app icon mac os x

Make sure the image file you plan to use is perfectly square. It is not required but will deliver better results.

Step 2: With the application open, take your image file (Img2icns supports all the popular formats) and drag it to the application’s main panel as shown in the image below. Then click on the Icns button to the right of the app’s window. A dialog box will appear prompting you to choose where to save your new icon.

Do so and the new file will be saved and ready to use.

Changing An Application’s Icon

Step 3: In your Applications folder, find the app you want to change the icon of, right-click on it and choose the Show Package Contents option.

Step 4: A series of folders will be revealed. From them, open the Contents folder and in it, head to the Resources folder. Open that one as well.

Step 5: Inside the Resources folder scroll until you find the icon file for the application. It will be a .icns file. Copy the name before the extension and use it to rename the icon file you created with Img2icns. It is required that the new icon file retains the original name in order for this to work.

Important Note: If at some point you would like to return to the old icon of the application, you should save a copy of the file before overwriting it.

Step 6: Once you are ready, simply drag the new icon file to the Resources folder and overwrite the original one. If you are required to introduce your user password, do so.

Step 7: In some cases the application icon will not change immediately. If this is the case for you, you might need to restart your Mac for the changes to take effect.

There you go. Now go and play with these icons!

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