Questions tagged [icon]
"Icon" is a term for a small graphical image used to identify an application or a function within the application. Icons often can be clicked upon by the mouse to launch an application or invoke a command.
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Why is The Icon Preview gone once it is in iCloud Drive?
My songs that are anywhere in my Mac show the icon preview but once I move them to the iCloud Drive, they are gone. Can you help me?
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Incorrect/Generic Icons for Zip Files in Dock Downloads Stack
Several months ago I started seeing a generic document icon for ZIP files when they are shows in my Downloads stack in the Dock.
I've tried clearing icon caches from icon service and the Dock, but ...
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Tiny dock icon bug
every time I wake up my Macbook pro 2021 M1Pro, few icons in the dock looks wired. Please see the attached picture for this bug. I have tried many steps such as restarting, erasing everything then ...
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How force change Finder icons for file types?
I've read so many answers to this question, but none of them seem to work in the latest Mac OS Ventura 13.1
File icons keep getting the wrong thumbnail. As soon as you install some software that uses ...
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How do I get apps unstuck from the Dock? [duplicate]
I'm learning my new MacBook Pro (2023) macOS Ventura. After closing an app, I noticed the icon stays "stuck" in the Dock. I've repeatedly clicked ^(icon) > Options > Remove from Dock. ...
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Where does macOS store private SF Symbols? Such as icons on the Control Center?
Where does macOS store it's icons inside Control Center?
For example the Control Center icon itself? Or the new Stage Manager? Or the Screen Mirroring?
I know for a fact they're not raster icons ...
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PDF icon after unzipping changes
I was recently sent a PDF file obtained by scanning some paper sheets with the software CamScanner (File.pdf). I noticed that the top right corner of the Desktop icon was not fully bent and it looks ...
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Run a shell script having individual icon in dock
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Run a command line tool or script displayed with a specific icon in dock. A terminal window should not be displayed. I would like to use this to start octave with its gui.
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How can I remove this MacBook Pro icon from the desktop?
I can remove the Macintosh HD icon from the desktop via the settings of the finder, but how to remove the other 'MacBook Pro' icon?
Edit: it shows up after I changed the name of the Mac, however, ...
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where are these icons locade [duplicate]
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**i see some of the icons at website(old) tutorial some image
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Some unknown blue icon on macos system bar
What is that? Item does not respond to left or right clicks on icon. If somebody know what is that and how to remove it from top bar? (macos 13, Ventura)
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Icon for SMB Volume, but not NFS?
I have a few NAS/UNRAID servers that I connected to from my macOS (Ventura) client over SMB, but I'm currently swapping over to NFS. From the command line, things are fine and work as expected.
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Hide/Show Existing ITerm2 Window -- via toggle-click on App Tray Icon?
Explicitly selecting the menu "Iterm2/Hide Iterm" hides the Iterm window, as expected.
Then, selecting the Iterm2 icon in the MacOS Tray brings the hidden window back to visibility, as ...
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Disable VSCode file icons
After installing VSCode, it's decided to make every program file use an icon with the VSCode logo on it. Is there anyway to disable it? It's annoying since it removes the quick preview feature that I ...
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Mac: How to get the status of a status icon on the menu bar of screen?
For a Chinese or Japanese user, we all need to input text other than English. Therefore we have an icon on the menu bar to show what is the current input mode. There are 2 or more icon faces for our ...
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How to fix incorrect iCloud folder status icons
On one of my MacBooks, a few iCloud folders have persistent iCloud status icons, even though there is no iCloud pie chart upload/download activity in the side bar. For example, they will show as being ...
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What is the green download icon in the Mac menu bar?
I've done a reverse image search and come up with nothing. The icon is not clickable and I find nothing in the StartupItems folders or in the Login Items in the control panel. Can anyone tell me what ...
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Stopping an app's icon from showing on dock even when running
I'm currently using a Mac for work and there are certain apps that I like to keep running but I don't want the icon to show up on the dock.
I've tried many ways to fix this, but the icon always ends ...
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How do I change the Applications folder icon
I know how to change the folder icon for any other folder by pasting the image into the info box of the folder, however this does not seem to work with the "Applications" folder.
No matter ...
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Consistent and robust options to convert ICNS files to PNG in macOS?
I've been having a terrible time getting sips and/or ImageMagick (convert) to consistently convert .icns files to .png.
I frequently hit very unclear errors when using sips to make the conversion (eg, ...
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Application icon still present in dock after I closed app to let it run in background
After I closed the Vuze app to let it run in the background which I can see in the menubar above(also called tray icon) the icon is still present in the dock. Is there a way to remove the icon from ...
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How can I replace an application icon programmatically?
With the transition to Big Sur, the standard icon style for applications has changed to the rounded-square motif. Not a fan, I like to replace a few applications' icons with their older variants. I've ...
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How do you change the icon on a folder when it will not update - it keeps showing the old custom icon?
Video showing the issue
I have also tried clearing the current icon so it is back to default, then opening the new icon image in Preview, selecting all, copying, then clicking on the icon in the Get ...
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How can I increase the display size of desktop folders beyond the maximum 128x128?
I want to increase the display size of desktop icons beyond the maximum 128x128. Is there a command I can use to do it?
(macOS Mojave)
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File icons (to show default app) have changed in MacOS Monterey
I've recently upgraded my MacOS from Catalina to Monterey, and I noticed that the icons for all my files no longer have a small version of the default app used to open said files. For example, all my ....
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The screen flickered for a second, now files without an extension have a folder icon instead of the usual plain paper icon
For example, touch Test would normally create a Test file without an extension that should have the usual plain paper white icon. Now it's always set to a blue folder icon. The system "knows"...
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QuickLook can't see Olympus ".ORF" raw image files?
On my laptop (MacBook Pro 9,2) I can preview Olympus ".ORF" files by pressing the space bar, and they all have proper image icons.
ON my desktop (Mac Pro 5,1) all ".ORF files" have ...
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Where can I find an svg or png of the Apple compose email icon?
I'm looking for an svg or png of the Apple compose email icon (on the far right in this picture). I haven't been able to find anything online. Does anyone know where I can source this?
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Where are the default icons stored on macOS Monterey?
Running on macOS Monterey v12
I recently learned that if you create a folder called Developer in your home directory, you can drag it to the sidebar in Finder and it will display with a tiny hammer ...
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Mac Downloads Folder in dock doesn't show Icons
My Downloads folder in the dock looks like this:
If I click on it, there are also no icons.
I tried removing it from dock and adding it back, but it shows the same result.
My system info:
The ...
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Is there a terminal command to change app icons?
Changing app icons in macOS keeps getting harder, especially since Big Sur where a lot of the best icon management apps no longer work, and the newer apps all seem a bit flakey and unreliable. Other ...
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How to correlate Safari’s favicon in cache with URL
I’m trying to get the favicons for the websites I have visited in Safari. If we switch directories to ~/Library/Safari/Favicon Cache we can find a favicons.db SQLite database and a favicons directory ...
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Red dot in Adobe Creative Cloud macOS menu bar icon
I have installed Adobe Creative Cloud on my MacBook. This causes an Adobe CC icon to be added to the macOS menu bar.
Frequently, this Adobe CC icon has a red notification circle: 🔴
When I click on ...
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Where are the system folder icons located in Big Sur / Monterey?
In Catalina and earlier, the path for Finder folder icons (e.g. Applications, Desktop, Downloads, Developer…) was:
/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
But as of Big Sur ...
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Is AirDrop Icon not suppose to show anymore?
I just updated to macOS Monterey. I use a MBP 2019 16" and I have Show AirDrop in menu bar enabled. The space is showing empty where the icon use to be. But, if I move my cursor to the spot and ...
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Open info panel from command line [duplicate]
The open command does the equivalent of double-clicking a file or directory but is there a command to do the equivalent of right-click > Get Info?
GetFileInfo outputs info to the terminal, I want ...
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Missing Downloads folder icon in macOS Dock
I have changed my account and Home folder name. Now the Downloads folder in the macOS Dock is not showing the folder icon, if I select display as stack. A question mark image is shown instead:
How to ...
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Some icons changed after changing username and home folder name
I have changed my username and home folder name in macOS Monterey and now the sidebar icons were just generic.
I unchecked and checked back all of them in Finder's preferences and all changed back ...
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How can I restore my Finder Sidebar Icons?
I had to rename my user and home folder recently, but did it according to the official guide from Apple. Initially, all icons in the sidebar of Finder appeared as a generic folder. Removing and re-...
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Is the yellow dot on iPhone camera icon itself active or just design?
Apple lets iPhone users know that the camera and/or microphone are in use by displaying an orange or green dot in the status bar, upper right. But there is also a yellow dot on the icon itself. Is the ...
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Preview Images Inside Folder Icons
Can I insert an image or more than one image into a folder icon, (like overlaying the image onto the folder icon itself) so I can see some of the data that is in that folder before I click on it? I ...
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iPhone 12 camera inserts unknown icon in photo of crossword puzzle
I photograph solved crossword puzzles at nyxcrossword.com. I use the photo as answers to the same blank puzzle I am trying to solve. I use an iPhone 12 recently upgraded to iOS 15.1.1
Since the ...
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How to get an empty folder icon from monterey and prepare it for use?
i like to make my own custom folder icons in macOS monterey
There are projects like https://github.com/shariati/OS-Folder-Icons that provide custom folder icons but they don't provide it in the ...
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What is the meaning of the padlock icon in Manage Backups?
Following the discussion in this AskDifferent post ("Is it safe to delete the contents of Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup if using iCloud?"), on my MacOS machine with Catalina, ...
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Default Drive/Volume icon... where can I find it?
So I went into /System/Libary/CoreServices and I find . '*.icns', and while I found many alternative drive icons, I could not find the default silver and orange drive icons! I need these to make a ...
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How to recursively extract custom icons from subfolders and save them in image files
I am migrating from MacOS to Linux.
I have customized the icon of many of my sub-folders in my "Documents" folder.
I learned how to do the same in Linux, using image files, and now I would ...
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Firefox icon remains in the Dock after quitting
Firefox icon remains in the Dock after I quit the application (CMD-Q and File > Quit alike).
I have unchecked "Show recent apps in Dock" in System Preferences > Dock & Menu Bar.
Is ...
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Cannot set icons for apps after deleting the icons cache
I ran these commands as suggested in another thread:
sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -exec rm {} \;
sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.iconservices -exec rm ...
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Why are Safari Extension toolbar icons blue?
I've recently installed some Safari Extensions via the Mac App Store.
After installing, they show up in my toolbar. The Safari Extension icons have an annoying blue tint color.
What does the blue ...
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How do you change the dock icon for System Preferences app in MacOS Big Sur?
all. As the title suggests, would appreciate some help into changing the dock icon for System Preferences app.
Obviously this would be easy for third party apps, and I've found a workaround for the ...
