{"id":10835,"date":"2017-05-06T15:45:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T10:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=10835"},"modified":"2017-05-06T15:45:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T10:15:29","slug":"change-icons-mac-without-third-party-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/change-icons-mac-without-third-party-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Icons in Mac Without Third Party Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>There is something to be said in regards to altering the look and feel of the items you utilize. All things considered, customizations, for example, that make your device &#8220;your own&#8221;, and give your devices an individual touch. While it is anything but difficult to alter parts of your Mac, for example, the desktop, and even a portion of the signals that macOS offers, did you know you can even modify the application symbols that are utilized by your applications? That as well, without utilizing any outsider programming. All you need is a PNG picture of the symbol you need to utilize. Along these lines, here is the way you can utilize custom symbols in macOS:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"change-app-icons-in-macos\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Change App Icons in macOS<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Designing an icon for an application isn&#8217;t as simple as it may appear. A great deal of thought goes into outlining the ideal icon, as that is the thing that a great many people will perceive the application by. Come to consider it, how frequently do you really read the name of the application on your Mac, before propelling it? Hell, the dock doesn&#8217;t have names for the applications you continue there. For reasons unknown, icons are really essential. In the event that you need to modify icons on your Mac, you can simply follow the steps given below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"1-getting-the-icon-you-want\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>1. Getting the Icon You Want<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Deciding which icon to use in place of the\u00a0default icon.\u00a0If you\u2019re good at\u00a0designing, you can probably design an icon yourself. There are a lot of websites that offer icons that you can download, with a variety of licenses. I\u2019ll be using\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/iconfinder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iconfinder<\/a>. For illustration, I\u2019ll change the app icon for Google Chrome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>First, launch\u00a0a web browser, and\u00a0<strong>go to Iconfinder<\/strong>. Here, search for the icon you want.\u00a0I\u2019ll search for\u00a0<strong>\u201cGoogle\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/search-for-google-and-check-license.png\" alt=\"How to Change Icons in Mac Without Third Party Apps\" width=\"640\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/search-for-google-and-check-license.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/search-for-google-and-check-license-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>Don\u2019t forget to\u00a0filter the results by their license, just to make sure that you don\u2019t end up infringing a copyright.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Once you find an icon you like, simply click on it, and\u00a0<strong>download it<\/strong>\u00a0in PNG format. I\u2019ll download the Google logo, in the 512\u00d7512 size.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/download-the-icon-you-like.png\" alt=\"How to Change Icons in Mac Without Third Party Apps\" width=\"640\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/download-the-icon-you-like.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/download-the-icon-you-like-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"2-replacing-the-default-icon\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>2.Replacing the Default Icon<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Once you have downloaded the icon you want to use, simply follow the steps below to change the icon on the app you want.<\/li>\n<li>First,\u00a0open the new icon you just downloaded. Press\u00a0<strong>command + A<\/strong>, to select it, and then press<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>command + C<\/strong>\u00a0to copy it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/open-the-downloaded-icon-and-copy-it.png\" alt=\"How to Change Icons in Mac Without Third Party Apps\" width=\"640\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/open-the-downloaded-icon-and-copy-it.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/open-the-downloaded-icon-and-copy-it-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>Then, in Finder, go to the\u00a0<strong>Applications folder<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>select the app<\/strong>\u00a0you want to replace the icon for. Right click, and click on \u201c<strong>Get Info<\/strong>\u201c. You can also press\u00a0<strong>command + I<\/strong>\u00a0to open the inspector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/select-the-app-and-get-info.png\" alt=\"How to Change Icons in Mac Without Third Party Apps\" width=\"310\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/select-the-app-and-get-info.png 310w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/select-the-app-and-get-info-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Click on the app\u2019s icon\u00a0<\/strong>in the Inspector. You\u2019ll be able to see that it is selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/select-the-app-icon-in-the-inspector.png\" alt=\"How to Change Icons in Mac Without Third Party Apps\" width=\"265\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simply press\u00a0<strong>command + V<\/strong>\u00a0to paste your copied icon in place of the icon the app is using. You may be asked to enter\u00a0an admin login credentials, if you\u2019re using a standard account.\u00a0Once you\u2019re done, the app\u2019s icon will have changed to the\u00a0new icon that you pasted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paste-and-see-the-icon-change.png\" alt=\"How to Change Icons in Mac Without Third Party Apps\" width=\"640\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paste-and-see-the-icon-change.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paste-and-see-the-icon-change-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>While this method changes the app\u2019s icon, if you had already added the app to\u00a0your Dock, you will have to add the app to the\u00a0Dock again, in order to see the new icon there. However, don\u2019t worry, the app\u2019s icon has been changed system-wide, and you can check this by going to Spotlight, and typing the app\u2019s name. It will show you the new icon. You can also check this in Launchpad<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/icon-change.png\" alt=\"How to Change Icons in Mac Without Third Party Apps\" width=\"640\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/icon-change.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/icon-change-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Use Custom\u00a0Icons on your Mac<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Now that you know how you can use custom\u00a0icons on Mac, you can go ahead and change the icons of any app that you\u00a0always secretly wished had a different icon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Change Icons in Mac Without Third Party Apps &#8211; PC &#8211; A great deal of thought goes into outline the ideal icon, as that is the thing that a great many<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5739],"tags":[32610,32594,32603,32609,32617,32631,32600,32616,32601,32585,32587,32590,32615,32629,32591,32612,32608,32611,32582,32599,32595,32586,32623,32625,32628,32602,32618,32584,32589,32604,32614,32622,32592,32583,32630,32626,32620,32632,32627,32621,32606,32607,32598,32593,32624,32605,32619,32613,32588,32596,32597],"class_list":["post-10835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-change-app-icon","tag-change-app-icon-mac","tag-change-application-icon","tag-change-desktop-mac","tag-change-dock-icons-mac","tag-change-dock-mac","tag-change-drive-icon","tag-change-drive-icon-mac","tag-change-finder-icon","tag-change-finder-icon-el-capitan","tag-change-finder-icon-sierra","tag-change-folder-icon-mac","tag-change-icon-folder","tag-change-icon-in-dock","tag-change-icon-mac","tag-change-icon-mac-os","tag-change-icon-mac-os-x","tag-change-icon-of-folder-mac","tag-change-icons-in-el-capitan","tag-change-mac-folder-icon","tag-change-mac-icons","tag-change-mac-icons-sierra","tag-change-mac-os-x-icons","tag-change-macbook-icons","tag-change-password-icon","tag-change-program-icon","tag-change-safari-icon","tag-change-system-icons-mac-sierra","tag-change-system-icons-sierra","tag-changeicon-application","tag-dock-changer-mac","tag-drive-icon-change","tag-drive-icon-changer","tag-el-capitan-icon-pack","tag-how-to-change-app-icons","tag-how-to-change-folder-icon","tag-how-to-change-folder-icon-mac","tag-how-to-change-icon","tag-how-to-change-icon-on-mac","tag-icon-changer-for-mac","tag-icon-changer-mac","tag-mac-change-application-icon","tag-mac-change-folder-icon","tag-mac-change-icon","tag-mac-changer-app","tag-mac-icon-changer","tag-mac-os-x-change-app-icon","tag-mac-os-x-change-folder-icon","tag-mac-turn-off-sip","tag-osx-change-folder-icon","tag-osx-change-icon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}