Make custom Mac icons from any image

Posted by inex on Monday September 16, 2024 @04:55PM
from the swissmacuser.ch dept.

https://swissmacuser.ch/macos-finder-icon-maker-script-custom-image/

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Re:Make custom Mac icons from any image by ndegruchy on Monday September 16, 2024 @05:44PM (#41561298)

Aren't you able to just copy an image from Preview or whatever, and go to the folder's 'Get Info' dialog and paste it into the icon area? I used to do that on MacOS 9 and macOS ~10.7

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Re:Make custom Mac icons from any image by inex on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @01:38AM (#41564490)

Yes, that work for you on your current system. But using a icns file as the source for setting an icon, the icon (quality) can scale across devices & system versions. So ultimately it’s more of creating an actual portable icon file.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Icon_Image_format

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Re:Make custom Mac icons from any image by inex on Monday September 16, 2024 @04:55PM (#41560802)

+ GitHub Gist: https://gist.github.com/Swiss-Mac-User/7a1a55e499db618c59718...

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