Changing Icon File for Mac App

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  1. klkittel, Nov 10, 2011

    klkittel macrumors newbie

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    OK, so I changed the icon file name in the app's info.plist file to a file name that I have added to the target's resources. Just like I've been doing for iPhone apps. But the icon in the dock on my Mac doesn't change, it is the generic paper/pencil/ruler/paintbrush icon. If I go into the App About... the icon is the correct one that I set. What am I missing? I am using Xcode 3.2.5 and running OS X 10.6.8

    Thanks.

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    I guess the dock icon does not change when doing a Debug build, only Release build.

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  2. Comeagain?, Nov 10, 2011

    Comeagain? macrumors 68020

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    Thanks for sharing...glad you figured it out?
     
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  3. jiminaus, Nov 10, 2011

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    That's not been my experience. Perhaps something wasn't being rebuilt correctly. If you clean your debug build and re-build, does the icon change in the dock?
     
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  4. klkittel, Nov 10, 2011

    klkittel thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Actually I did a target clean, and a rebuild and now everything works for the debug target, too. It gets a little frustrating when things don't work as expected.
     
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  5. foidulus, Nov 10, 2011

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    Also keep in mind that the Dock itself will do some caching, so icon changes may not appear right away(you can always kill the dock which I *think* empties out its cache)
     
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