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How to create an .icns macOS app icon

How to create an .icns macOS app icon

How to make an application icon for macOS using iconset & iconutil

Steps

Creating an .iconset

  1. Install IconGenerator
  2. Convert 1024x1024 png image into AppIcon.appiconset
  3. Rename AppIcon.appiconset => icon.iconset

Converting to .icns

  1. Navigate to the directory containing your icon.iconset in the terminal
  2. Run iconutil with the following command: iconutil -c icns icon.iconset
  3. Your icon.icns will be generated in the current directory
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