Pavel Jelic With the arrival of the new operating system macOS 11 Big Sur, we saw huge changes, especially in the field of design. In addition to rounding the windows or, for example, adding a control center, Apple engineers also decided to change the look and style of the icons. In a way, these are similar to those from the iOS and iPadOS operating systems. The Apple company has therefore decided to more or less unify all systems in the field of design, in any case, if you are afraid that iPadOS and macOS might merge at some point in the future, then these fears are unnecessary. Apple has already emphatically said several times that nothing like this will happen.
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As for the icons themselves in the new macOS, the shape has changed, from round to rounded squares. Due to the fact that the developers were not quite ready for the arrival of the new design, after the release of the new version of macOS, only native application icons had this new style. So if you launched a third-party app, the original round app icon appeared in the Dock, which didn't look very nice. Currently, most developers have already decided to change the style of the icons, but there are still a few applications where the change did not happen, or where the change was not completely successful and the icon does not look nice.
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If you want to have the design of all applications unified and you don't want to wait for the developers to wise up, then we have a great tip for you. You probably all know that you can of course change the icon of folders, applications and others relatively easily in macOS. However, finding an icon that has the right dimensions and that you might like is often very difficult. In such a situation, a perfect website comes into play macOSicons, where you can find icons created for countless different applications. There are even several different styles for more well-known applications, so you will surely choose the one that suits you best.
How to set an icon from macOSicons
If you liked the icons from macOSicons and would like to download and set one, it is not difficult. See below for how to change the app icon. If you like the macOSicons page, don't forget to support the author!
- First, you need to go to the site macOSicons.
- Once you do, you are find the icon which you like.
- You can use either search box, or you can find it below list most used icons.
- After you find a nice icon, just click on it they tapped a they confirmed the download.
- Now open the folder in the Finder Application and you can find it here application, that you want to change the icon.
- Once you find it, tap on it right click whether with two fingers on the trackpad.
- A drop-down menu will open, select an option at the top Information.
- Then drag the downloaded icon to the current icon in the upper left corner of the application information window.
- In this case, a small will be displayed at the cursor green + icon.
- In the end, you just have to authorized and confirmed the changes.
- If you want restore the old icon, so just tap and press on it in the application information button to delete the text.
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I don't know where I'm doing wrong. About 2 icons changed ok. But with some (even if I download them again) what happens to me is that both in the Finder and then, for example, in the Dock when I set them up, they are very ugly / blocky. Don't know what the problem might be?
I tried it on macOS Catalina. A small green icon appears when I add it, but nothing happens after that. The application icon does not change or ask me if I want to change it.
It also doesn't work for me, a small green icon appears when I add it, but nothing happens after that. The application icon does not change or ask me if I want to change it.