Changing a file's icon

[mduser63]

I've created an icon from scratch with Icon Composer and saved it (as a .icns file). However, I can't figure out how to change a file's icon so that it has the icon I just created it. The copy/paste method described in Mac help doesn't work, as it copies the .icns file's icon, instead of the icon itself. The .icns file's icon is a standard preview document icon, with the letters "icns" at the bottom. If it matters, the file I'm trying to use this icon with is an AppleScript application that I wrote and want to put in my dock. Does anyone know how to do this?

 

[mad jew]

Could you open it in Preview, copy it, and then paste it as normal into the AppleScript's icon space?

 

[Mechcozmo]

Get Info on both of them. Click on the icon you want to copy over. It will get a blue outline. Copy (Cmd+C) it. Click on the to-be-replaced icon. Paste it.

To get original back: Click on the icon in the Get Info window and press delete.

 

[mad jew]

But that's only copying the Preview icon apparently.

 

[devilot]

To get original back: Click on the icon in the Get Info window and press delete.

Hee, funny, I didn't know how to get the original icon back-- a really simple and logical solution now that I see it. Then again, I've never tried to get the original icons back... haha. Thanks, mechozmo!

 

[Mechcozmo]

Thanks, mechozmo!

 

[mduser63]

Well, I figured out how to do it in a really roundabout way. AppleScript applications aren't like regular apps, as they're not directories, they are in fact files. Otherwise I could have copied the icon into the Resources folder of the application. The way I solved the problem is by copying the icon into the resource folder of another application, which changed that application's icon to the one I created. I then used the copy/paste method to change the icon of the AppleScript. Finally I switched the icon of the first application back to what it was originally. Sort of a complicated way to do it, but it worked fine.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.