Ok, I made this ICNS file with icon composer, how do I assign it to a file or folder?

Thx, Matteo

Depends on what you mean:

- if you just wanna assign it to any file/folder, just select the icon, do a copy. Then in the Finder, do a show info on a file/folder, in the window click its icon and paste.

- if however you wanna assign the icon to a file that your app has created you'll need to tell Xcode which file types your app can write/read. To do this, go into your target and double click on it so that a window appears with your target settings.
In the Properties tab, locate the Document Types tableview. Below that click on the + button and try to fill in as many colomns as you can. You don't need to populate every field, just the most common, and in your case you'll definitly want to check the Icon column

If you don't wanna use Xcode, you'll have to edit the Info.plist file, but I don't know the tags you need so..

Hope this helped!

Taxxodium Wrote:If you don't wanna use Xcode, you'll have to edit the Info.plist file, but I don't know the tags you need

CFBundleIconFile. Set it to the name of your icns file, and put the icns in your bundle's Resoures directory.

- if you just wanna assign it to any file/folder, just select the icon, do a copy. Then in the Finder, do a show info on a file/folder, in the window click its icon and paste.

The problem is I only have the ICNS file, I dont really have the "icon". (I know how to copy the icon from one file/folder to another)

Najdorf Wrote:The problem is I only have the ICNS file, I dont really have the "icon".

Open the ICNS file in Preview and save it as a png, Preview will rant about the fact that PNG cannot save multiple files in one etc.. just say accept this. Then open the PNG in Preview and do a copy and voila

thanks but... it ignores the mask! bah...

You can do the same with Icon Composer, but instead of saving as a PNG, just click on an icon size and do a copy.

doesnt work :-(

oh well, dont worry, I find a nice app that does it for you:

http://www.mscape.com/products/iconographer.html