Can't change icons

[avit]

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.

 

[Abcmsaj]

silly question but have you tried CandyBar?

 

[avit]

yep, and it works maybe half the time

 

[ergdegdeg]

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.

 

[avit]

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.

 

[Caleb531]

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