Can't change icons

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  1. avit, Jul 24, 2010

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    Okay, so I've read at least 10 sites telling me how to do this. I click get info on the .icns file that i want, get info on the folder/file i want to put that icon on, copy and paste it onto the thing in the corner, and i get this. It just has the generic ICNS picture. PLEASE help.
     
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  2. Abcmsaj, Jul 24, 2010

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    silly question but have you tried CandyBar?
     
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  3. avit, Jul 24, 2010

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    yep, and it works maybe half the time
     
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  4. ergdegdeg, Jul 24, 2010

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    No need to buy CandyBar. There must be something wrong with the files (I'm not really sure how .icns files work, but it's a frequent problem). Use img2icns to convert them to a usable .icns format for free.
     
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  5. avit, Jul 24, 2010

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    alright, i'll try it and report back. thanks :)

    edit: well uh, i kinda got the icons working by putting the files that i got in the contents > resources folder. i dunno. sorry if i'm a noob. :D
     
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  6. Caleb531, Jul 24, 2010

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    Ironically, you can't paste an icon from ICNS to application. But you can paste an icon from application to application. For instance

    You can't copy safari.icns's icon to firefox.app

    You can copy safari.app's icon to firefox.app

    Hope that made sense
     
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