MacOS Skin
Custom icon sets for MacOS Apps.
Using Custom Icons
Warning: Disabling System Integrity Protection (SIP) is required to use skins on pre-installed Apps
If you do not need to change skins for system Apps, skip the following step
Disabling SIP
Warning: You will not have access to these instructions while disabling SIP. Write them down, or open on another device.
- Restart your Mac. > Restart...
- Hold ⌘R during boot. (This opens Recovery Mode)
- In the toolbar: Utilities > Terminal
- run
csrutil disable - Restart your Mac. > Restart...
Using the Skins
- Copy the icon to clipboard:
- Right click > Get Info... > Preview; select and copy (⌘C)
- You CAN NOT simply copy the file
- You CAN NOT copy the icon from the top left of the Get Info pane, you must copy from the preview tab within the pane
- Paste the icon in the application:
- Finder > Applications > Your Target > Right Click > Get Info... > Preview; select top left thumbnail and paste (⌘V)
Troubleshooting
If the new icon looks like a peice of paper inscribed with "ICNS", it was copied incorrectly. Workaround: Open the image file in the Preview App, select all, then copy.
Refreshing the Dock
- If your new icons are not displayed in the dock, open terminal:
killAll Dock
- Open each app, and the icon should be updated.
Enabling SIP
Warning: You will not have access to these instructions while enabling SIP. Write them down, or open on another device.
- Restart your Mac. > Restart...
- Hold ⌘R during boot. (This opens Recovery Mode)
- In the toolbar: Utilities > Terminal
- run
csrutil enable - Restart your Mac. > Restart...
Authors
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Michael Verges - Initial icon designs - [email protected]
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Nguyen Truong - Color Folders - [email protected]