![]() ![]() I don't know if this will work on macOs Big Sur, but you can try at your own risks! I don't see why it would not work, but we never know, so please back-up your mac before trying!Įdit: thanks to people in the comments, we know that liteicons doesn't work on Big Sure for the moment. Once you've applied all your icons and performed a quick reboot, just to make sure they're all here (optional), and only if you've done step 3, please turn SIP back on! It's very important for your mac's safety! To restore an icon by the original, just drag it out. If you wish to skip this step, liteIcon will display a warning at startup but you will still be able to change all non system apps icons :)Ĭhange your icon by simply drag and dropping you png/ico/icns. BE EXTRA CAREFUL, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN MESS THINGS UP SINCE YOUR MAC WILL NOT BE SAFE UNTIL YOU ACTIVATE IT BACK. Open Terminal On your Mac, do one of the following: Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, type Terminal in the search field, then click Terminal. If you want to change your system icons, you will have to disable SIP (System Integrity Protection) which prevents any system modification. I found mine on DeviantArt (I use ClayOS 8 by Octaviotti and Glacier Icons) when you are in a terminal window, command + n > opens a new terminal and command + t > opens a new tab in current terminal window. I also changed the way folders looks in finder, using the same method (only works without SIP).įirst, you will need to install LiteIcon, it's free and you need it if you want to change your icons (obviously haha) The keyboard shortcut cmd-t opens a new tab, so you can pass this keystroke to OSA command as follows: osascript -e 'tell application 'System Events'' -e 'keystroke 't' using command down' -e 'end tell'. My app drawer and dock with modified app icons (even system ones)Īs you can see (even on the dock), I managed to change system apps icons Go back to the parent folder, select the relevant folder, then activate the service via the Services menu or context menu. So first of all, here is some of my macOS Catalina apps icons (notice in te folder that the activity monitor icon is changed too): ![]() ![]() Just as a disclaimer, I will not be responsible if anything goes wrong during your installation, so please read carefully and do some research with google if you are unsure about stuff. That's why I decided to write this little tutorial on how you can change your macOs icons easily (and even system ones). I noticed that a lot of people were scared by the upcoming Big Sur icons, and how "ugly" they were (not my personal opinion here!). ![]()
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