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Change icons for files or folders on Mac

You can choose a custom icon for any file or folder using your own pictures, icons downloaded from the web or the icon from another file or folder.

Use your own picture or a picture from the web

On your Mac, copy the picture you want to use to the Clipboard.

One way to do this is to double-click the picture file, which opens it in the Preview app , then choose Edit > Copy.

Select the file or folder whose icon you want to replace, then choose File > Get Info.

At the top of the Info window, click the icon.

Choose Edit > Paste.

If Edit > Paste isn’t available, make sure you click the icon at the top of the Info window.

After you paste, if you see a generic JPEG or PNG image instead of your own picture, make sure you choose Edit > Copy before pasting.

Use an icon from another file or folder

On your Mac, select the file or folder whose icon you want to use, then choose File > Get Info.

At the top of the Info window, click the icon, then choose Edit > Copy.

Select the other file or folder, then choose File > Get Info.

Click the icon at the top of the Info window.

Choose Edit > Paste.

The folder icon is replaced with the picture you chose.

If Edit > Paste isn’t available, make sure you click the icon at the top of the Info window.

After you paste, if you see a generic JPEG or PNG image instead of your own picture, make sure you click the icon in the Info window before choosing Edit > Copy.

Restore the original icon for an item

On your Mac, select the file or folder, then choose File > Get Info.

At the top of the Info window, select the custom icon, then choose Edit > Cut.

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macOS Folder Icons

This repository contains a number of folder icons I made for Mac OS X/macOS, for organizing project folders by color.

This icon set includes a number of Folder icon color modifications, and there’s PSDs that you can easily use to create new icons. Feel free to submit new icons you make.

Each icon includes seven responsive sizes (16×16, 16×16@2, 32×32@2, 128×128, 128×128@2, 256×256@2, and 512×512@2) and work on both retina and non-retina displays. Each size is set up as a slice in the PSD file, so to save a new iconset all you need to use is Save for Web.

I use this in conjunction with the mySIMBL plugin for turning the Finder sidebar colors back on (colorfulSidebar9), which lets you put projects you commonly work on in a place where you can easily see them, while making it easy to identify the project type.

The image is a screenshot from how I’ve currently organized my Finder sidebar.

Note that, if you use mySIMBL, the icons will look best if you set the Finder’s sidebar icon size to «small». You can do this in the General preferences pane. This ensures it uses 16×16(@2x if retina) icons.

Also, I recommend setting the icons with a tool such as fileicon, which ensures that all responsive sizes are actually present (this is not the case when dragging the icon in the Finder’s Info window).

Hiding icons from Git

Nice as these icons are, they’re really annoying to work with when you use Git. Best thing to do is ignore them globally.

Since icon files have a rather weird filename («Icon» followed by a literal return carriage), here’s how you properly get rid of them:

/.gitignore_global # configure Git to use the global ignore file we just made git config —global core.excludesfile

Converting images to icons and vice versa

To convert a directory of images to an icon:

To convert an icon to a directory:

iconutil is an OSX command line tool that should be installed by default.

All icons are modifications of the folder icon from macOS High Sierra, which is © 2018, Apple Inc.

Everything else is MIT licensed.

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Colorful folder icons for macOS to help you organize your projects

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Question: Q: Can you not change folder icons in Mac OS High Sierra any more?

In previous version of Mac OS you were able to change the folder icons; following these instructions;

Use your own picture or a picture from the web

1. Copy the picture you want to use to the Clipboard. One way to do this is to open the picture in Preview, choose Edit > Select All, then choose Edit > Copy.
2. Select the file or folder whose icon you want to replace, then choose File > Get Info.
3. At the top of the Info window, click the picture of the icon, then choose Edit > Paste.

These instructions are directly from Apple’s Support website (macOS Sierra: Create custom icons for files or folders)

Can anyone else please confirm that they are too are unable to change Folder Icons in the NEW Mac OS High Sierra.

Posted on Oct 6, 2017 4:55 PM

Helpful answers

the icon will display as the default/generic version of the file type.

That happens when you drag a file to the icon well. Essentially, you are telling it to use the icon of this file, not the picture in the file. It used to work that way, but hasn’t for years now. You have to open the file, copy the picture, and paste that into the icon well.

Nov 5, 2017 4:05 AM

You cannot change the folder color / replace icons for folders in MacOS High Sierra. You CAN do this is MacOS Sierra 10.12 and earlier operating systems. The above steps are correct IF you are running 10.12.6 and earlier.

Dec 14, 2017 8:33 AM

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Thanks for that info and choosing the Apple Support Communities. If I understand correctly, you are unable to change folder icons. To help resolve this issue, please follow the steps in this resource on this process:

Oct 7, 2017 3:20 PM

You should be able to. I can change mine.

I can change the system folders (except System), too, just need to authenticate.

Oct 7, 2017 4:35 PM

Doesn’t work for me.

Oct 31, 2017 10:55 AM

Oct 31, 2017 11:01 AM

Can anybody help?

Nov 2, 2017 2:48 PM

I tried changing the icon to an external hard drive but when I try to use any image — png, jpg, icns, ico — the icon will display as the default/generic version of the file type. The rest of my drives still display the custom images from before the update. I deleted the generic change to the system default yellow drive icon. I can’t find a fix anywhere either.

Nov 4, 2017 11:13 PM

the icon will display as the default/generic version of the file type.

That happens when you drag a file to the icon well. Essentially, you are telling it to use the icon of this file, not the picture in the file. It used to work that way, but hasn’t for years now. You have to open the file, copy the picture, and paste that into the icon well.

Nov 5, 2017 4:05 AM

I didn’t know the drag’n drop method didn’t work anymore. BUT, the copy and paste method doesn’t either for me. Ive tried both ways. I even resorted to trying to see if my old copy of Candybar could do anything — nada.

Nov 5, 2017 7:36 AM

The following AppleScript/Objective-C solution works on Yosemite through High Sierra. Folder icons are 1024×1024 at 144 DPI. Unless your icon is exactly that size, or a .icns with background transparency, the folder icon may appear larger, smaller, ideal, or somewhat distorted.

Here is the result of using this application to set a folder to a 512×512 .icns icon (first two, and an image). If you don’t like the result, perform a Get Info on the folder, and click on the top most icon to select it, and then just backspace.

Copy the entire code from the scrollable window below into Launchpad : Other : Script Editor. Click the compile (hammer icon), and run it. You can save it as a script, script bundle, or application.

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OS Folder Icons 📂

Collection of custom folder 📂 icons for MacOS, Linux, and Windows.

What folder icons would you want

Hey, guess what? I am open to suggestions 😉 so you can just let me know what icons you would like?

How to ask for a Folder Icon

Just download the repository, and you can find all the images in icons folder.

Inside each category you will find three folders, linux , windows and mac .

How to change folder icon on Linux

Right-click on a folder and select «properties».

On properties window click on the framed icon located on the top left, Now you should see the dialog to choose a new image.

Pick an icon from this collection located under linux folder

How to change folder icon on Windows

Right-click on a folder and select «properties.»

Choose the «Customize» tab, on the «Folder icons» section click on «Change Icon».

Pick an icon from this collection located in windows folder

How to change folder icon on Mac

Right-click on a folder and select «Get Info»

Drag and drop an icon from the mac folder (.icns) on the icon preview located on Top left of the Get info dialogue.

The collections are sorted Alphabatically 🔤 .

Our Kanban board

Wee what our we currently working on by visiting our online kanban board.

We try our best to design and draw the svg images but some are taken from exisiting projects (Why reinvent the wheel?).

• Special thanks to the Awesome «FontAwesome» project. (Some Brands Icons are taken from there)

Similar Projects on Github

After starting this project I found that there is a similar project by Vigo Krumins called folder-icons which contains icons for Mac 💻 .

Make sure to have a look at this project too 👍 .

Icon and Image License

• Applies to all .png , .icns and .ico files in the following directory: icons
• License: MIT License

All brand icons are trademarks of their respective owners.

The use of these trademarks does not indicate endorsement of the trademark holder by OS Folder Icons (Amin Shariati and Sarah Ghanbarzadeh), nor vice versa.

Brand icons should only be used to represent the company or product to which they refer.

Please do not use brand logos for any purpose except to represent that particular brand or service.

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A collection of custom folder icons for (Mac, Linux and Windows)

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Folder Color — Design Custom Folder Icons 4+

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Design customize folder icon:
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• Retina supported.
• Quickly apply the designed folder icon: Apply button, drag and drop the folder into Folder Color, or apply via File menu.
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Edit the images and text for creating best look folder icon:
• Edit the added image based on a configurable style: size, position, shadow and transparency.
• Easy to edit the icon/pattern scale to allow a perfect fit according to your tastes.
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• Auto crop the selected images or pattern.
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