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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Can an app window be minimized by clicking its Dock Icon?
Something that bothers me as Windows user on OS X is that I can't minimize an app window by clicking the dock icon of the application. Is there a hidden setting for enabling this behavior or a utility ...
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macOS app icon stuck on my screen
I just tried to open Spotify's Mac app through the OS X LaunchPad, and when I clicked on the icon, the Mac app icon remains stuck on my screen.
I've attached some screenshots to show you. I don't ...
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Can I change the application icon of an Automator script?
I have created a couple of automator scripts. I was curious if there is a way to change the application icon on those scripts to something other than the robot.
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How can I change a file or folder icon using the Terminal
How can I change or set the icon for a file or folder, in the terminal, do I need to use a scripting language?
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How can I change Finder's sidebar icons in macOS?
Without using a 3rd-party application, how do I go about changing the icon in the sidebar for the Developer folder?
When I click on "Get Info" for this icon it's showing the icon does have ...
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Where did Icon Composer go from Xcode?
I can't seem to find Icon Composer on the Xcode versions at run on Mountain Lion.
Where is it? Has it been taken out? How to get it back?
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How come Dropbox gets an icon in Finder sidebar?
How come Dropbox gets a non-generic icon in Finder's sidebar, when other directories like Google Drive and Sites (native in OS X before Lion) all have the same generic one?
How can I customise the ...
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Remove Eject Icon from Menu bar
How do I get rid of this icon?
I'm not even sure what it's for.
It's possible that it's for remote CD Drive, but I don't remember how I got it up there in the first place.
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iMac 27 inch ...
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LibreOffice doesn't have an icon
In the application menu LibreOffice has no icon. How can I add it to it?
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My volume icon disappeared after I updated to Yosemite.
My volume icon disappeared after I updated to OS X Yosemite 10.10. I still have sound. resetting the PRAM didn't work.
I have refurbished 2012 Macbook Air
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What does a red check mark on the OS X login screen indicate?
I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?
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Is it possible to enable shift+click in icon view in the Finder?
I would like to use the shift+click selection method on windows within the Finder that are using icon view. Unfortunately, whilst it works fine in the other views to block highlight all files between ...
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App icons go missing on MacBook
I've been having this problem for a while now and it really starts to bother me. Every once in a while, a lot of my app icons go missing in the dock, launchpad, finder, cmd-tab switcher, just ...
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Why does the icon of a PC show a blue screen?
So in Finder, Mac finds a Windows PC in the Network. When I right click on it and click Get Info, I see an icon that shows a computer monitor with a blue screen. By blue screen I mean a crashed PC. ...
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Is there a decent icon editor for OS X capable of editing .icns files?
The software for editing icons needs to run on OSX Lion.
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How to remove Skype menu bar icon from macOS?
I want to remove the Skype status icons from the menu bar of my MacBook, when the app is running. I see that Microsoft has been ignoring the same question from many user, for years. MS Forum. There is ...
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Apps Icons not appearing
Some of my Apps Icons are changing to a generic app icon, and I have no idea why. Tried to restart the system and nothing. 3 days ago i updated my Skype and then the icon is gone.
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Adjust width of spacer between Mac OS dock icons
Many of you might know that it is possible to add a spacer to the Mac OS dock icons with:
$ defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'
$ killall Dock
but ...
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How can I make the icon of a folder to be a given .icns file?
I have a .icns file.
I want to make the icon of folder to be this .icns.
How can I make that?
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The .icns file that I use does not have the .icns file as its icon.
I have tried to copy the ....
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How to get icons in Safari favorites (aka favicons) to display correctly?
I am using Safari on macOS Sierra. I have added several commonly-used sites to my favorites section, like so:
(there are 10 icons, and all but 2 of them are displayed as the proper, correct icon from ...
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Wrong (generic) Mac dock application icon [duplicate]
I have the following problem since upgrading to OS X 10.13.1 High Sierra on MBP 2017. A generic icon is shown for nearly all my apps. See the image below. Does anyone know how to fix this and get the ...
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Why can't I see thumbnails in the finder?
Most of the instructions I've found online (this, for example) say all I have to do is select "show icon preview" in the finder view settings. But that doesn't seem to be working. What's the problem ...
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Can't rearrange Dock icons
On OS X Yosemite, I can't rearrange my dock icons. I click one, and drag, but it just stays in place and stops highlighting.
Here's a demonstration
This has been so ever since I upgraded to ...
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This symbol has a square in the middle, triangles on the sides, and arrows in the corners. What does it mean?
My Apple Remote was not working with my iMac which is running 10.7.4.
When I attempted to pair the remote to the computer, by holding down the menu and the next track buttons, the following symbol ...
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How do I restore the default folder icon?
I build web sites on a Mac and after the recent upgrade to Mavericks, the icon for all of my web template folders have changed from the standard Mac folder icon to the Parallels icon. I can change it ...
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How can I extract the *.icns from the Get Info dialog?
Previously, I've changed the icon of an application before by manually replacing the icon file .icns located in loremipsum.app/Contents/Resources/loremipsum.icns.
This time, I've downloaded some ...
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Why is the System Preferences Dock icon showing a Badge?
Today I noticed that the System Preferences icon in the Dock has a red badge (containing a white '1' digit).
I presume the app or the computer is trying to tell me something, but I can't figure out ...
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How do I hide the "open window icons" in the dock in OSX 10.10?
I recently got my very first MacBook Pro. It has OSX 10.10 Yosemite on it.
After some time, though, I noticed that there are many icons accumulating in my dock that just represent open windows. Note ...
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Why is News.app greyed out in the Finder?
I just noticed today that the icon and name for /Applications/News.app is greyed out in the Finder. The appearance is consistent no matter which view I use (icon/list/column), and it persists after ...
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Automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing window?
Is there any way to enable automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing the window?
One constantly has to to resort via "clean up by ..." after resize.
I've yet to find a piece of software ...
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Icons remains the same after I have changed the default program for opening the file
I have just uninstalled a program from my new mac. The program was making itself default to open all .r files. I installed a new program, and I maked it default for opening .r files, but the old icon ...
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What happens with the appearance of the folder icons in dark mode of macOS Mojave Finder?
In High Sierra I used some custom icons for my folders in the Finder; but with the new update to Mojave and the dark mode, the predefined icons also become darker. However the custom icons don't.
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What is this little "pay phone" icon in the status bar?
A new icon appeared between the screen orientation lock and the bluetooth icons in my status bar. it looks like a phone over a keyboard. It appeared today after changing SIM cards, I switched to a new ...
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Why are some icons sideways on my desktop?
On the current version of OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8), I have an icon sideways on my desktop:
Any idea why or what it signifies?
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The icons do not update in the Finder or Get Info Tab [duplicate]
I recently changed my text editor default from 'Text Wrangler' to 'Sublime Text' but even then all the default icons for the files types such as .js and .php still show TextWrangler default icon. When ...
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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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Hide Adium (or any other app's) icon in the dock
I find it really annoying how the Adium icon is always at the dock being useless:
because to open the contact list, you can just use the status bar item, (the dock icon is just a waste of space ...
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Cannot delete the malware bytes icon in macOS menu bar
I cannot delete a menu extra icon from my macOS menu bar.
If I click the command button and drag it off of the menu bar, it shows a circle with a line through it, which is an indicator to me that this ...
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Can you customize dock icons and labels?
I have several virtual machines shortcutted on my dock. By default these are all named "VirtualBoxVM" and have the same icon, it's difficult for me to tell them apart. I'd like to give them all at ...
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Icons not appearing on High Sierra
I updated to High Sierra on my Macbook Pro when it was released.
Since I have updated, a lot of my applications show the attached icon when I open them.
Does anyone know a fix to this?
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What does this symbol in iTunes mean?
I saw this when backing up my iPhone, and I have no idea what it means. It is in the space where the X/cancel symbol usually is, and it had no tooltip when I hovered over it.
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Symbolic link icons don't update
When a symlink is created, it gets the icon of the target folder (with the addition of a black arrow in the lower left corner). The issue I am having is that the symlink icon does not update when the ...
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How can I disable the delay + minimum distance when deleting icons from the Dock by dragging in Mountain Lion?
As you all know, Dock icons can be removed by simply clicking them and dragging them out of the Dock. As soon as the “poof” animation appears, you can release the mouse button to remove the icon.
It ...
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Keep desktop icons as they are shortly after logging in
The following image shows two screenshots of my Mac's desktop whilst starting up. The first is a few seconds after starting, whilst the other one is a few seconds to shutdown.
I prefer the icons on ...
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Changing sublime text 3 icon in dock on Yosemite
I tried to change the Sublime Text 3 icon on the dock changing the Sublime Text.icns file in path /Applications/Sublime\
Now in the dock appears the default app icon (the one for apps that doesn't ...
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What is the best icon creator for mac? [closed]
I'm new to mac, I used to use Axialis IconWorkshop on Windows. So I want to know what's the best icon creator for mac?
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Is there a way to rearrange home screens on iOS?
I used to be able to arrange the home screens ( pages ) in iTunes prior to iOS 11. I could create new empty pages, ect.
Is there a way to do this? For instance switch homescreen #2 for homescreen #3?...
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How to make Mac's mouse icon to be left hand friendly?
I'm left handed and want to have a mouse icon that pointed to top right corner instead of to left. In Windows I've made my own mouse theme to achieve that. Then how about Mac?
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What is the meaning of this status bar icon?
What is this icon on the far right of the status bar? It only appears so far in this one app, called Carpenter by iHandy. I've emailed the manufacturer but so far nothing. It looks like a letter "Q" ...
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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 ...