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Clear the icon cache on a Mac when you start seeing generic icons in Finder or the Dock
sudo rm -rfv /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store; sudo find /private/var/folders/ \( -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -or -name com.apple.iconservices \) -exec rm -rfv {} \; ; sleep 3;sudo touch /Applications/* ; killall Dock; killall Finder
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Gabriele-LS commented Apr 30, 2023

It worked for me. Thanks for sharing.

I'm on a MacBook Pro 16-inch 2023 (M2 Max) with macOS 13.3.1.

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Worked for me on 14.5 beta on M2 MBA. Thanks!

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