Pavel Jelic You may have wondered how to change the icon for folders in macOS. In the competing Windows operating system, there is a section in the folder or file properties to change the icon. However, this folder is missing in the macOS operating system. But what if I told you that changing the icon is even easier in macOS than in Windows? I'm sure many of you won't believe me. So let's see how to do it together in this tutorial. I think that once you learn the whole process, you will agree that the process in macOS is really easier than in Windows.
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How to change the icon of any folder or program in macOS
The biggest difference compared to Windows is that in macOS you don't need a file in .ico or .icns format to change the icon. In macOS, .png or .jpg, in short, absolutely anything, will do just fine picture, which you download. So find the icon or image you want to use for the change. You then open it in the application preview. In the top bar, click the option Editing and select from the menu Select all. Then click on again Editing and select an option Copy. Once you've done that, click right click na folder whether program, whose icon you want to change. Select an option from the menu that appears Information. In a new information window click in the upper left corner on current icon, which is clicked marks. You can recognize the mark by the way it forms around the icon shadow. After marking, click on in the top bar Adjust, and then select the option named from the menu Insert. This is how you have successfully changed the icon.
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Change the icon quickly
However, together with keyboard shortcuts, changing the icon is even easier. So, if you are an advanced user, you can make the change as follows. IN Preview you open picture, which you want to use to change the icon. Then you press Command + A (marking the image), and then Command + C (copying). Click now right na folder whether program to change the icon, select Information, click on current icon and press the hotkey Command + V (insert). Voilà, with this quick procedure you are able to change the icon in a few seconds.
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I admit that I used to change icons really often in Windows and probably had a special icon for every folder. However, this completely disappeared with the switch to macOS and I started using system icons, which are simple and simply do their job. On the one hand, I might not have thought of changing the icon, and on the other hand, I wasn't even looking for it. So if you would like to change the icon in macOS, you can with this simple procedure. Now you can also confirm that I didn't lie in the beginning and changing the icon in macOS is really easier than in the competing Windows.
