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I'm not able to properly set icons, I've tried with *.icns and *.pngs.

I'm on a El Capitan, MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

Does this seem familiar to anyone?

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EDIT: I should mention I don't want to disable any security

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  • You are supposed to copy and paste the actual picture of the icon not drag and drop the file there.
    – user3439894
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 12:07
  • You can actually do both (or in my case, can't actually do either :P )
    – AshCooman
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 15:22

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Try opening the icon in Safari then dragging it from there.

Dragging the image from Safari

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  • I'm very surprised but it worked perfectly.
    – AshCooman
    Commented Dec 7, 2015 at 14:27
  • Glad to hear. I remembered having this problem back in 10.6 so it's definitely not something new!
    – Jacob Wood
    Commented Dec 7, 2015 at 15:09
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Try changing the icon using Liteicon.

It's a simple application solely able to change icons for applications and some system icons. And if you are changing icons for several applications it should be a simpler and faster way to do it.

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  • Unfortunately Liteicon doesn't play well with El Capitan :( github.com/tinalatif/flat.icns/issues/216
    – AshCooman
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 15:20
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    The problem you're linking too only applies to system apps - which the app in your example (Spotify) isn't - so that should work for you.
    – ssssaaaa
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 15:42
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    Ok, I guess its an option. For me personally I'm looking for a fix to OSX rather than an app as its just a single icon I want to change. But thanks for the suggestion.
    – AshCooman
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 15:44
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    However if you are trying to change system apps icons I don't believe that can be done anymore (neither manually or with Liteicon) because of the new security settings referenced in your github link.
    – ssssaaaa
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 15:45
  • Yeah sounds like this is just a bug. Oh well.
    – AshCooman
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 15:45
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In El Capitain you have to: 1. Open the "new" image you want to set as folder icon on Preview 2. Select the image from the window 3. Copy/Paste in the Get Info folder Icon Worked for me :)enter image description here

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  • This method is analogous to clicking and dragging an image on the Get Info icon (which should also work for you). Unfortunately on my system, this does not work.
    – AshCooman
    Commented Dec 7, 2015 at 10:32

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