How to change a folder, application, drive icon on a mac?

The way to change the icon for folders, applications, drives, et al in a Mac is not that obvious. Looking around on the Internet, I found that Apple did explained how to do it. Anyway, here is the shortened steps –

  1. Click on your icon of choice and Copy (Command + C)
  2. Right Click (Ctrl + Left Click) on the application/folder you want to change the icon and do a Get Info (Command + I)
  3. Click to select the icon on the top-left of the panel and Paste (Command + V)

That’s it.

Ok, so how would you revert back to the default?

Select the icon in the top-left corner of info window and Delete it.

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  • http://rishabhdassani.com/blog Rishabh

    How can you change Safari’s icon? It seems that copying and pasting in the get info wouldn’t work.

  • http://www.brajeshwar.com/ Brajeshwar

    Rishabh, did you follow these steps?

    1. Drag the Safari icon off the Dock
    2. Go to Application Folder
    3. Get Info on Safari.app
    4. Paste your desired icon
    5. Drag the Safari.app icon to the dock