How To Change App Icon On Mac Os X

There are some fancy replacement icons for your applications available on dribbble. Sometimes you're bored of the ones originally shipped with the specific app. And eventually you find the app icon you want to use and don't know how to set it. Here's how you go and this short guide shows with the help of a new Brackets icon.

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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. A video tutorial on how to change icons in Mac OS X. Posted at Mymac.com. How to change your App/Folder icons-MAC OSX Yosemite - Duration: 3:06. Sedxb 103,908 views.

Change the Icon

First, download the new icon file in .icns format. Afterwards, open the folder where the downloaded icon is placed and copy it (CMD + C).

Now open the applictions folder in Finder and select the application you want to change the icon for. Press CMD + I to open the application info window. Afterwards, select the application icon in the upper left corner.

Now, just paste the new icon, which you copied before and it automatically replaces the old one.

If the new icon doesn't appear or isn't copied correctly, just drag and drop the new icon onto the old one in info view. A plus symbol appears when you're at the correct spot.

Delete a Custom Icon

Within the application info view, select the defined icon (upper left corner) by clicking on it and just press backspace to delete it and set back to default one.

That's it. Enjoy the fancy, fresh icon!

Resources

¹:Brackets Replacement Icon on Dribbble
Replacement Icons Inspirations for various apps

Changing desktop icons is one of the easiest ways personalize your desktop. Icons in OS X look like the item that they represent. Personalizing your icons is a great way to make your Mac uniquely yours. You may customize application, file/folder, and document icons. Here is how:

Steps

1. First we will create or find then copy a new icon that will replace the old folder icon (desired icon). This can be any image you want like screenshots, photos etc. In this example, we will copy our logo (appletoolbox.com). Open the logo/image in Preview (or iPhoto).

2. Press Cmd + A to select and Cmd + C to copy the image. (you may copy selections)

3. Now click the folder, or file whose icon you want to customize/change.

4. From the File menu, choose Get Info (or Command-I).

4. Click the folder/file icon (upper left corner).

6. Choose Paste from the Edit menu.

7. Close the Info window. Here is the final result:

How to delete (reset) a custom icon